News & Views
The worst of 2023: Fashion’s most regrettable moments
From tone deaf campaigns to carbon emitting pop mania, we’re bringing to you moments we wish didn’t happen in fashion history. Taylor Swift has been in the news for her...
Craft in the age of climate crisis: What is the correlation between crafts and climate?
On November 17, 2023, the Earth briefly crossed the 2° warming mark that scientists have been warning us against. Well, can’t say we didn’t see this coming! Climate change is...
Rethinking Fashion Weeks: How to do fashion week right in the face of climate crisis?
As the curtain falls on yet another fashion week season, the dazzling lights dim, and the glamour momentarily recedes, let’s take a moment to pause and consider the impact of...
Is cruelty-free fashion really for the win?
Cruelty-free. Vegan. Ethical. What do these terms mean? Do they have something in common? Earlier this year, I happened to watch Slay, a documentary that exposes the behind-the-scenes of the...
The latest in green glamour: Lakmé Fashion Week’s Sustainable Fashion Day
The fifth edition of the Circular Design Challenge (CDC) concluded with the Sustainable Fashion Day, at Lakme Fashion Week x FDCI, in New Delhi, on October 12. The event was...
3 items you definitely should be thrifting
Thrifting embodies a dual purpose: Marrying fashion with sustainability. If you love thrifting, you probably understand its economic value and its environmental impact. This mindful practice directly curtails the demand...
Is plastic really the devil?
Every time we speak of sustainability, the conversation invariably circles around to plastic and how we can and should stop buying and/or using plastic. Plastic seems to be the omnipresent...
What’s in a campaign: What’s in My Clothes?
Ever stopped to think about what goes into the clothes you wear every day? Or the energy they bring into our lives? Well, right from the procurement of raw materials...
Pinkwashing: Profit over pride
Two days ago, I was at the salon, waiting for a haircut, when I came across a classic case of pinkwashing: Two different packagings for what looked like the same...
Fashion and the SDGs: An arts contest by Fashion Revolution India
It’s been 10 years since one of fashion’s largest human tragedies took place, at the Rana Plaza in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Every year since, Fashion Revolution, the world’s largest organization advocating...
Should we be buying leather?
Should we be buying leather? This is a very complicated topic, especially for us, in India. When I think of leather, I think of my gorgeous, handcrafted Pakistani mojaris. Or...
5 plant-based leathers you need to know about
Rebecca Cappelli’s Slay, a euphemism as good as any, revealed the ugly truth behind fashion’s ‘natural materials’. The most heartbreaking for me, personally, was the reality of the leather industry....
