Green Guide
Three sustainable skills to learn
Ensuring the longevity of your clothes is key to sustainability. That, and actually using the clothes that are in your closet. Stitching and upcycling may not be everybody’s cup of...
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...
Leather 2.0: 5 insanely cool plant-based alternatives taking the fashion world by storm!
In a previous article we published, we spoke about plant-based leathers. The wonderful part is, we live in a time and age when technology and innovation have ensured there’s no...
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....
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...
