As a child Mujahid Emambokus and his father tended to plants in the small backyard of his childhood home in Mauritius. The time spent in the family garden, instilled in him a respect for the environment. So as an adult, it wasn’t far-fetched that the entrepreneur...
There’s a denim jacket in Sammy Oteng’s wardrobe that he has a particular tender attachment to. It’s not that the jacket fits just right, or that it makes him feel a certain way when he wears it. It matters because it represents a personal turning point and the moment...
One of the 21st century’s most important designers, Maarten Baas, has clad a private jet in recycled G-Star RAW jeans linking hyper-consumption with the super-wealthy. For the exhibition More or Less at Milan Design Week, the designer created an opportunity to comment...
Healing the fashion system, and our relationships with clothing, is often rooted in a strong sense of community. For many, Facebook groups are an accessible way to seek out like-minded slow living enthusiasts. The Up-Cycled Cloth Collective is a good example. Melanie...
Living amid social and environmental catastrophes requires innovation and creativity to help find solutions, catalyse change, and comfort us in the face of adversity. We are seeing this in the artworld as more and more artists respond to the environmental crisis,...