Today, the first day of Fashion Revolution, as well as reminding you of the first appointment of the #Imadeyourclothes series which will be broadcast tomorrow at 6pm on the eco-à-porter Instagram profile, guest Michele Stignani, project manager of Wao – the Eco effect shoes, I share with you a new
Starting to write today, two related things come to mind, even if they happened in different periods of my life (but everything is interconnected for me); the first, and which I already mentioned in the last May interview with Orsola de Castro, that my first direct contact with an ethical brand
This is not an ordinary end of the year, as it was not an ordinary Christmas, we know it well, indeed, there’s no need to repeat it. And precisely because we have never had a New Year like this, that I want to project myself immediately into 2021, that it
Even at the supermarket where I usually shop, there was the ‘Black Friday’ flyer the other day, which then the discounts in the end are the same as those of the classic periodic offers but this ‘Black Friday’ has leveled us so much that it seems to be useful also
The growing awareness of sustainable issues and what each of us, in our own, can do for the environment goes hand in hand and contrasts with those practices which, while appearing virtuous, at least on the surface, do not have a true ethical intent. We hear more and more often
Eravamo ancora in pieno lockdown quando avevo affrontato, qui nel blog, l’argomento legato alle drastiche conseguenze da Covid sulle economie più povere del Pianeta, quelle dove la maggior parte dei marchi occidentali delocalizza la produzione. Avevo citato Simone Cipriani, funzionario Onu che per conto dell’International Trade Centre ha ideato ed
It was April 17 when the first ‘episode’ of the eco-à-porter challenge came out, we were still in lockdown and the idea of being able to return to a minimum of normality still seemed far away. Then came Phase 2 and now, with the regions open again, we have moved
Phase 2 goes on and our eco-à-porter challenge continues too, with contributions that on the one hand confirm the great creativity of the participants (yes, they continue to be always and only women) and on the other the tendency to use second hand and vintage garments, in addition to their
Even though the lockdown has been over for a few days and we are in phase 2, there is still a lot left of our period of home isolation , the emergency is not over and staying at home is recommendable, if not necessary. For example, I haven’t seen my