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Sustainable fashion

January 2024

  • Jess Cartner-Morley in a black dress carrying clutch bag

    Three new looks, no new clothes – my secondhand styleover

  • Clockwise from top left: Lagos design house This Is Us co-founders Oroma Cookey-Gam and Osione Itegboje; womenswear and menswearby renowned designer Alphadi on the catwalk in Morocco; Alphadi in Rabat, Morocco; a rail of designs by This Is Us

    ‘Fashion can change Africa’: the pioneering designers chasing a world of opportunity

December 2023

  • British Textile Biennial in Blackburn<br>epa10887447 Artist Jeremy Hutchison wearing a 'fast-fashion zombie' costume made of used garments from second-hand clothing markets in West Africa, walks around the town center as part of the British Textile Biennial in Blackburn, Britain, 28 September 2023. The third edition of the British Textile Biennial highlights creative works in textiles against the backdrop of the former cotton powerhouse of Lancashire. EPA/ADAM VAUGHAN

    ‘Textile zombie’ v fossil fashion: the battle to clean up the clothing industry in 2023

  • Leah Harper posing in her clothes rack.

    The zero-waste wardrobe: five writers try sustainable fashion fixes

November 2023

  • Kylie Jenner modelling her Khy range

    ‘We are creating a material monster’: the false logic of faux leather

    As more people seek out vegan clothing alternatives, pleather can seem like an ethical option. But these pieces, often made from fossil-fuel based plastics, can have a major environmental impact

October 2023

  • Discarded secondhand clothes cover a beach in Accra, Ghana

    ‘The missing link’: is textile recycling the answer to fashion’s waste crisis?

    Millions of tonnes of T-shirts and dresses are dumped or burned every year. Turning old clothes into new ones is possible – the question is whether it is a realistic solution
  • Maryam, of Amsterdam’s United Repair Centre, which repairs and upcycles clothes for companies such as Patagonia and Decathlon.

    Euro visions
    ‘Repair is the new cool’: how Amsterdam started a fashion revolution

    A new project in the Netherlands employs skilful refugees to mend much-loved clothes – and the idea is spreading fast
  • Models wear creations for the Stella McCartney on the runway at Paris fashion week

    Stella McCartney revives greatest hits with ‘nature-positive’ show in Paris

    Designer brings back some of her signature looks and collaborates with her father at show celebrating sustainable style

May 2023

  • DO NOT USE! ONE TIME USE ONLY! FOR SATURDAY MAGAZINE LIFESTYLE COVER MAY 27 2023. tortoise2

    Shop slow, buy less – the experts’ guide to 12 essential items that can last you a lifetime

  • Field of flax with natural linen fabric in wicker basket.

    Closet clinic
    ‘Impact starts at fibre’: seven designers who are championing regenerative fashion

April 2023

  • Hands putting a green garment into a washing machine

    Closet clinic
    Fashion greenwashing glossary: what do ‘circular’, ‘sustainable’ and ‘zero waste’ really mean?

    Vague, technical-sounding terms are often used in fashion to make clothing sound environmentally conscious. Here experts decode the meaning behind them

March 2023

  • In a field a woman in an overcoat walks away from the camera towards mountains.

    ‘There is lots of talk and no action’: designer Amy Powney’s quest to make sustainability more than just a buzzword

  • Models walk the runway during the Chloé womenswear autumn/winter 2023-2024 show.

    ‘I never think about trends’: Gabriela Hearst brings sustainability to Chloé show

February 2023

  • The Absolut Swap Shop in Bethnal Green Road, east London, attracted a sell-out crowd.

    Cheap, cool and kind to nature: how secondhand became UK fashion’s main attraction

    Gen Z, influencers and celebrity stylists like Harry Lambert are changing the way we buy clothes
  • Helmstedt’s AW23 show included recycled fabrics and upcycled sneakers

    A sustainable fashion week. Too good to be true?

    Copenhagen fashion week is still leading the way in eco credentials, but can the big shows ever follow suit?
  • A woman wearing a white blouse holds a pile of folded, colourful clothes in her hands, covering her face.

    Closet clinic
    ‘I might wear it in 10 years’ time’: four clothes-keepers on why they hold on to old garments

    With the average Australian sending 10kg of clothes to landfill each year, fashion enthusiasts share their reasons for keeping – and cherishing – pre-loved items

December 2022

  • Rental fashion composite for G2

    ‘It’s more sustainable – and I still get to wear something new every weekend’: how rental fashion became big business

    Once the preserve of A-listers going to award shows, high street brands are now making hiring clothes more affordable. But can renting really cure our addiction to throwaway fashion – and is it as good for the environment as many claim?

November 2022

  • A sign saying 'Hold Fashion Accountable' held up at the Fashion Act Rally

    Fashion brands grapple with greenwashing: ‘It’s not a human right to say something is sustainable’

    While business imperatives for making sustainability claims are clear, being able to prove them has become a stumbling block for the industry

October 2022

  • Two women standing underneath a purple patterned umbrella, facing away from the camera. One is wearing a bright red wool coat and the other is wearing a dull rust-red raincoat over what looks like a clear rain poncho.

    Closet clinic
    How to buy a sustainable raincoat: ‘Get the garment that’s right for your needs’

  • Three models in Stella McCartney’s spring/summer 2023 womenswear designs, including a pastel green trouser suit worn with a fringed top, a vermillion dress and a pale pink one-shoulder dress worn with sandals

    Stella McCartney’s Paris show aims to set trend for subtle sustainability

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