It’s been a year since the release of The True Cost, a documentary film that explores the environmental and social cost of our global addiction to ‘fast fashion’. During the recent Festival de Cinéma des Cinq Continents, I had the great pleasure and honour to host an event with Livia Firth, founder of the Green Carpet … Continue reading
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In Search of Quality: My Fashion Fast Against Fast Fashion
The key in the quest for green-and-glam fashion is to choose quality over quantity. This is the underpinning of the “slow fashion” concept, as opposed to the throw-away “fast fashion” mindset. That’s why the “quality vs. quantity” dilemma finds itself as the topic of this week’s article dealing with the letter “Q”. In Marie Curie-like fashion, … Continue reading
Organics On The Menu
With this week’s letter being “O”, it is hard to avoid talking about all things organic. Since a lot has already been written on this topic, I have chosen to look at the kind of lessons the beauty & fashion industry can learn from the organic food movement, at the same time separating facts from … Continue reading