Ganni – The Question Of Sustainability In High Fashion Brands Francesca Salmon February 16, 2023 MESSFashion Picture courtesy of Hypebae. Is Copenhagen Fashion Week’s Ganni As Economically ’Responsible’ As It Claims To Be? The topic of sustainability is more relevant now in 2023 than it has ever been, and will ...
Can Fast Fashion Be Made Sustainable? Natalie Wright January 23, 2022 Lifestyle, Style, Sustainability, Sustainablefashion, Trends Sometimes sustainability isn’t an option. For those of us who have a limited budget, fast fashion brands offer cheap clothes in all shapes and styles. Despite the fact that these brands churn out unnecessary a...
The Art of the Instagram Advertisers – How Fashion Brands Are Targeting Social Media Users melissa alderton September 6, 2021 Lifestyle, MESSFashion, Society, Sustainability By Melissa 'Lissy' Alderton Now I’m sure we have all noticed an influx in advertisements on social media throughout the years. This is because of a little something called ‘targeted ads’. Now according to I...
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...
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?"
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?
Art imitates life: How the Designers of Copenhagen Fashion Week used their reality as inspiration Lillian Race February 10, 2021 Creativity, Designers, Designers, Fashion Weeks, MESSFashion, Shows, Sustainablefashion Copenhagen Fashion Week AW21 Digital Edition ran from the 2 - 4 February 2021 The latest coronavirus restrictions did not stop Copenhagen as they launched their fashion week completely online from t...
How the designers of CPHFW are practising sustainability Lillian Race January 26, 2021 Designers, Fashion Weeks, MESSFashion, Sustainablefashion Copenhagen Fashion Week AW21 Digital Edition: 2 February - 4 February Copenhagen Fashion Week, the leading Nordic fashion week, is fast approaching. Once again, we witness human capacity to ...
The Top Fashion Podcasts You Should Not Miss in 2021 Lillian Race January 21, 2021 Lifestyle, MESSFashion In such unsettling times, podcasts might be needed now more than ever to provide that much-needed escapism from reality. Those on the fashion scene have too recognised the importance of podcasts in opening...
