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Friday 5: Five Stories That Changed The Way We Think About Fashion
Every week we put together our Friday 5 -five stories…
VIDEO: What Makes A Citizen?
What makes you feel like you belong to a place…
A 7 Shirt Capsule Collection, Made Locally for Transparency
A socially responsible fashion brand, Pause NY, is currently running…
Last Chance Gallery Harnesses Neon For Endangered Animals
Last Chance is a benefit show that harnesses the power…
5 Labor Rights Initiatives on International Workers’ Day
On May 1, 1886, more than 300,000 workers and labor…
BF+DA Alumna Blair Lauren Brown Launches Ethical Gold Collective
This Friday, April 28th, from 4:00-4:45 p.m., join Brooklyn Fashion…
7 Ways Textiles & Design Are Helping Refugees
In the face of the refugee crisis, many designers are…
Activist Frau Fiber Memorializes Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire With Installation
According to History.com, On March 25, 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist…
The 2017 EcoChic Design Award Opens to USA
The EcoChic Design Award is a sustainable fashion design competition…
INTERVIEW: RiverBlue Documentary Director on Denim Pollution
We caught up with Riverblue film Director David McIlvride, to…
SERIES: Part 2-The Social & Environmental Impacts of Standards and Certifications
We recently examined the relationship of standards and certifications to…
AUDIO-The Trump Effect: Immigration, Apparel Manufacturing and the Environment
Forum for the Future’s Sandra Seru and ITAC’s Kinda Younes…
SERIES: Part 3-The Many Challenges of Fashion Certifications
We recently dove into the world of fashion certifications in…
2016: The Year That Politics Made Fashion Brands Pick Sides
You’ve probably had more conversations about Hillary Clinton and Donald…
Truth+Consequences: The Experimenter
Image: Magnolia Pictures Truth+Consequences is an ongoing column by Brooklyn…
Ai Weiwei Fills NYC’s Deitch Projects With Thousands of Refugee Garments
Image: Designboom According to an article on Designboom, “Ai Weiwei’s…
INTERVIEW: Positive Impact Awards, EILEEN FISHER’s Remade
As part of the Positive Impact Awards, we’re giving Remade…
SERIES: Part 1-How Helpful Are Standards and Certifications?
The 2013 collapse of Rana Plaza should have never happened,…
INTERVIEW: Positive Impact Awards, Jason Kibbey, CEO, Sustainable Apparel Coalition
In 2010, Patagonia’s Rick Ridgeway helped gather the top leaders…
BOOK GIVEAWAY: Oaxaca Stories in Cloth
The Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator is hosting a special…
Can Connecting the Dots of Women in Fashion Empower Women?
If we could connect the collective dots of feminism sprinkled…
Outdoor Brand Orin Lets Internet Decide on Price & Traceability
According to Tech Insider,for two weeks starting Monday, August 8,…
Op-Ed: America Leads the World in Textile Waste and Unwanted Clothing, Here’s Why
Americans rarely think about clothing waste because, really, what’s there…
Friday 5: Five Stories That Changed The Way We Think About Fashion
Every week we put together our Friday 5 -five stories…
How To Talk To Your Teen About Ethical Fashion
I recently gave a talk about ethical fashion to 8th…
Investing in Teen Girls for World Population Day
In 1989, the Governing Council of the United Nations Development…
Project JUST, Raising Funds to Support Research Into 100 Clothing Brands
Project JUST recently announced that it is raising $30,000 to…
BF+DA’s Unreasonable Women Launches The Retouchers Accord
Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator Venture Fellow Unreasonable Women, an…
Patagonia Announces Success with Fair Trade Program
Patagonia recently announced that Apparel workers who make Patagonia clothing…
15 Textile Books To Add To Your Summer Reading List
Earlier this year, we rounded up 10 fantastic textile books,…
Bathing Suits the Price of a Latte?
As the weather warms up and fast fashion chains keep…
10 Billion Items of Connected Clothing, A New Mine for Sustainability Data
Forbes writes that some 10 billion products in the apparel,…
Threadbare: A New Book About Fashion, Sex and Trafficking
“If the United States isn’t the birthplace of fast fashion,…
Dear Mom, When Did You Stop Caring Where Things Came From?
Dear Mama, Time is such a funny thing it really…
‘Fashion Revolution’, A Poem by Alexandra Haines-Stiles
Who grew this cotton Who sowed the seeds Who spun…
BF+DA An Honoree For MAKINGOODESIGN Awards
MAKINGOODESIGN is a collaboration between Design With Benefits and AIA’s…
9 Female Farmers Changing The Fashion Industry
Image: La Rhea Pepper, Organic Cotton Farmer, Co-Founder and Senior…
Ghostworkers are Making Your Clothes
Marc Bain of Quartz writes on “A huge underclass of…
Project Just Launches Wikipedia Like Site For Transparency in Fashion
Navigating the unruly territory that is fashion and transparency is…
Isabel Marant Trying to Claim Oaxaca’s Indigenous Designs
You read that headline right. Luxury fashion brand Isabel Marant…
Is Clothing Made in Prison Really Ethical?
Business of Fashion writer Kate Abnett writes: “Across England and…
Cambodia’s First Protest Band Takes Aim at the Fashion Industry
Last month, we had the chance to sit down with…
Positive Impact Awards: Andrew Morgan, Sustainability in Film
This year, to celebrate the Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator’s…
Aurora James Goes to Africa to Change Cultural Appropriation Through T-Shirts
Aurora James was selected this summer for the Vogue/CFDA Fashion…
INTERVIEW: Adam Mott, Sustainability Director at The North Face on Taking Initiative
“It’s a fine line to walk,” Adam Mott tells me…
The Antigua Project, A Design & Craft Collaboration
In May 2015, a group of 12 New York based…
EVENT: You Are What You Wear-New York’s Sustainable and Ethical Fashion Trade
While the value of what we put in our bodies…
Is Social Media Traceability’s New Superman?
Twitter, Instagram and Facebook are helping consumers learn where their…
For Indian Weavers in Varanasi, Help for an Endangered Craft
For Indian weavers in Varanasi, their craft is in danger…
Hate Planned Obsolescence? Consider the Fairphone
Some things wear out faster than others. Part of that…
Pope Francis Calls Global Capitalism a ‘Subtle Dictatorship’
The New York Times writes “Pope Francis does not just…
What’s The Price of Fresh Air in South Asia?
What’s the price of fresh air in South Asia? Environmentalists…
Museum of Fine Arts Boston’s “Dress Up in a Kimono” Event Considered Racist
ArtNet News writes that “protesters are up in arms” over…
An Eye for an Eye: The Death Penalty for Injustices in the Garment Industry
The Rana Plaza garment factory collapse On May 25, 2015,…
LIVE VIDEO: Today is World Day Against Child Labor
To mark the World Day theme “No to Child Labour…
When Yoga Trumps Fast Fashion
“Act from a place of love,” the rosy-faced yogi tells…
Early Origins of the Conscious Consumer? The Free Produce Movement of the 1800s
A Free Labor Store, in Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson County, Ohio,…
What the Trans-Pacific Partnership Means for Fashion
We’ve been following the Trans-Pacific Partnership very closely and what…
Quoted: The Crossroads of ‘Should’ and ‘Must’ on BrainPickings
“A pointed finger is a victim’s logo… No matter how…
This Mother’s Day, Try to Celebrate Mothers
Author Megan Reilly Cayten, Venture Fellow at the Brooklyn Fashion+Design…
9 Ways Women Are Getting Abused in the Fashion Industry
The fashion industry is full of human rights abuses, and…
QUOTED: Factory Standards & Exploitation
“What threatens Bangladesh is not factory standards but political turmoil…As…
Indian Women Recast & Recycle Western Clothes
Unravel - Trailer from Soul Rebel Films on Vimeo. Aeon…
An Interview with Lost in Fiber’s Abigail Doan on Tumbleweeds & Urban Seeds
Flotsam orbs by Abigail Doan on the work table at…
Apple Buys Forests in Maine for Sustainable Supply Chain Move
Apple recently bought forests in Maine for a sustainable supply…
Kelly Holmes, Founder of Native Max Magazine Dispels Myth of Native Americans Not Existing
BuzzFeed writes: “When Kelly Holmes, founder of Native Max magazine,…
10 Fashion Revolution Day Events To Show Solidarity At
Image: Rachel Manns, Fashion Revolution © 2015 Fashion Revolution Day…
Quartz: H&M’s “Sustainability” Report Hides the Unsustainable Reality of Fast Fashion
Quartz reported this morning on H&M’s “Sustainability” Report Hides the…
104 Years Later: Remembering the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Today is the 104th anniversary of the tragic Triangle Shirtwaist…
10 “Made In,” Fashion Facts That Might Surprise You
Do you know where your clothing came from? 18 years…
China’s “Factory Girls” Grow Up And Go On Strike
China’s “factory girls” growing up and going on strike, but…
What Sells More Than Sex? Insecurity
Sex sells. What sells even more? Insecurity. Multi-billion dollar industries…
This International Women’s Day, Tell Your Daughter, Mother, Sister She Can Do Anything
Author Megan Reilly Cayten and daughter Caterina (International Women’s Day…
ILO: 17 Million Children Engaged in Child Labor in South Asia
Sourcing Journal reports that nearly 17 million children between ages…
EILEEN FISHER’S Vision2020 a Sustainable Fashion Benchmark
When we got this email yesterday from one of our…
The (Near) Impossibility of Organic Cotton Traceability
When it comes to the complexities of deeming a product…
INTERVIEW: Marcia Patmos On Sustainability, Tech And Zero Waste For Fall 14
Marcia Patmos, the designer of M.Patmos, talks about sustainability, zero…
Farm Aid: Featuring The One Little Shirt That Could Change Everything
Amy DuFault gives us her thoughts on how Farm Aid, and…
Does The Traditional Fashion Calendar Fuel Overconsumption and Waste?
Brooklyn Accelerator’s Tara St James and Amy DuFault weigh in…
OP-ED: Fast Fashion Chains Are Growing, So Give Up on Being a Conscious Shopper?
It’s a great time to be a fast fashion company….
10 Labor Rights Books That Will Make You Think Differently About Where Your Clothes Come From
Want to follow the story of a basic wardrobe staple…
5 Textile Protest Songs To Get You Ready for Labor Day Weekend
From “Cotton Mill Colic” to the “Victory Song of the…
Emily Spivack’s ‘Worn Stories’ a Collection of Memories About Our Clothes
From Johnny Cash to Orange Is the New Black‘s Piper…