Aditi writes for Ferragamo: Though we can buy more sustainably, we can’t buy sustainability. From biodiversity to consumer activism, here are four frameworks that can help foster the cognitive shifts required to achieve true sustainability. Read More
As Guest Host of the Wardrobe Crisis Podcast, Aditi’s in conversation with Alok Vaid-Menon, a gender-nonconforming poet, author, performance artist and designer. Up for discussion: everything from gender-neutral fashion, to the limitations of representation to what it means to truly redefine beauty. Read More
Guests from all over the world joined Aditi in discussion with Indian decolonial leaders Dr. Vandana Shiva, Oshadi Collective and Kheti Virasat Mission. With the rise of farmer protests across India, the panelists provided the necessary context and history regarding other issues India has faced, from the impacts of colonization, the Green Revolution, and on-going attempts of privatization. Read More
An excerpt from my piece for State of Fashion, unpacking the impacts of colonial violence on India’s land and labor— and the folks that are reclaiming our regenerative approaches. Read More
The removal of Indigenous folks from the geographies they maintained for millennia came hand in hand with the displacement of ecological wisdom. Read More
The fashion industry is built on a core truth — the oppression of black and brown bodies based on an institutional form of racism inherited from a colonial past. Read More
We often say that we’re disconnected from nature– but because you and I are nature, the better word here is dissociation. And when we’re talking about dissociation, it is about no longer recognizing yourself. Read More
If sustainable fashion exists to challenge the way the fashion industry has operated, then it must go beyond just the considerations of human labor and the environment and interrogate who has been able to exercise true agency. It’s a conversation tied to class, gender, and race. Read More
Looking at historical motifs of womanhood throughout cultures & geographies, this artisan jewelry brand has developed a design language rooted in cultural commonalities.
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The category is garden wear, but make it fashion. The heritage Finnish brand has released a limited-time collection that exists at the intersections of workwear, gardenwear, and streetwear. We talk to the designer behind the capsule collection, Maria Korkeila, on her design inspiration and approach.
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Embroidery, practiced all across India from Tamil Nadu to Kashmir, is one of India’s traditional and under-appreciated professions— and it’s a centerpoint of this New Delhi based sustainable fashion label.
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On what it means to be truly zero-waste in fashion, redistributing power as a White-owned brand, and the role of anti-racism in the larger industry.
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In conversation with luxury slow fashion designer Roopa Pemmaraju on her newest collection, preserving Indian craft, and navigating her label during COVID-19.
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This WOC owned athleisure wear brand working directly with Indian farmers to promote non-GMO seeds, cotton farmer livelihood, and sponsoring the education of young girls where their organic cotton is cultivated.
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With growing consumer demand, sustainability is bleeding into all facets of the brands beyond just apparel. Enter Just Human: a new collection of sustainable luxury sunglasses.
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The textiles system operates in an almost completely linear way: large amounts of non-renewable resources are extracted to produce products that are often used for only a short time, after which the materials are mostly sent to landfill or incinerated. However, Opus Mind, a line of luxury leather accessories, is bringing light to an alternative solution: circular design.
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Silk – the fabric so soft it became an adjective, just got a bit more sustainable. Sourcery Label is combating toxic synthetics with the launch of a new machine-washable silk collection.
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The Met’s new Roman Bead Collection is an ode to all that is timely and timeless. With their oversized scale and simple yet bold proportions, these pieces would fit right in at a contemporary fashion show—yet they’re almost two millennia old.
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From biodiversity to consumer activism, here are four frameworks that can help foster the cognitive shifts required to achieve true sustainability.
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How do we use policy to bring transparency to how we market sustainability in fashion— a very self-regulated industry notorious for greenwashing?
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California’s Creek Fire— alongside the rest of the West Coast’s wildfires— are the manifestation of displacement of indigenous knowledge and the denial of climate change— all of which tie back to settler colonialism.Read More
An alternative trade that recognizes the effects that colonization had on the worldwide trading system, and seeks to create a more equal exchange on commodities connected with long histories of slavery and oppression.
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Much of the sustainable fashion conversation has been focused on what one should buy, but less often do we talk about the importance— and practical steps— to prolong the lives of the things we already own.
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The slippery slope when statements go from rejoicing about the return of nature amid coronavirus, to justifying human deaths to preserve the environment (read: that’s not climate justice, it’s ecofacism).
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Common sustainable fashion slogans like ‘Vote With Your Dollar’ often fuel problematic ideas of how one holds power. But more importantly, who can hold power.
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No animals are harmed in the process of making it, but its impact on the environment — in other words, pleather’s sustainability — is hugely up for debate.Read More
For many of us, the well-intentioned thing we might have done in the past was to box everything up and drop it off at the local Goodwill. But the steady stream of clothes being imported from abroad made it almost impossible for businesses to compete in the local textile and manufacturing industry.
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What does it mean when one of the largest fast fashion retailers funds sustainable fashion research? It’s like the coal industry funding climate change research.
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In conversation with Alok Vaid-Menon, a gender-nonconforming poet, author, performance artist and designer. Up for discussion: everything from gender-neutral fashion, to the limitations of representation to what it means to truly redefine beauty.
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The Amazon rainforest is fast approaching the tipping point of irreversible ecosystem collapse, according to scientists. This campaign is calling on the world’s leading fashion brands to act immediately to protect the Amazon rainforest, its people, and our global climate future.
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Join Aditi in discussion with Dr. Vandana Shiva, Oshadi Collective, and Kheti Virasat Mission. With the rise of farmer protests across India, the panelists provided the necessary context and history regarding other issues India has faced, from the impacts of colonization, the Green Revolution, and on-going attempts of privatization.
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It’s less natural — uncomfortable even — to think of the social and environmental impacts of our new protection methods. But the truth is, these impacts will far outlast the viral outbreak.
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Looking at the history of commodities, and later manufacturing, for the fashion industry, it is clear to see that it is built on a core truth — the oppression of black and brown bodies based on an institutional form of racism inherited from a colonial past.
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This week in fashion news… “Climate activists are encouraging people to stop consuming, which poses a terrible threat to the fashion industry,” warns H&M’s CEO, a billionaire businessman. 🤡
We are simply buying too much, for too little money, and throwing it away too fast – and the most devastating impact is on black and brown bodies.
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