The Power of Online Fashion Rental and Resale Marketplaces.
Globally, 80-150 billion garments are sold annually. Hand in hand with this, it is estimated that in 10 years’ time there will be 148...
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Politics
Fashion is often used in political campaigns to activist movements. Clothing can be used to highlight issues, as a signpost for our view on an issue or as a form of engagement with culture. The way we dress could also be used to suggest authority, moral value, wealth and status. Fashion can maintain and deepen inequality, but it also has the potential to challenge power and highlight inequality or alternative viewpoints. What one wears, how one wears it and when one wears it constitutes expressions of degrees of social freedoms and influences.
Ethics
Ethical Fashion seeks to create non-exploitative working conditions. This means paying the workers a good wage and creating an appreciative, non-discriminative, safe and hygienic environment. It is about designing and manufacturing clothes in a way that cares for people and communities, making sure of fair treatment from cotton seed to the finished garment.
Sustainability
Sustainable fashion is focused on the environment. It is about ensuring that the industry does not contribute to environmental degradation. Specifically, this means the way textiles are made, the materials used, the quality standards applied, upcycled/ recycled materials, and any packaging or branding. It is also focusing on energy-saving initiatives, treatment of wastewater, microplastics and pollutants and offset any environmental damage.
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Corona Virus and the Garment Industry in Bangladesh
The garment industry is a valuable industry that supports Bangladesh’s economy. Recently, the industry has seen its primary income...
Think you are doing the right deed by donating clothes to charity shops? I would re-think that idea
Of recently I watched a documentary episode from Compass on the ABC. Let me tell you I learnt some interesting information on how...
The environmental impact of our Jeans
Americans like to buy denim so much that ordinary consumers buy four pairs of jeans each year. In China's denim hub Xintang province, 300...
Make your own Tote Bag
Thing you need: Iron Ironing board Sewing machine Thread 3x - 50x52 cm sheets of Cotton Fabric Paper Plastic Wrap Baking Paper Tote bags...
The Social Studio Scrubbing Up!
The Social Studio (TSS), a non-for-profit organisation, that has created a safe environment of belonging to cause awareness and create...
Knitting for the first time
Instead of sitting around watching Netflix and baking until there is nothing left in the pantry, I thought right now is a pretty good...
Fashion trends
Trends? #unfollow HISTORY The first thing to acknowledge is that the concept of a trend, or the idea of changing your look regularly, has...
Interview with stylist Eliza Grlj
Eliza Grlj is a RMIT Bachelor of Fashion Design student, directs and produces fashion films to communicate her conceptual design...
Fashion with a social impact
Interview with Maggie McGowan, co-founder of Magpie Goose Electrifying prints are at the heart of Northern Territory-based social...
Modesty in fashion with Sara Awamleh
As a photographer I often get to take photos of fashion runway, last year I was lucky enough to cover RMIT Bachelor of Fashion Design...
Ethical and Sustainable Fashion
Interview with Crystal Thomas of North, non-profit company North is an Australian non-profit funding mission homewares and a clothing...
How is it possible to be ethical, sustainable and political in fashion
Interview with Ella Noah Bancroft , an Australian born artist, storyteller, director, mentor and founder of “The Returning” and Yhi...
“Made in China” – Interview with stylist Carol Yang
Carol Yang has recently graduated from the Bachelor of Fashion at RMIT University. She has been studying fashion since 2014. Her design...
At Home Berry-Based Tie Dye
Things you will need. - mixed berries - water - Rubber bands - Gloves - Salt - White/cream coloured Garments which are light enough...
Tips on sustainable fashion
Australians have a great appetite for shopping. Our per capita consumption has exceeded that of most other countries. This is nothing to...
Politics is fashion.
We have all heard the saying actions speak louder than words, now comes a time in the 21st Century where clothes can speak for us....
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