The Benefits of Mass Customization
By Elizabeth McIvor The Benefits of Mass Customization The concept of mass customization was first introduced to the fashion world in the early 1990s. Some would argue that mass customization is an attempt to return us as a consumer society to the personalisation that used to be standard for clothing. Most...
5 Rainforest Deforestation Facts to Call You to Action
By Elizabeth McIvor 5 Rainforest Deforestation Facts to Call You to Action Rainforest deforestation is a topic we briefly touched on in last month’s blog post, so this month, we’re doing a deep dive. For those of us working toward being ethical consumers as much as possible, these deforestation facts will...
Sustainable Fashion: Traditional Rattan Gardens
The Woven History of Pahikung
Dana Thomas, Author of Fashionopolis
This is a transcript of Dana's interview on Heart Stock Radio, hosted by Carole Murphy, founder of Purse for the People. You can also listen to the audio recording of this program HERE Carole Good Evening, you're listening to Heart Stock Radio, and I'm your host Carole Murphy. Today,...
Amy Hall of Impactorum
This is a transcript of Amy's interview on Heart Stock Radio, hosted by Carole Murphy, founder of Purse for the People. You can also listen to the audio recording of this program HERE Carole: This is Heart Stock Radio. I'm your host Carole Murphy. Today Our guest is Amy Hall....
Meet Our Charitable Partner: Dressember
A Brief Examination of Fast Fashion
Back to the Source: Rattan and Water Hyacinth
Back to the Source: Pandan and Banana
In our last post we introduced two special materials from the rainforest: rattan and water hyacinth. Here, we continue the exploration of the sustainable materials that we can harvest from the forest: this time it is pandan and banana. In future posts, we will be doing a deep dive on...