Stitch Up
Body positivity is one of the biggest issues in fashion right now. So it makes sense that fashion brands would do their best to tackle the lack of representation for different bodies. However, we are all aware, fashion rarely accommodates people of different sizes. We’ll be looking at the inadequacies of representation in fashion, joined by Jess from the plus-size sewing brand, Muna and Broad.
Pics: Radski Photography for THTC / Natasha Tonic / Hemp Eyewear
When Gav Lawson and his brother first found out about hemp at university, they knew they were on to something big. “We figured pretty soon the secret will get out – because the internet is just here, people are going to find out about it and it’s going to be a gamechanger. Which, you know, 20 years on, people are still like, ‘Is that weed? Is that okay?’
“So it’s been a gradual process,” he laughed.
Summer’s here and another school year has passed. We’ve rounded up five of the coolest fashion graduates who’ve been working with sustainable materials and techniques for their final collections. Johanna Hehemann and Claudia Gusella from Central Saint Martins’ BA Fashion Design Womenswear course, and Ivan Svanberg (BA Fashion/Apparel Design), Zamara Oborska Calado (BA Fashion), and Maria Dikaros (BA Fashion Design) from Ravensbourne University talk us through their designs, thoughts on sustainability, and the issues facing the fashion industry.
Shopping addictions are often portrayed by media as harmless and fun, but can seriously impact your finances and personal relationships – not to mention the planet. We spoke to recovering addicts and a treatment expert to find out why it’s time to take shopping addiction more seriously.
Vintage lunch box purses, sunglasses made of compostable materials or upcycled beer towel sweaters: Stitch Up! selects the most creative and eco-friendly fashion designers of the moment. Characterised by their inventiveness and ethicality, these pieces are the perfect definition of what a green fashion collection can be.
Today, we will be exploring the work of the talented British designer Bethany Williams.
When I was young, my mum dressed me and my sister in the same outfits. You can only imagine how excited I was when I reached the glorious age of 12, being old enough to head into the city with my friends and actually pick out clothes I liked and wanted to wear. This excitement for developing my own style and finding the perfect items to match has never faded, but when online shopping became the norm there was one issue. The models wearing the clothes never even remotely resembled what my body looked like, but still, they were modelling my size.
The long, hot summer days we’ve all been longing for have finally arrived. But as we live in a country where it rains 133 days per year, we’re not as well-adjusted to the sun as we’d like to be. With these temperatures, SPF 50 is going over the counter about as quickly as ice cream, and we can’t be careful enough not to burn our skin. To help you keep your head cool and keep that sunstroke at bay, we’ve selected the best DIY sun hats.
Tune into the first ever episode of our sustainable fashion podcast, Common Thread. This week, we hear from leading environmental journalist Lucy Siegle and the founders of sustainable activewear brand KitChange on the pros and cons of wearing plastic.