Triple Threat: an interview with Dutch film director, fashion designer and nail artist Chloë van der Klaauw Alexandra Wagner July 2, 2021 Artists, Be Featured, cinema, Designers, Designers, film, Interview, London, MESSFashion, Photographers, Stories, Style, Sustainability, Sustainablefashion, Trends, Women We recently sat down with Chloë van der Klaauw, founder and designer of Studio Henriette Christine, an ethical, slow fashion brand that has caught many influencers' attention since its online launch in 2020. O...
Greenwashing: The Capitalisation of the Climate Emergency Bethany Chandler June 27, 2021 MESSFashion, Sustainability, Sustainablefashion Within recent years, the demand for environmentally-friendly products has grown considerably. Research has shown that a majority of consumers are willing to pay extra for products that they know to be ecological. Unfortunately, many corporations have viewed this rise in environmental awareness as a marketing opportunity; enter 'greenwashing'.
The Bangladesh Accord- A Prime Example of Brands being Superficially Ethical Eve Rowena June 25, 2021 Community, MESSFashion, News, Society, Sustainability, Sustainablefashion We all know that the upper end of the fast fashion industry has a huge issue with green-washing and putting on a front of ethical practices. Naturally, as a consumer, you likely don’t have the time or resource...
The British Fashion Council’s Inaugural Institute of Positive Fashion Forum: The Key Takeaways Alexandra Wagner June 24, 2021 Community, Fashion Weeks, History, MESSFashion, News, Shows, Society, Sustainability, Sustainablefashion Last June 10th, the British Fashion Council (BFC) celebrated its long-awaited Intitute of Positive Fashion Forum (IPF Forum), in which the fashion industry’s greatest leaders all gather to discuss and come up ...
Digital fashion and NFTs – here to stay? Alexandra Wagner June 20, 2021 Designers, Designers, History, MESSFashion, News, Shows, Sustainability, Sustainablefashion, Trends Digital fashion has taken high fashion brands by storm, and inevitably so, the rest of the world as well. Being a highly advanced technological power tool that leaves literally zero carbon footprint, its versa...
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.
EP 6 WHAT A MESS with Pilar Pedrinelli, a sustainability activist Eve Rowena June 14, 2021 MESSFashion, MESSMedia, News, Podcast, Sustainability, Sustainablefashion https://open.spotify.com/episode/3sCfSOhpr5cZS8bbbvTESJ?si=pJ4UXICwS9O644o4x12qfQ&dl_branch=1 New What A Mess episode with Pilar Pedrinelli, a sustainability activist and Global Public Engagement officer ...
Post Ownership Wardrobe Dorothee Sarah Spehar June 10, 2021 MESSFashion, Sustainability, Sustainablefashion The long months of winter in Berlin and quarantine didn’t really do well for my own personal style. It’s admirable how some people still took an effort to wear make-up and heels - I just couldn’t be bothered.B...
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?"
