Digital Fashion: A New Direction for Fashion? Bethany Chandler June 17, 2021 Creativity, Designers, Fashion Weeks, Fresh Mess, MESSFashion, News, Sustainability, Sustainablefashion, Trends Digital technology is sweeping the current fashion scene. This new-wave technology is making huge advancements, making use of 3D technology and pixelated imagery. It’s a software that allows you to wear varying amounts of different clothing without ever, actually, wearing them. It’s downloaded.
Veganism Could Save the Planet, But is it Realistic? Bethany Chandler June 14, 2021 Community, Lifestyle, MESSHealth, MESSsubmissions, Nutrition, Society, Sustainability, Top News Veganism is a hot topic right now. With ‘Veganuary’, and an ever-increasing array of animal-free products becoming available in shops and restaurants across the world; it is fast becoming an accessible, sustainable diet. How truly accessible is it though?
Chatting With XFEMINADESIGNS: The Small Business Starting Its Own Sustainable Fashion Revolution Bethany Chandler June 8, 2021 Artists, Community, Creativity, Designers, Designers, Features, Fresh Mess, Interview, MESSFashion, MESSFeature, MESSsubmissions, News, Stories, Style, Sustainability, Sustainablefashion, Trends, Women "Positive representation and love for colour is my inspiration. Growing up a plus sized, mixed race girl in Britain, I felt out of place. I never wore bright colours or patterns in fear of being called out, and assumed that fashion like that wasn't meant for me. I mean, where do you see chubby brown girls in cool clothes in the 90's fashion scene?"
Eco-Anxiety: The Psychological Impact of Climate Change Bethany Chandler June 6, 2021 Be Featured, Community, Features, Lifestyle, MESSFashion, MESSFeature, MESSHealth, MESSMedia, Sustainability It’s a common phenomenon now, particularly when the news bombards us with soul-crushing statistics and images of the climate emergency. That helpless feeling of wanting help change the world for the better, yet having no idea where to even start.
Impostor Syndrome: The Fear of Being Inadequate Bethany Chandler June 2, 2021 Community, Fresh Mess, International Women's Day, Lifestyle, MESSFeature, MESSHealth, Women If you’ve ever started a new job, club, or met a new group of people you can probably relate to that sense of feeling out of place. That out-of-body experience of being painfully aware of everything you do or say in a certain situation. But why does this happen? Does everyone experience this?
What Size am I? Bethany Chandler May 28, 2021 Designers, Fresh Mess, MESSFashion, MESSHealth, Models, News, Women Realistically we know that our worth is not determined by the size of jeans we wear; but sometimes living by that truth is easier said than done.
Are Second-Hand Clothing Sites a Sustainable Form of Fashion? Bethany Chandler May 12, 2021 MESSFashion, MESSsubmissions, Sustainability, Sustainablefashion Never-ending streams of sales and promotions has bred a population of over-consumption in fashion. Second-hand clothing sites seem to offer a simple solution to this. But are these platforms truly as sustainable as they seem?
