Will sustainable “Fashion Pact” change the landscape of fast fashion?

Last Friday, 32 fashion companies came together to sign a new sustainable “Fashion Pact.” Created by French president Emmanuel Macron, the pact united over 150 brands, some of which are even competitors.  The Fashion Pact’s main goals are simple: reduce greenhouse gas emissions, protect oceans, and restore biodiversity. This pact is the first of its kind …

Black Friday does more bad than good: why you should avoid the consumer-crazed holiday

While Black Friday may entice you with spending a couple hundred dollars to save $50 on your third 50" flatscreen TV, you may be surprised to hear it's a holiday that many feel morally obliged to protest. In addition to the fact that Black Friday sales keep retail workers from spending time with their families …

Slow Fashion Highlight: Eileen Fisher

Eileen Fisher is a pioneer in ethical fashion. To not highlight her brand would be practically blasphemous. Eileen Fisher With just one look at the brand's "behind the label" page, you can see they take corporate responsibility seriously. They have separate pages outlining in-depth information about the sustainability and ethics of their factories, fibers, dyes, …

Slow Fashion Highlight: Veja

If you're looking for cool, retro-inspired sneakers that also happen to be super ethical, Veja is our top pick. Veja thinks about every step of their production process, and makes it as ethical as can be. They use wild rubber in their sneakers, which has saved 120,000 hectares of the Amazon rainforest. They buy their …

Slow Fashion Highlight: Everlane

Everlane is a brand known for high quality basics, at relatively affordable prices. The brand calls itself "radically transparent," and shows you why their products are priced how they are - taking into consideration workers' salaries, transportation costs, materials, etc. They even have a "choose what you pay" program, where items are marked down significantly, …

Slow Fashion Highlight: Patagonia

At its core, Patagonia has an appreciation for the outdoors that their products are meant to compliment. Because of this, a consideration for the environment is built into the brand. Patagonia openly admits that they don't consider themselves a "responsibility company." This is radical in itself, because there is a big dilemma on what being …

Slow Fashion Highlight: Reformation

Founded in 2009 by Yael Aflalo, Reformation prides itself off of their cheeky catchphrase, "Being naked is the #1 most sustainable option. Reformation is #2." Known for their vintage-inspired pieces and excellent fits, Reformation is more than just an aesthetically pleasing, royalty-approved company. They're also extremely transparent, with ethical labor standards to top it all off. With …

The Scariest Part About Halloween Costumes

Halloween is a time for candy, spooky movies, and above all: costumes. However, Halloween can be a very wasteful time as well, and costumes come with the same ethical and sustainable production issues that everyday clothing does. Think about it: you're buying something to wear one time, and likely throwing it away afterwards, or just …

Girlfriend Collective Launches “1 in 8 Tee” for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and it has not gone unnoticed. Every year, Google sees a spike in the search term "breast cancer" for the month of October. Even Beyonce's father recently revealed his battle with the disease, further spreading awareness. Some brands have taken note of this attention. Girlfriend Collective, for example, an …

Nike Unveils New Greenwashing Tactic during Climate Week

Last week, Nike revealed a new sustainability campaign called "Move to Zero," suggesting their goals of moving towards zero waste and carbon emissions. However, when further questioned about how Nike planned to reach this target, Nike responded, "It's not really intended to be a target per se," and, "It's the vision that we want to …

The Fashion Industry is NOT Sustainable for Factory Workers

While in our modern age, many industries have replaced human labor with machinery, fashion is one of the few industries in the world where human labor is still a necessity. We simply do not yet have advanced enough technology to work with 3D garments the way humans are able to. Therefore, the fashion industry needs …