Green Guide
5 easy ways to care for your clothes
I think of my grandmother’s nicely stored Pashmina shawls… how they still look brand new after all these years. I always wonder if it's some secret technique or just the...
Everything you need to know about online thrifting
With the secondhand market expected to more than double, over the next 4 years, according to the GlobalData 2022 Market Sizing and Growth Estimates, at least 50% resale will happen...
Spotlight: How sustainable is ECONYL?
The first commercially-manufactured NylonTM was developed in the 1930s, by a research team at the DuPont Fiber Company in Delaware, United States. Known as a ‘miracle fibre’, it was initially...
The 2023 Tarot Guide to Fashioning Sustainably
Living a sustainable life in a world which seems hellbent on burning down or burning out can be exhausting. We can’t do everything at its best, all the time if...
5 planet-friendly gifting ideas for men
Gifting is tough. We all want to surprise our loved ones with the most unique, thoughtful gifts; something they will cherish for a long time. But fresh ideas are hard...
How to organise your own swap party
Sweater weather… Festive dos… Wedding season… There’s a nip in the air, and the smell of naphthalene balls wafts out your trunks, as you dig out clothes that haven’t seen light...
There’s plastic in your wardrobe!
At a workshop we recently conducted, we asked a bunch of young adults about the plastics present in their wardrobes. We got a lot of responses: Buttons, tags, hangers, packaging,...
The anatomy of a sustainable wardrobe
Have you ever felt the more clothes you have, the more muddled your styling choices become? When I look back to a time I had fewer clothes, I realise was...
From field to fashion: The remarkable sustainability of hemp fiber!
Hemp, or Cannabis, is called a fibre of a hundred uses. From paper and textiles to oils, hemp gives us...
The 10 ethical fashion certifications you need to know about
How do you figure out whether a brand or product is true to its claims or whether it’s just greenwashing its way through? Well, the one way to be assured...
5 ways to salvage your Holi clothes
When the fun of smearing each other with gulaal has died down, the festival of colours can leave you, well, a bit colourless at the plight of your clothes. If you’ve been...
The eco-newbie’s guide to greenwashing
#SustainableFashionHow sincere are brands who use that hashtag? Could they be hoodwinking you into believing they’re something they’re not? More specifically, could they be fooling you into believing they’re eco-friendly...
