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Rising star fashion designer, Harris Reed creates spectacular catwalk looks from Oxfam clothes

Stuart Mitchell

Fashion’s rising star, designer Harris Reed, demonstrated his commitment to second-hand shopping and sustainability in spectacular fashion. All 10 catwalk looks at Found, his London Fashion Week show at the Serpentine Pavilion, were created using clothes donated to Oxfam. Harris, who is committed to minimising waste by repurposing fabric in his creations, has dressed some of the world’s leading celebrities, including Iman at the recent Met Gala in New York, Rihanna and Harry Styles. Inspiration for the show’s designs came from a spectrum of sources, including the Oxfam Kingston Riverside…

British consumers feel ‘disgusted’ and ‘guilty’ about fashion industry abuses but lack money and resources to shop ethically

Stuart Mitchell

New polling shows that British consumers feel strong negative emotions about fashion industry exploitation, and that they want the industry cleaned up so they can enjoy shopping without guilt. More than two-thirds (68% percent) felt either ‘disgusted’ ‘sad’ or ‘angry’ about the fact that many garment suppliers in countries like Bangladesh were not paid during the first year of the pandemic, and more than a third felt guilt about the fact that their clothes are not made ethically. The attitudes were revealed in a new poll carried out by Opinium…

Sienna Miller launches Oxfam’s #SecondHandSeptember to fight throwaway fashion

Stuart Mitchell

Actress Sienna Miller is fronting this year’s #SecondHandSeptember campaign to raise awareness about the harmful effects fast fashion – clothes that are produced in high volume and at relatively low cost to the consumer – have on the planet. Oxfam’s campaign comes ahead of the UN climate summit COP26, which will be held in Glasgow in November, and is a vital opportunity for global leaders to take decisive action to tackle the climate emergency. Consumers send 13 million items of clothing a week to landfill, and the textile industry accounts…

House of Anita Dongre’s Next Defining Move: Ancient-Forest-Free Fashion

Stuart Mitchell

one of India’s leading fashion houses, House of Anita Dongre, is ensuring that protection of the world’s Ancient and Endangered Forests continues to grow, expanding its sustainability legacy by being the first Indian fashion house to join international environmental organization Canopy’s CanopyStyle and Pack4Good initiatives. The CanopyStyle and Pack4Good initiatives are focused on transforming the fashion and packaging supply chains: shifting them away from sourcing from the world’s most important forests and scaling climate-friendly Next Generation Solutions. Every year over 3.2 billion trees, many from vital forest ecosystems in places…

FCB Inferno team up with Limb Art to create a range of fashion covers for prosthetics

Stuart Mitchell

FCB Inferno has partnered up with award-winning UK company Limb Art, a British design and manufacturing company dedicated to producing stylish prosthetic leg covers. Limb-Art was founded by former Paralympic swimmer and medalist Mark Williams and his wife, Rachael. Designed for those with either above and below knee prostheses, LIMB-Art leg covers combine superior quality material and construction with cutting edge design and technology to provide robust, affordable and above all cool designs to help those with disabilities feel proud of their prosthetics. Junior Creative Amy Bland initially approached the…