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That's one of the reasons that McCartney has teamed up with innovators that are developing more sustainable materials, including Econyl - regenerated nylon created from discarded fishing nets and other plastic waste. This month, the brand is launching its first commercially available, fully circular garment: a parka made from Econyl that's 100 per cent recycled and recyclable. McCartney previously launched an Infinite Hoodie made using NuCyl - a fibre that's 100 per cent post-consumer waste - with Adidas in 2019, but only 50 were available at the time.

"The parka fully closes the loop - it's taking 100 per cent waste and then [when you're finished with it] you can either bring it back to a Stella McCartney store or you can use the QR code on there and post it, and we can then recycle it back into fibre and make it into another garment," McCartney explains. "It's really cool - for me it's cooler than just going, 'Oh, I really love neon green fuzzy boots this season.' It's the most fashionable thing you can do if you're working in the world of fashion right now."

Alongside Econyl, McCartney has partnered with the likes of Bolt Threads on its Mylo "un-leather", made from mushroom roots (the designer was part of an early "consortium" of brands backing the company) and Vegea, another leather alternative made from grape waste. Meanwhile, McCartney has also helped set up a new $200 million (£165 million) fund called Collab SOS, which invests in companies such as Bolt Threads, as well as Natural Fiber Welding, which has created a plastic-free leather alternative called Mirum, and Protein Evolution, a start-up that has developed a process designed to allow plastic waste (including nylon and polyester) to be infinitely recycled.

"It's important for me personally to put investment into those new start-ups and into the future of fashion because I'm in fashion," McCartney says of her involvement in the fund. "I'm working every day alongside so many incredible tech brands. We're working in developing materials together and solutions, and then I'm bringing them into a business model. For me to use my partners [and] my contacts to upscale everything [via the fund], then you can truly see a meaningful change."

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Levi's is owned by Levi Strauss & Co.

Its environment rating is 'good'. It uses some eco-friendly materials including recycled materials. It has set a science-based target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions generated from its own operations and supply chain and it is on track to meet its target. It implements water reduction initiatives throughout its supply chain. It has met its Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals Group (ZDHC) target to eliminate hazardous chemicals from most of its supply chain.

Its labour rating is 'not good enough'. Almost none of its supply chain is certified by labour standards which ensure worker health and safety, living wages or other labour rights. It received a score of 41-50% in the 2021 Fashion Transparency Index. It implements gender equality and empowerment initiatives in its supply chain. There is no evidence it ensures payment of a living wage in its supply chain. It discloses policies to protect suppliers in its supply chain from the impacts of COVID-19 but not workers.

Its animal rating is 'not good enough'. It has a formal animal welfare policy aligned with Five Freedoms but has no clear mechanisms to implement. It uses leather. It uses down accredited by the Responsible Down Standard. It has a policy to source wool from non-mulesed sheep but does not provide evidence on how it is implemented. It does not use fur, angora, exotic animal hair or exotic animal skin. It traces some animal products to the first stage of production.

Levi's is rated 'It's a start' overall

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BUY LESS, CHOOSE WELL, MAKE IT LAST

Vivienne Westwood is one of the last independent global fashion brands in the world. We exist to do more than just produce clothes and accessories.

We use our collections, collaborations and catwalk shows as a platform to promote awareness and campaign for a better world. We use our voice to fight climate change, and to mobilise people around its impact on Mother Earth, Gaia, who sustains us all.

We know there is a contradiction between our activism and the industry we are part of. Fashion creates products which are too often disposable, and which - through their creation, distribution and eventual disposal - can have a disproportionately negative impact on our planet, its wildlife and people.

We know this and we know we must do better. We have been adapting the way we make our clothes and accessories over the last few years to reflect the growing urgency to change how the industry operates but, in this time of Climate Crisis, we must go further.

We continually challenge ourselves to make all our products with greater care for people and the environment and to lower our impact as much as possible. We push for a fashion industry that we can be proud to be part of. We are committed to strong, holistic action in the interests of farmers, artisans, supply chain workers, brand employees, our customers, our communities, and all life on earth.

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All retail packaging is plastic-free, made from FSC certified card and paper, the retail bags are made from 40% recycled pulp, 25% leather by-product and is produced with 100% green energy. Elimination of all single-use plastic from transit packaging is implemented. Now the company is working to change their plastic hangers and polythene garment covers to more sustainable alternatives.

The last action area of the brand is reimagining waste. The brand is committed to tackling textile waste through the collections and aims to make the most of the resources that go into their products, reusing, recycling and reimagining as they go. The brand prevents waste at the design stage where possible, using low waste experimental pattern cutting. The company applied a waste hierarchical approach to unused resources; reducing, reusing, recycling and recovering waste products, diverting as much as possible from landfill. At the same time, the brand is consolidating their labels and reducing the size of the collection since this is a really quick way to reduce the brand's impact and is easily connected to manufacturing. This is an on-going process that the aim is to complete this process by 2020. The brand really seeks out opportunities to reuse and upcycle leftover fabric, deadstock and discarded materials.

Their new Green Logistics Hub has full waste recycling and reclamation facilities. The brand has a line of accessories called Made in Africa that is made using recycled canvas, reused roadside banners, unused leather off-cuts, and recycled brass cast and shirting stock reused for linings. The brand is regularly creating items and collaboration around reusing textile leftovers like in 2018, they partnered with Italian social enterprise Project Quid, that creates employment opportunities for vulnerable women. Together they create a limited-edition accessories collection from leftover silk stock. The design and production of the World's End Collection- a unisex limited edition pieces range, was around the re-use of leftover production fabric from previous seasons.

SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE TOPICS

Vivienne as a personality and her brand behind her supporting and engaged in many causes around sustainable topics. From Cool Earth focusing on saving the rainforest and stop Climate Change, up to inaugurate the 'Climate Revolution' at the London Paralympics closing ceremony in 2012. Vivienne campaigned and fundraised money for many organizations over the years like Environmental Justice Foundation, Friends of the Earth, Amnesty International and War Child, amongst many more. As you read the brand has collaborated and dedicated shows and products to raise money and awareness around some of these causes.

In collaboration with The British Fashion Council and the Mayor of London, the brand created a campaign called Fashion SWITCH. Reaching out to fashion businesses commiting to switching to a green energy supplier or to green energy by 2020. Hopefully, this would set an example for a global environmental change, since big brands like Christopher Raeburn, Harvey Nichols, Kering, Marks & Spencer, Oliver Spencer, Positive Luxury, Selfridges, Stella McCartney , Steventai & Teatum Jones are already part of this program. According to Julie's Bicycle, a global charity that supports the cultural and creative community to act on Climate Change, they measured the impact of the actions taken by the brands that signed up to the campaign. Results from the first year (2017 - 2018) estimate a total of 125 tonnes of CO2 emissions avoided as a result of this industry shift.

SUPPORTING DIVERSITY AND GENDER EQUALITY

The last area in which Vivienne Westwood's brand is emphasising on is supporting diversity in all its forms and gender equality in the workplace. Today, women at Vivienne Westwood account for 63% of the total headcount, and a big jump especially in leadership roles in recent years. The brand accumulated a report on gender pay gap from 2018 follows the methodology set out by the UK government. Based on the collected data the company outlined actions they are taking since to improve the diversity performances of the company.

Although the brand Vivienne Westwood seemed to have sustainability in the core of the business, as a persona Vivienne faces criticism from eco-activists who claim that despite her calls to save the environment she herself makes no concessions to making her clothing or her business more eco-friendly at the same level as she preaches in media and definitely at her fashion shows.

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BUY LESS, CHOOSE WELL, MAKE IT LAST

Vivienne Westwood is one of the last independent global fashion brands in the world. We exist to do more than just produce clothes and accessories.

We use our collections, collaborations and catwalk shows as a platform to promote awareness and campaign for a better world. We use our voice to fight climate change, and to mobilise people around its impact on Mother Earth, Gaia, who sustains us all.

We know there is a contradiction between our activism and the industry we are part of. Fashion creates products which are too often disposable, and which - through their creation, distribution and eventual disposal - can have a disproportionately negative impact on our planet, its wildlife and people.

We know this and we know we must do better. We have been adapting the way we make our clothes and accessories over the last few years to reflect the growing urgency to change how the industry operates but, in this time of Climate Crisis, we must go further.

We continually challenge ourselves to make all our products with greater care for people and the environment and to lower our impact as much as possible. We push for a fashion industry that we can be proud to be part of. We are committed to strong, holistic action in the interests of farmers, artisans, supply chain workers, brand employees, our customers, our communities, and all life on earth.

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As part of our Own the Game strategy, we aim to move to a comprehensive sustainable offering at scale. Our ambition is that 90% of our articles will be sustainable by 2025. We define articles as sustainable when they show environmental benefits versus conventional articles due to the materials used, meaning that they are - to a significant degree - made with environmentally preferred materials. The majority of these are recycled materials or more sustainable cotton. At the same time, innovative materials such as biobased synthetics, and more sustainably grown natural materials are used in a small scale already and will become increasingly relevant in the future.

To qualify as a sustainable article, environmentally preferred materials have to exceed a certain predefined percentage of the article weight. The applied criteria for environmentally preferred materials and the percentage of the article weight are defined based on standards reflecting the latest industry developments, competitor benchmarks, and expert opinions: For apparel, the environmentally preferred material content is required to be at least 70% of the article weight, for accessories and gear at least 50%, and for footwear at least 20%. This standard has been applied for the year 2022 onward. By the end of 2022, we managed to have seven out of ten of our articles sustainable.

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Liverpool native Daley has won the LVMH prize, whose previous recipients include Christopher Kane and Priya Ahluwalia.

As the unspoken adage in the fashion realm goes, what Harry Styles touches - or rather, wears - turns to gold, and truer words have never been spoken as it pertains to Steven Stokey-Daley.

The Liverpool native, who graduated from the University of Westminster in 2019, felt first-hand the impact of Styles' Midas touch after the singer's stylist Harry Lambert tapped Daley to design several pieces for an upcoming undisclosed project. Said project soon transpired to be the video for Styles' single Golden, which was artistically shot along Italy's Amalfi coast.

Harry Styles first wearing SS Daley in the video for his single, Golden.

Alongside his trademark Gucci, which has become as synonymous with Styles as strawberries are with cream, the singer can be seen in the video jogging along winding coastal paths in a breezy white shirt and a pair of wide-leg floral trousers, both of which were lifted straight from Daley's graduate collection. Said collection was made exclusively from deadstock and leftover tweed, chiffon and silk from Alexander McQueen's material archive that was donated to the University of Westminster by the brand.

Harry Styles wearing an SS Daley cardigan to a Spotify event in 2022.

The rest, as they say, is history. Three years after that debut endorsement and, not only has the collaborative trifecta between Daley, Lambert and Styles been cemented, but Daley has just been awarded the coveted 2022 LVMH Prize, whose previous recipients include Christopher Kane and Thebe Magugu.

"None of it feels at all real," Daley wrote on social media of his win. "I'm so thrilled to have had the opportunity to introduce my world to the incredible jury. Thank you to everyone for their constant support, it really wouldn't be possible without the incredible team around me."

As part of his prize, Daley will receive a £300,000 cash prize and a year's worth of mentorship, during which he plans to strategise for his brand's e-commerce offering. It looks like there's a new golden boy on the style block.

Images: courtesy of YouTube, Harry Lambert and Getty.

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Nicholas Daley is bringing patchwork back during his London fashion week runway show. Daley debuted his 'Blue Quilt' Spring/ Summer 2022 menswear collection that showed patchwork and textiles that honoured where he comes from.

Daley's use of textiles is very different from what we've been seeing in high-end fashion, for Daley he has used materials and patterns that showcase certain cultures and highlight the divide that once was in fashion. Prominent on this runway was his appreciation for his own culture. Being Scottish-Caribbean, Daley has always shown appreciation for quilting, and the ways in which it represents the culture, "Quilting is something I've always been inspired by; this idea of repurposing and rebuilding fabrics and how this connects with certain cultures."

Daley really emphasized the looks for this runway by creating new fabrics, new patches work and new inspirations. His mother is one of the many members of his team that is the lead knitter and has been the one who taught Daley how to knit, which makes this collection even more sentimental. Daley's use of materials and his ingenious creation of new fabrics, materials and textiles has made this collection more sustainable as he has recreated new collection pieces with old collection pieces. "Key was the creation of four-by-two-meter quilt works assembled from off-cuts from previous collections, which were then cut into ponchos and bucket hats." Quoted Daley in a Vogue review.

Daley's first look at the show is a patchwork poncho with a matching bucket hat and matching cream trousers. This look is the embodiment of the collection showcasing his love for quilting and his cultural background. Any piece of this look can be worn together or separate and still show its versatility and its appreciation for Daley's background.

In this look, Daley's main focus is the linen and his croquet bag. Both are still representative of his cultural background, but also showing more interest in the sustainability aspect of fashion. The materials from certain mills worked with Daley to create sustainable fabrics, like the blue striped linen pants, and the matching croquet hat and bag is a representation of his love for the creation of new fabrics with recycled fabrics.

This look once again has a main focus on its bag and hat, but the overall look gives it a more street wear vibe. Daley's Scottish and Caribbean background are the main focus in all of his pieces, but for this look, Daley took a causal plaid shirt, with a graphic tee and khaki slacks to compliments the croquet bag and hat, mixing his heritages.

Vogues review of the collection is as stated, "the garments, foundations for the further expression to come, reflected the geographically multitudinous embrace of a spiritually connected global diaspora that is Daley's daily pursuit."

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The Paris label Y / Project puts a new focus on sustainability

The launch of the "Evergreen" Capsule Collection marks the kick-off of this project

New sustainable designs will be added to the "Evergreen" Collection each year sustainable designs can be added

While the culmination of fashion shows for men's Spring/Summer Collections was supposed to take place in Paris at the end of July, the entire schedule was ultimately canceled due to COVID-XNUMX restrictions. Instead of moping around or relaxing, however, some brands put the time gained from the quarantine to productive use. Such was the case with Y/Project, as the Paris-based label developed the "Evergreen" Capsule Collection.

Y / Project - A label at the intersection of streetwear and extravagance

Modern, unique, unbridled. Skillfully, the high-end label's creative director Glenn Martens fuses voluminous, luxurious silhouettes with energetic street styles. This is to emphasize individuality and independence, and reinterpret masculinity and femininity through the versatility of the eccentric unisex looks.

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This progressive interpretation of social and industry trends not only helped the brand win the coveted ANDAM Fashion Award Paris. In addition to awards and collaborations with industry giants such as UGG, Y/Project's contemporary design has also secured it a firm place in the luxury segment and is represented at more than XNUMX high-end retailers worldwide. And that offline as well as online.

Sustainable commitment

In light of the quarantine, Y/Project has now used the time to reposition itself - with a clear focus on sustainability. The luxury of having time to reflect entitles the brand to new responsibility, Martens said in an open letter to the press. With this heightened sense of responsibility, the label's priority now is to inspire change and shape a sustainable future for the fashion industry. The first result of this endeavor: the 100% sustainable "Evergreen" Capsule Collection.

Y / Projects Evergreens Go Green

In keeping with the meaning of an evergreen - a thing that is timelessly popular - the twelve-piece collection consists of the luxury brand's most beloved pieces. No wonder, therefore, that the majority of the designs are characterized by asymmetrical shapes, extravagant silhouettes, playful proportions, as well as materials such as denim. This is in fact the conceptual signature style of Y/Project.

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Each design of the collection is manufactured with the consideration of newly defined standards of sustainability as well as ethics. And along the entire value chain: from production to packaging, shipping and materials. In fact, the materials are a combination of natural and recycled fabrics, the processing of which takes place exclusively in the EU. While this approach meets claims of CO2 reduction and circular economy, the donation of part of the proceeds to an ecological charity testifies to Y/Project's holistic sustainable as well as ethical approach.

In addition, the collection will be sold every season as well as supplemented with new sustainable pieces. This guarantees the timelessness of the pieces. In terms of price, Evergreen is in line with the label's traditional collections. According to Creative Director Martens, sustainability should not represent an additional cost for conscious consumers.

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NEW YORK, NY - June 12, 2019: Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE: RL) unveiled its renewed strategy on Global Citizenship & Sustainability as part of its fiscal year 2019 (FY19) report, published today. The strategy, Design the Change, is both a commitment and a journey to accelerate the Company's work across citizenship and sustainability and includes a new set of goals that bring clarity and focus to how Ralph Lauren will deliver the change required to create a better future. As part of its commitment, the Company also announced it has signed onto the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), joining other companies across industries to implement universal sustainability principles and to take steps to support UN goals.

"When Ralph founded our Company more than 50 years ago, he did so with the conviction that whatever we create is meant to be worn, loved and passed on for generations," says Patrice Louvet, CEO and President, Ralph Lauren Corporation. "This philosophy is deeply embedded in our culture, our brands and our Purpose-to inspire the dream of a better life through authenticity and timeless style. It also inspires Design the Change, a strategy that will accelerate our efforts to create a positive impact in society and a more sustainable future."

Design the Change is led by senior leadership, with strong governance in place. The Ralph Lauren Corporation Board of Directors has expanded the responsibilities of the Company's Nominating & Governance Committee to include oversight of environmental and social risks and opportunities; the Company formed a Senior Steering Team made up of members of the Global Leadership Team; and the Company recently appointed its first Chief Sustainability Officer, Halide Alagöz, who also serves as the Company's Chief Supply Chain Officer.

Design the Change is focused on three areas where Ralph Lauren can create the greatest positive impact: Creating Timeless Style, Protecting the Environment, and Championing Better Lives. Its foundation is 16 ambitious goals that will guide the Company's work across each of these areas.

Select goals include:

Achieve 100% sustainably-sourced key materials - including cotton - by 2025

Train design, product development and merchant teams on sustainable, circular, inclusive and culturally-aware design annually by 2020

Set science-based greenhouse gas reduction targets by 2020 and 100% renewable energy targets by the end of 2019

Achieve gender parity with equal representation in leadership positions at the Vice President level and above by 2023

Increase female representation in factory management by 25% by 2025

The report also highlights significant Company achievements from the past year. Of note, Ralph Lauren:

Unveiled the Earth Polo, a reimagination of the iconic Polo shirt crafted from an innovative fabric produced entirely from plastic bottles. The creation of the Earth Polo is part of the Company's commitment to recycle 170 million bottles by 2025. Each Polo is made from approximately 12 plastic bottles - which may have otherwise ended up in oceans or landfills - and uses a completely waterless dyeing process.

Donated more than 14,000 hours of time and talent to non-profit organizations through Ralph Lauren Gives Back. In FY19, the Company hosted three Ralph Lauren Gives Back weeks, during which Company teams volunteered with 80 organizations. Employees also took part in 64 fundraising walks for life-threatening illnesses such as cancer and AIDS.

Achieved a global workforce gender balance of 64% female, with women holding 53% of positions at and above the Senior Director level.

Launched the "Lead Like a Woman" campaign, a platform which aims to close the leadership gap between women and men, and includes media, products and events celebrating female leaders and providing support for the NGO Women in Film.

The 2019 Global Citizenship & Sustainability Report and the 2019 Standards Supplement are available for download on the Company's .

ABOUT RALPH LAUREN

Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE:RL) is a global leader in the design, marketing and distribution of premium lifestyle products in five categories: apparel, accessories, home, fragrances and hospitality. For more than 50 years, Ralph Lauren's reputation and distinctive image have been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, brands and international markets. The Company's brand names, which include Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Collection, Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Polo Ralph Lauren, Double RL, Lauren Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren Children, Chaps and Club Monaco, among others, constitute one of the world's most widely recognized families of consumer brands. For more information, go to https://corporate.ralphlauren.com .

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Two months ago in London, Richard Malone took home the International Woolmark Prize, a grant of AU$200,000 to put towards his growing business. It's an understatement to say things have changed since then; eight weeks ago, the coronavirus was little more than a distant concern for many in the UK. But its impact on the global fashion industry has been swift and immense-canceled orders are putting garment workers out of jobs, designers are furloughing their teams, and plenty of businesses won't survive. It's absolutely a wake-up call. Saddled with excess inventory, designers and stores are asking themselves if they really need all of this stuff, and now that we're seeing what happens when human activity slows down-cleaner air, less consumption, less waste-the fashion industry can no longer turn a blind eye to its environmental toll.

That doesn't really apply to Malone. His collections have been premised on sustainable sourcing, Fair Trade labor, craft, recycling, and waste reduction from the beginning of his label in 2014-even when it was "a nightmare trying to get people to listen." The russet wool suits and cerulean ribbed knits in his Woolmark Prize collection highlighted a new tenet of sustainability for his brand: regenerative farming, in which crops are harvested in such a way that the soil isn't depleted, but is actually replenished to improve biodiversity and eventually lead to larger crop yields. In fashion, this is important because the harvesting of cotton and other plants-particularly those treated with pesticides-has done severe damage to the earth's topsoil, which in turn affects the health of the entire planet. Healthy soil draws more carbon out of the atmosphere and can absorb more water, reducing the potential for flooding, while depleted soil can't draw down as much carbon and could lead to food shortages in the future.

Malone partnered with farmers in Tamil Nadu, India, through Oshadi Studio to regenerate land that had become completely barren due to mass production. Now, it's home to organic cotton and plants used for botanical dyes, and the water is recirculated back into the land in a circular, truly regenerative system. "It's not very sexy," Malone says with a laugh. "People don't necessarily want to hear about the dirt. But I think there is a new luxury [coming up] of people wanting to buy something because of where it came from. The information is the luxury."

Below, Malone shares more about his initiative, plus a few thoughts about our shifting values, overconsumption, and the pressures put on young designers today.

After you won the Woolmark Prize, what was the response from customers, stores, and other designers?

It was crazy-we were inundated [with emails]. The women who buy my clothes already knew about our wools and recycled fishing nets and recycled acrylics, but people outside of that very small group didn't know any of it. So this was a really important step for me. I literally wrote down all of my processes and gave it to the judges and anyone who was there so they could understand how much work and research has been done. Being a designer is about solving problems, so it's important to share [these solutions].
Is it realistic that a larger company or a luxury brand could adopt the same methods you're using, like regenerative farming?
I think it is. On the farm in Tamil Nadu, a lot of their research has come from Ayurvedic treatments, but you really need to [respect] that knowledge. I think a lot of companies go to India or Asia and don't realize that as a Westerner, you're not an expert-it isn't your culture. It's important for me to say that I didn't [come up with these solutions], I just design things, whereas these people have expert skills that have been passed down through generations. They aren't in books or papers, and they're often taken for granted. But now that I've started to put [our findings] down on paper, people are really interested in it, and they're seeing it as something that can be scaled up.

At one of the farms, the land was barren because they were turning over cotton crops so quickly. So we're working with these small-scale farmers to use the water from the botanical dyes to go back into the land, which outwardly regenerates it as a result. In December, they harvested their first crops from that, and they have another crop now. It's the first time I've seen a sustainable way of making fabric that is outwardly regenerative-it isn't just keeping things as they are, it's regenerating [and fixing] the damage caused by fast fashion, and by luxury fashion too.
It seems like regenerative farming is something of a new discovery for our industry-I don't recall hearing all that much about it until recently.
When you think about fashion from an outsider's point of view, it's clothing, it's elitist-whereas this information about soil and land use is quite humbling. It's not very sexy, so I think it's hard [for a designer] to build that into a brand package. People don't necessarily want to hear about the dirt. But I think there is a new luxury [coming up] of people wanting to buy something because of where it came from. The information is the luxury.

Do you think that will become even more important after this pandemic? Are people going to shop less and think harder about what they're buying?

I think so. Even when I was a student, I always thought that if you wanted to buy something, it would have to be so special. There's something very nostalgic and emotional about clothes. We hold onto things. But there was a weird shift [in the past two decades] where luxury fashion moved towards almost replicating fast fashion, and that just doesn't make any sense, because there's an understanding at that level that clothes take time to make. People aren't looking to consume that much anymore-there aren't that many special things in the world, really. Time is the new luxury in a way, and that's something people see as having real value now-time, expertise, skill. We lost that for a while.

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I think there is a new luxury [coming up] of people wanting to buy something because of where it came from. The information is the luxury.

I'm constantly thinking about how fashion can only be accessed through consumption. I'm making clothes for women who these brands are trying to target, and by producing so much, they're in turn almost producing nothing, because there isn't a story to it. There isn't a value in it. You kind of take for granted that women are intelligent and understand cutting and understand clothes, and it's a really important part of their lives. You aren't putting any value into the other things other than consumption, which doesn't impress a lot of people now. It almost feels a bit tone deaf, especially now. Through Woolmark, we're starting to do events for students with natural dyes, and we're going to farms in the U.K. to share information from our farms in India. That's a new thing for fashion-taking away all the barriers and opening the door for people to go and experience and learn without actually buying a garment at the end of it. That's the problem now, that if you want to experience an amazing piece of fashion, it has to be bought. But we need [other ways] for people to connect to clothes that aren't just buying.
Do you feel your sustainable methods have protected you from some of the issues other designers are facing right now, like production delays, canceled orders, and excess stock?
I think so. Since the beginning, I came into this as an outsider, and it was never my intention to have a massive brand [or operate] the way big fashion houses do, or the way small designers replicate those houses. So I feel very lucky that I have a way of working that's very much outside of the "system." One thing I rely on is one-to-one fittings and meetings with private clients, which is the real thing we're missing out on at the moment. But I do feel we're more protected, because we never expanded to the point where we're reliant on shifting a lot of stock. I want the company to remain small, and I want to go to the fittings and work with those women-that's the great privilege of making clothes.

I want the company to remain small, and I want to go to the fittings and work with those women-that's the great privilege of making clothes.

Going back to your university days, or maybe even before that, when did your personal journey with sustainability begin?
Where I'm from in Ireland is super rural, so we've always been sensitive to seasonality and the environment around us. I worked on building sites for a few years, so I had an understanding of materials, and I'd seen my grandmother sew, and it all seemed to come together in fashion. During my time at Central Saint Martins, I went to work in Paris for one of the big fashion houses and just saw how much consumption and waste there was... It was a lesson in itself. So as soon as I started making my own clothes, I used a lot of deadstock materials or leftover paint to cast things, and that kind of became the process for me-trying to find solutions and ways of doing things that weren't so harmful or wasteful.
When did the industry start paying attention to your sustainability efforts?
When I graduated, I was the only one [in my class] who was interested in sustainability, and it was such a nightmare trying to get people to listen. It still is sometimes-it isn't [seen as] desirable to say you care about things or that you want to shift a whole industry. But now, it's a whole different situation. Certain people are starting to change how they converse about their clothes, but at the core I still think there's a long way to go before sustainability is taken very seriously. At the moment, it's often just a nice word to add to a collection to make you feel less guilty about buying something. It's the research and implementing it [seriously] that takes a very long time.
Is there one specific pain point that frustrates you most about the fashion system?
I think it's the pressure. That's the really crazy thing that's only happened in the last 20 years or so, where you're expected to have your design language ready to go by the time you're 25, and then you're supposed to build a big company out of that. When you have ambitions that are different than that, people find it very confusing, but your whole life can't be about more clothes and more excess. I knew from the get-go that I never wanted to be a creative director of a company-it's my name above the door, I want to be the designer. I think we need to adjust what we perceive as value, and it's a difficult thing to do when everyone is telling you to do something else.

The big question we keep hearing is whether or not the established fashion system can actually pivot to being sustainable-do you think that's possible? Or do we need to scrap it and start over?

The system at the moment is based on something that came about decades ago, when a designer produced one or two collections a year and that was it. Now, brands have grown so much and want to put product in the stores [constantly], and every time they have something to say, they want to say it so loudly, and create so much of it, that it all gets lost. I think that system needs to change completely, but I also think a big part of the problem is that designers are joining this system without really understanding what it is. They start a brand, and then suddenly they have to try to compete with someone like Prada, and that doesn't make any sense.

I've always been interested in how we can rebuild it, because I feel like I'm working outside of the system. If everyone was outside of it, we'd all be much better off. [It's similar] to the way buying things seasonally doesn't really exist anymore-no one does that. We're making so many suggestions of what to wear, and ways of dressing, and things you might want to buy that we aren't actually presenting women with anything interesting.
Are there lessons from this pandemic that you hope people take away for the future?
After the second week [of quarantine], we could see stars in London. It makes you realize, oh my gosh, is the really how much people travel and consume? The air was different. I'm hoping some of those lifestyle changes [continue], and a slower pace, as well. The pressures people put on themselves or on their teams to perform are not necessary. If there's any "silver lining," I hope it's that.

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A Candid Conversation With Richard Malone on Value, Sustainability, and the Pressure Young Designers Feel Today

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Two months ago in London, Richard Malone took home the International Woolmark Prize, a grant of AU$200,000 to put towards his growing business. It's an understatement to say things have changed since then; eight weeks ago, the coronavirus was little more than a distant concern for many in the UK.

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S.S.DALEY Heads to the British Countryside for SS22 Campaign

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OUR MISSION
Clothes that make you feel incredible don't have to cost the earth. At Mother of Pearl, we believe in delivering beautiful products without compromising on integrity, ethics or responsibility.
OUR JOURNEY
We've spent the last 5 years digging deep into every aspect of the business, gathering the knowledge to be able to make informed decisions on how to produce clothes in the most responsible way possible.

Like any excavation, the more you dig, the more you uncover. We can't escape the fact that producing anything will have an impact on the planet; landfills are overflowing, oceans are drowning in billions of microfibres and ancient forests are being destroyed on a daily basis. But as a brand, we have a part to play in securing a future for our planet and minimising the consequences of our actions.

That's why Amy Powney, our Creative Director, has been on a journey to re-learn her 15 year career in fashion and incorporate sustainability at the core of every design, decision and direction. Sustainability has been a life-long passion for Amy. After she won the BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund prize, she set off on a journey to educate her team and ensure sustainability was considered at the forefront of every decision. She has since become an advocate for sustainability, looking at every aspect with 360 degree vision and, as a result, cemented MOP's place as the UK's most sustainable and responsible contemporary brand.

Amy says: ''We completely changed our brand direction back in 2018 to put people and planet at the forefront of every choice made. Since then, our work hasn't stopped. We continuously analyse our procedures to ensure we are at the helm of the sustainable fashion world; when we know we could be doing something better, we react with flexibility to change the way we are working until we're certain we're making the best and most informed choices. We are proactive and dedicated to this journey and will never stop researching and learning. Sustainability isn't a one dimensional issue that can be solved by opting for a fabric with green credentials; the final fabric is just the tip of the iceberg and what's looming underneath is rarely considered or examined. Supply chains are not straightforward and social, environmental and political factors must be taken into account when looking at manufacturing with any country. A basic knowledge of each of these areas is imperative across all the countries your supply chain spans. It is our responsibility to do our due diligence and keep up with what is going on in the world."

FASHION REIMAGINED
Discover more about Amy's journey to create Mother of Pearl's first fully sustainable collection, No Frills, in the new documentary film, Fashion Reimagined in cinemas from 3rd March 2023.
OUR COMMITMENTS
We are fully committed to transparency, giving you access to the full story behind our products. Our online filter tags each garment with its sustainable attributes, and shows you what we have managed to achieve for each individual piece. When you shop with MOP you can make your choice wisely - you'll know exactly what you're spending your money on including where the piece has come from and how it was made. However, our commitment to sustainability doesn't start and end with our supply chain. Our London offices run on green energy. We've made an effort to reduce our plastic waste by moving to compostable packaging made from plant-based materials and we are a 'plastic bottle free' studio. We've even tried to better our toilet paper using 'Who Gives A Crap' - a brand that donates 50% of their profits to help build toilets and improve sanitation in the developing world."
MOP MANTRA
Consider your purchase and love your choices

Consume less and rewear

Repair, reuse, resell

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We Create Without Compromise - Sustainable Luxury Fashion by Mother of Pearl

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The first step to becoming an activist is education - be that through personal experience, classes, conversation, or actual knowledge intake. Emma Watson has made activism a part of her personal brand - and her life as a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador - and she's bringing that passion to the red carpet. For her recent Beauty and the Beast global press tour, she worked with stylist Rebecca Corbin Murray and Livia Firth's Eco-Age consultancy firm to ensure that each and every one of her looks were produced as sustainably as possible. And though newer brands were incorporated into the mix, she relied on fashion heavyweights Elie Saab, Givenchy, and Emilia Wickstead to make all of her princess dreams come true. We talked to the three aforementioned brands about why Emma's sustainable red carpet takeover matters, what it's like working with the star, and more.

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We Got ALL the Details on Emma Watson's Green Carpet Challenge

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Sustainable Clothing | Ethical Fashion | Stella McCartney UK

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Staying true to ethical fashion, Stella McCartney's sustainable clothing initiative aims to be a positive impact on people and the planet. Learn more!

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Priya Ahluwalia has been honoured as the 'Environmental Leader of Change' at the Fashion Awards

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Priya Ahluwalia is making sustainability sexy. That isn't to say that her instantly beloved namesake brand, Ahluwalia, is comprised of sexy designs (although with their sleek lines and clever cuts, a more appropriate word would be 'sensual'). Rather, the London-based designer's approach to earth-conscious fashion is so singularly alluring, it makes the occasionally dry - albeit vital - notion of sustainability thrilling.

It is for this reason that the designer was honoured at last night's Fashion Awards as an environmental Leader of Change. The British Fashion Council selected Ahluwalia for her "commitment to approaching her work sustainably, ethically and consciously." Other honourees in the sustainability space included Gabriela Hearst and Stella McCartney.

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Priya Ahluwalia is making sustainability sexy. That isn't to say that her instantly beloved namesake brand, Ahluwalia, is comprised of sexy designs (although with their sleek lines and clever cuts, a more appropriate word would be 'sensual'). Rather, the London-based designer's approach to earth-conscious fashion is so singularly alluring, it makes the occasionally dry - albeit vital - notion of sustainability thrilling.

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Vivienne Westwood in conversation with John Sauven

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John Sauven, executive director of Greenpeace UK, took a starring turn in Vivienne Westwood’s recent climate protest catwalk spectacular. We got the two in conversation to hash out our impending ecological apocalypse.

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Bethany Williams is the namesake brand of Bethany Williams, a London based designer from the Isle of Man. Believing that social and environmental issues go hand in hand and through exploring the connection between these issues, we find innovative design solutions to sustainability.

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The Irish designer reveals a limited-edition collection of handbags and accessories with Mulberry as part of the Mulberry Editions series launched during the brands 50th anniversary year - here, he tells Jack Moss how he approached it

Lead Image Photography by Isabel Garrett, Courtesy of Mulberry

Several years ago, the Irish designer Richard Malone presented a collection in what he called "supermarket shades": Tesco blue, Sainsbury's orange, Co-op green. He said he was drawn to them because they reminded him of the bustling markets in and around his hometown of Wexford, on Ireland's east coast, and the women who frequented them, with shopping bags on their arms. If the colours suggested mundanity, in his hands, they were anything but - they were used vividly, swept up into dresses which twisted around the body or split away into streamers at the hem.

Memories such as these are the bedrock of Malone's work, which first caught attention with a prize-winning final collection at London's Central Saint Martins in 2014, before the designer was scouted by Lulu Kennedy's Fashion East incubator a year or so later. Though primarily based in London, Ireland looms large over his work: he is a deep thinker, and each of his collections in one way or another can be traced back to a childhood and teenage years spent between countryside and coastline, in the small rural community in which he grew up. He has a unique ability to transform these unassuming memories into thoughtful, artistically-minded womenswear, which always comes back to what he calls a "human energy" - a communion of both the wearer and the hands which made it. "I don't think there is much to clothes until people are in them," he previously told AnOther.

Which is why, when we talk about his highest-profile collaboration to date - a limited-edition collection of handbags and accessories with Mulberry as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations - he talks not of those rarefied accessories locked up behind glass on Bond Street, but his father's tool bag, worn around the waist on the building sites he worked on while Malone was growing up. Designing a handbag, he realised, was able to be approached with the same pragmatism as his collections - yes, there is a desire to create something memorable and beautiful, but all that is pointless if the item in question cannot be worn as part of somebody's everyday life. That would be a waste. And Malone hates waste.

So he thought about his father's toolbelt, the bag his mother used to carry her belongings to work, luggage and travel bags - accessories with purpose. "I think when you are from a town that is very working class, you realise bags have a certain status," he explains. "And also that they were there to serve a function."

In some ways this humble approach appears at odds with Mulberry. For although the brand was started when its founder began making accessories at his kitchen table using scraps of leather, it has an innate sense of luxury - much down to its link in the popular imagination with celebrity culture, its Bayswater and Alexa handbags part of the definitive iconography of 00s fashion. But Malone - who says he is often approached for, and has turned down, such collaborations in the past - was struck by how many values he shared with the brand, not least with the simple discovery that customers were returning 30 years later to Mulberry to get their bags repaired (the brand also runs a service called Mulberry Exchange, whereby it buys back older models in return for an agreed amount off a new purchase). It spoke not only to that sense of functionality - clearly these bags served their purpose, having been in use for so long - but also to Malone's belief that such marks of quality are essential for a business to call itself sustainable, a value at the forefront of his label.

He likes Mulberry's understated approach and compares it to the way that he has built his own business, which has eschewed the typical model of making money from selling wholesale to retailers, by instead selling directly to the consumer. His clients are mainly women from the creative fields of art, architecture and film, served in private appointments where needs are discussed and garments fitted directly to the body. The ambition is that the piece will be worn for life, reflecting Mulberry's Made to Last ethos.

The collection itself saw Malone playfully de- and reconstruct two of Mulberry's most memorable designs: the classic Bayswater and the smaller, more ladylike Darley bag. Pockets, piping, and serial numbers were moved from the inside out. New shapes were made - a version of the Bayswater comes with a triangular end or a cylindrical one, the latter like a barrel (one inspiration was holdalls, and mid-century luggage). Other pieces in the collection are shrunken, made to be worn across the body like Malone would on a night out, "slipped under his arm". Fabrics are sustainably minded; Mulberry's signature ​​Scotchgrain material, a hallmark since the brand's founding, is remade here from inedible cereal waste and makes up the majority of the collection.

The colours themselves - red, green, blue, accents of white - are utilised for their immediacy, Malone likening them to the bottles of poster paint you have in childhood (Malone is adamant that he will never use black; "I can't even write in black pen," he says, "I struggle to see it, it doesn't jump off the page to me"). They also draw him back to his beloved grandmother Nellie, who worked as a seamstress. Much of his new collection, which was presented at the V&A this weekend as a part of London Fashion Week - alongside accessories from the Mulberry collaboration - drew inspiration from the small acts of craft Malone would watch her do growing up. Namely, the creation of the colourful rosettes awarded at horse shows or Gaelic football tournaments. "It's something that would be entirely overlooked because it's not gold, it's not silver, or it's not ceramic. They are made out of synthetic fabric or leftover fabric, but there's so much energy in it," he says. "The fact that the show's gonna be at the V&A, that contrast means something to me."

It all weaves into an approach to sustainability that goes beyond, as he puts bluntly, "patching together old fabric". Instead, it's about that "human energy" on which craft relies - the age-old traditions of the garment industry in both the UK and Ireland which are slowly dying out. "When you talk about sustainability you have to talk about craft and scale," he says. "Just because something's sustainable it doesn't make it interesting, or good. You're eliminating the voices of people who are experts in flou, or draping, or tailoring, or putting in sleeves. I want to talk about those things - they are real skills being lost. What is the solution?"

These were the sorts of questions Malone put to Mulberry when the brand first approached him for the collaboration. He asked about its ethics, its supply chain, and discovered they had many of the same suppliers. And that its factories taught traditional craft and leatherwork through an ongoing number of apprenticeships. Meanwhile, to mark its 50th anniversary year, Mulberry has launched the Made to Last Manifesto, laying out an ambitious commitment to transform the business to a regenerative and circular model, encompassing the entire supply chain, from field to wardrobe by 2030. Within it, there were outlines of a supply chain it termed "hyper-local, hyper-transparent," and blueprints for further expanding their program of regenerative farming. "I've always thought of myself as being very lucky to grow up where I did," Malone says. "Part of the reason as to why I'm so passionate about sustainability is because we grew up near farms, and we understand seasonality."

All this said, Malone is aware that perhaps more than any accessory - excepting perhaps shoes - the choice to purchase a handbag comes down to a more fetishistic desire to adorn the body with something shiny and new. I ask him who he imagines wearing the handbag, and he admits he doesn't quite know - he says he avoids the "typologies" of luxury brands, the marketing inventions that dictate the people who wear their clothes. "It's always like, a self-made creative, artistic, very wealthy woman, who has all the time to shop," he says. "Which is not a real person." What he does know is that when, a month or so ago, he gathered a group of his closest collaborators to photograph them for the accompanying campaign - the photographer Ronan McKenzie, the artist Thomas Garnon, the jeweller Rosh Mahtani of Alighieri, Lulu Kennedy of Fashion East, and his longtime stylist and AnOther Magazine senior fashion editor-at-large Nell Kalonji among them - they were quick to choose a handbag from the collection to wear for the portrait.

"Theirs are the opinions I really value, and everyone just picked their own; the one they would actually carry, and they were excited," Malone says. "That was a sign to me that we've done something good. It felt real."
The capsule consists of a Bayswater, Mini Bayswater, Triangle Bayswater, Barrel Bag and Small Darley. These are accompanied by accessories including a Coin Pouch and Key Fob. The Mulberry x Richard Malone collection is available to purchase now at Other iterations of the Mulberry Editions series include collections by Malone's London-based contemporaries Priya Ahluwalia (launched this past June) and Nicholas Daley (coming November). Mulberry.com and in stores globally.

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Status and Sustainability: Richard Malone on His Mulberry Collaboration

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The Irish designer reveals a limited-edition collection of handbags and accessories with Mulberry as part of the Mulberry Editions series launched during the brands 50th anniversary year - here, he tells Jack Moss how he approached it Lead Image Photography by Isabel Garrett, Courtesy of Mulberry Several years ago, the Irish designer Richard Malone presented a collection in what he called "supermarket shades": Tesco blue, Sainsbury's orange, Co-op green.

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Stella McCartney receives a CBE for services to fashion

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Fashion designer Stella McCartney received a CBE at Windsor Castle on Tuesday.

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Vivienne Westwood is one of the last independent global fashion brands in the world. We exist to do more than just produce clothes and accessories.

We use our collections, collaborations and catwalk shows as a platform to promote awareness and campaign for a better world. We use our voice to fight climate change, and to mobilise people around its impact on Mother Earth, Gaia, who sustains us all.

We know there is a contradiction between our activism and the industry we are part of. Fashion creates products which are too often disposable, and which - through their creation, distribution and eventual disposal - can have a disproportionately negative impact on our planet, its wildlife and people.

We know this and we know we must do better. We have been adapting the way we make our clothes and accessories over the last few years to reflect the growing urgency to change how the industry operates but, in this time of climate crisis, we must go further.

We continually challenge ourselves to make all our products with greater care for people and the environment, lowering our impact as much as possible. We push for a fashion industry that we can be proud to be part of. We are committed to strong, holistic action in the interests of farmers, artisans, supply chain workers, brand employees, our customers, our communities and all life on earth.

We are proud of the changes we have made so far. We understand there is so much more to do.

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Stella McCartney

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2109556 - Mariam Saira

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Designer Clothing | Latest Luxury Fashion | Stella McCartney UK

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Discover designer clothes online that bring out your personality. Shop the latest in clothing and accessories at the Stella McCartney UK online store.

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OUR MISSION
Clothes that make you feel incredible don't have to cost the earth. At Mother of Pearl, we believe in delivering beautiful products without compromising on integrity, ethics or responsibility.
OUR JOURNEY
We've spent the last 5 years digging deep into every aspect of the business, gathering the knowledge to be able to make informed decisions on how to produce clothes in the most responsible way possible.

Like any excavation, the more you dig, the more you uncover. We can't escape the fact that producing anything will have an impact on the planet; landfills are overflowing, oceans are drowning in billions of microfibres and ancient forests are being destroyed on a daily basis. But as a brand, we have a part to play in securing a future for our planet and minimising the consequences of our actions.

That's why Amy Powney, our Creative Director, has been on a journey to re-learn her 15 year career in fashion and incorporate sustainability at the core of every design, decision and direction. Sustainability has been a life-long passion for Amy. After she won the BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund prize, she set off on a journey to educate her team and ensure sustainability was considered at the forefront of every decision. She has since become an advocate for sustainability, looking at every aspect with 360 degree vision and, as a result, cemented MOP's place as the UK's most sustainable and responsible contemporary brand.

Amy says: ''We completely changed our brand direction back in 2018 to put people and planet at the forefront of every choice made. Since then, our work hasn't stopped. We continuously analyse our procedures to ensure we are at the helm of the sustainable fashion world; when we know we could be doing something better, we react with flexibility to change the way we are working until we're certain we're making the best and most informed choices. We are proactive and dedicated to this journey and will never stop researching and learning. Sustainability isn't a one dimensional issue that can be solved by opting for a fabric with green credentials; the final fabric is just the tip of the iceberg and what's looming underneath is rarely considered or examined. Supply chains are not straightforward and social, environmental and political factors must be taken into account when looking at manufacturing with any country. A basic knowledge of each of these areas is imperative across all the countries your supply chain spans. It is our responsibility to do our due diligence and keep up with what is going on in the world."

FASHION REIMAGINED
Discover more about Amy's journey to create Mother of Pearl's first fully sustainable collection, No Frills, in the new documentary film, Fashion Reimagined in cinemas from 3rd March 2023.
OUR COMMITMENTS
We are fully committed to transparency, giving you access to the full story behind our products. Our online filter tags each garment with its sustainable attributes, and shows you what we have managed to achieve for each individual piece. When you shop with MOP you can make your choice wisely - you'll know exactly what you're spending your money on including where the piece has come from and how it was made. However, our commitment to sustainability doesn't start and end with our supply chain. Our London offices run on green energy. We've made an effort to reduce our plastic waste by moving to compostable packaging made from plant-based materials and we are a 'plastic bottle free' studio. We've even tried to better our toilet paper using 'Who Gives A Crap' - a brand that donates 50% of their profits to help build toilets and improve sanitation in the developing world."
MOP MANTRA
Consider your purchase and love your choices

Consume less and rewear

Repair, reuse, resell

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We Create Without Compromise - Sustainable Luxury Fashion by Mother of Pearl

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"Contemporary, Responsible, Design #fashionourfuture" OUR MISSION Clothes that make you feel incredible don't have to cost the earth. At Mother of Pearl, we believe in delivering beautiful products without compromising on integrity, ethics or responsibility. OUR JOURNEY We've spent the last 5 years digging deep into ev

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Duran Lantink's upcycled designs are changing how we think about sustainability

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In a new capsule collection with Browns, the LVMH Prize finalist is changing the definition of deadstock as we know it.

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2206279 - Letitia Bright

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*Predominantly couture
*Promotion of buying responsibly and minimalising waste by creating timeless pieces in a high-quality manner.
*Products made in France - no international shipping for production.
*Some demi-couture products, as well - feature handmade elements, such as embroidery and embellishments.

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Alexandre Vauthier Says Celine Dion Told Him He 'Must See' Canada

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And this is why she's a national treasure. Late last week, French luxury designer Alexandre Vauthier swept into Toronto for a whirlwind trip. In town for two and a half days, the couturier was here to host a trunk show with Hudson's Bay and to meet some of his Canadian clients.

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WEAR & CARE

Our collections are created to have a broad appeal, classic pieces with a modern twist. They are intended to be easily loved, worn for a lifetime, and passed on as items to cherish.

Caring for your clothes in the right way can maintain their quality for longer, extend their lifespan and reduce their impact on the environment. The WRAP 'Valuing our clothes: the cost of UK fashion' report found that by extending the life of your clothes by 9 months, you can reduce their carbon, water, and landfill footprint by up to 30%.

We encourage everyone to look to the clothes you own, wear them often and care for them well. Check out The Clothes Doctor for tips and tutorials about 'cleaning, protecting, repairing and altering, the way our parents and grandparents did'.

WASTE

We know that no matter how well we make clothes and support people to use them for as long as possible, inevitably they will end up as waste at some point in the future, as will all clothes. While we follow industry innovations around true circularity (fashion products, being turned back into fashion products), we are exploring options for how to keep our clothing in use for as long as possible.

A first step is a partnership with Rent the runway reselling and a pilot for rental for our Spanish customers with Olibati and UK customers with Ratoro. We will update our community as we put other partnerships in place. For now, we encourage you to explore the resources on Love Not Landfill and Love Your Clothes.

Going forward the brand are putting goals in place to ensure that they improve the social and environmental footprint of the collections year on year, looking for better ways to create timeless garments that are considerate of the natural world and the people who bring the collections to life.

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WEAR & CARE Our collections are created to have a broad appeal, classic pieces with a modern twist. They are intended to be easily loved, worn for a lifetime, and passed on as items to cherish. Caring for your clothes in the right way can maintain their quality for longer, extend their lifespan and reduce their impact on the environment.

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What Stella McCartney Taught Us About Sustainability - Stella McCartney Shoes Bags

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In honor of the fashion designer's birthday, L'OFFICIEL looks back at McCartney's impact in sustainable fashion.

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Nadeem Hagog

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Bethany Williams is the namesake brand of Bethany Williams, a London based designer from the Isle of Man. Believing that social and environmental issues go hand in hand and through exploring the connection between these issues, we find innovative design solutions to sustainability.

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Zadig&Voltaire has made a long-term commitment to help preserve air quality by combating climate change and air pollution in all its activities. Measuring our carbon and air footprint with the help of an external specialist firm enabled us to specify our action levers.

Zadig&Voltaire's carbon and air footprint, presented by tier or stage from upstream to downstream.

This assessment of greenhouse gas emissions and pollutant emissions carried out across all our activities, from the production of raw materials used to create the collections to the end of the products' life, showed that 80% of our CO2 emissions were linked to the production of raw materials. This led us to make sustainable procurement our highest priority.

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Sustainable products and packaging | Zadig&Voltaire

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Zadig&Voltaire has made a long-term commitment to help preserve air quality by combating climate change and air pollution in all its activities. Measuring our carbon and air footprint with the help of an external specialist firm enabled us to specify our action levers. Zadig&Voltaire's carbon and air footprint, presented by tier or stage from upstream to downstream.

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Sohee Park, The New-Gen Couturier (Preciosa recycled crystals, Abaca fibres and Nona Source London deadstock fabrics) - Lilliana Siu 

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Miss Sohee - ongoing exhibitions
*V&A Hallyu! The Korean Wave
*K11 Musea HK The Love of Couture: Artisanship in Fashion Beyond Time
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"Being sustainable is a responsibility for emerging designers," says Sohee Park. "It's why I'm drawn to haute couture-there's no mass production and only what is necessary is used." Since launching her eponymous label, Miss Sohee, the 25-year-old creative director has not only employed an eco-conscious standard by using deadstock and recycled fabrics, but has amassed a star-studded following that includes Cardi B, Miley Cyrus, and Bella Hadid.

Raised in Seoul and now based in west London, the Central Saint Martins graduate has a taste inspired by trinkets of the past, combined with her signature ultra-feminine panache. "I've always been intrigued by old things such as vintage clothing and antique furniture," says Park. "I see potential in the classic and timeless because many of those get forgotten."

Her fall 2021 couture collection is an intimate ode to childhood holidays spent by the sea with her beloved grandmother, who sadly passed away last year. "I grew up being inspired by her because she was such a skilled sewer who loved to embroider everything," she says. "I lived in the city, but going to her house by the seaside was total escapism. She lived in her own world."

Here, Vogue catches up with the designer on the inspirations behind her latest collection, why sustainable practices are crucial, and how the future of haute couture lies in emerging talent.

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Meet Sohee Park, The New-Gen Couturier Loved By Bella Hadid And Cardi B

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"Being sustainable is a responsibility for emerging designers," says Sohee Park. "It's why I'm drawn to haute couture-there's no mass production and only what is necessary is used." Since launching her eponymous label, Miss Sohee, the 25-year-old creative director has not only employed an eco-conscious standard by using deadstock and recycled fabrics, but has amassed a star-studded following that includes Cardi B, Miley Cyrus, and Bella Hadid.

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The Business Case for Sustainable Apparel at EILEEN FISHER

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Challenges and Solutions of Sustainable Apparel Product Development: A Case Study of Eileen Fisher : https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0887302X12472724

https://www.eileenfisherrenew.com/

https://www.eileenfisher.com/our-brand.html?loc=US

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Dolce&Gabbana: a future under the banner of sustainability

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The company writes a new chapter in its history geared toward a more inclusive and environmentally conscious fashion industry.

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OUR SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY

At Cecilie Bahnsen, our approach to responsibility is a personal one, shaped by genuine beliefs and dreams. Although the path to responsibility is imperfect, every action, big or small, makes a difference. While we acknowledge that the products we put out have an impact on the environment, we strive to reduce their effect. As our universe evolves, we want our knowledge and transparency to evolve with it, building a traceable value chain, knowing all the people and places we have touched. We are dedicated to working with craftspeople in Europe to preserve the beauty of century old traditions and techniques, bringing the intricate details of couture into the every-day. Creating clothes to cherish, to keep, to share, to lend, to pass on.

At ceciliebahnsen.com, our responsibility page is updated regularly, evolving in line with our progresses on this journey.

FEMALE CREATIVES

Women led and driven, from our supply chain, to our board room.

Women play an essential role across our entire value chain from our team, to our collaborators, to our community. Many of our long-term manufacturing partners are led by women and are family owned, including two out of our four main factories. Creating for and working with every notion and idea of femininity is of the utmost importance.

Nina Norgaard - Glassware Artist

Sophie Bille Brahe - Jewelry Designer

Josefine Seifert - Photographer

Lana Ohrimenko - Photographer

Fumiko Imano - Photographer and Artist

Cæcilie Trier - Musician

Okay Kaya - Musician

Laurel Halo - Musician

CERTIFICATIONS

Cecilie Bahnsen was awarded the Butterfly Mark, a globally respected trust mark, in September 2021 by Positive Luxury. The assessment is based off of the highest standard of sustainability best practices across ESG+: Environmental, Social, Governance and Innovation. As our partner, Positive Luxury supports us in accelerating our steps towards becoming a more responsible company. In working with its community of brands, suppliers and retailers, Positive Luxury will continue to measure our impact across ESG indicators.

POLICIES

Anti Modern Slavery and Human Rights Statement

With respect for human rights Cecilie Bahnsen requires all our suppliers to to comply with following policies and procedure in place to protect not only our employees, but workers in the supply chain and communities. We are committed to continue to review and strengthen our procedures on human rights and modern slavery issues, across our operations and supply chain.

Code of Conduct
This document has been shared and signed by all our partners that set out the ethical and environmental expectations of suppliers and partners. This document gives us the right to both announced and unannounced audits of our suppliers. Should there be identified a non-compliance with the Code of Conduct, Cecilie Bahnsen will together with the supplier agree on an improvement plan to rectify the matter in question. Should the supplier fail to address the matter in an appropriate framework, the collaboration will be terminated.

CARBON FOOTPRINT

In partnership with Norwegian company, CemaSys, Cecilie Bahnsen, began to measure its carbon footprint in 2021. As a result, we have continued to learn about our operations impact to ensure a baseline for setting targets for reduction. In gaining this knowledge, we will be able to share this information with our community as well as our ambitions for our environmental strategies in the future. Through measuring our carbon footprint, we can identify our highest emission sources, which allows us to implement an emission reduction strategy to reduce our environmental impact.

The procedure of collecting data is complex to implement, and therefore we began the procedure a few years prior of the reporting being mandatory. In doing so, we can ensure we have an effective and reliable procedure in place.

For more information on CemaSys, please explore at: https://portal.cemasys.com/aboutus/

OUR FABRICS

At Cecilie Bahnsen, we understand that the materials we work with will all ways have an impact to the environment and its people. As a result, we strive to increase the amount of certified fibres that hold a lower impact in our collections when possible. Our team continuously searches for solutions to source fabrics with a reduced impact, as well as finding possible substitutes for the use of virgin polyester. While we acknowledge that we still have long way to go, we have already begun by exchanging a number of our fabrics to certified fabrics such as Organic Cotton, Recycled Faille and Recycled Cashmere.

- Cashmere is a natural fiber which comes from the Capra hircus Lanier goat. Cashmere has grown in demand in the industry and the environmental impact from the goats' grazing has increased, leading to a degradation of grasslands.

- The recycled cashmere we use in our knitwear are made by using pre and post-consumer materials.

- Recycled cashmere fiber has a lower environmental impact than the conventional option and decreases the volume resources that end up in the landfill.

- Since AW22 we have started to implement organic certified cotton into our main collections. Starting with SS23, all our woven cotton poplin fabrics used in our main collections are certified.

- Our next step will be to swap conventional cotton from the rest of our products in our collection.

- We have consciously chosen to use cotton poplin fabric that is certified organic to prevent the use of pesticides or synthetic fertilizers.

- In AW22 we moved from our faille being made out of 100% polyester to using polyester that is 100% recycled from plastic waste. In doing so we achieved a goal to minimize waste and using it as a resource in our Faille fabric.

- We still use non recycled polyester in other fabrics, and are actively working in reducing this amount.

HQ

In 2022, Cecilie Bahnsen's headquarters moved to a new and reimagined space, allowing the brand to implement responsible efforts. In the fall of 2022, the building switched to renewable energy with the purchase of certificates to receive our energy from European windmills. The office is supplemented with automatic lighting that was installed to reduce the use of energy throughout the space. Catered lunches are offered to the team, provided by a nearby partner offering vegetarian meals, sourced locally and seasonally, limiting food waste.

In 2023 Cecilie Bahnsen has plans to set targets in reducing waste from our HQ.

This page was last updated January 31st 2023

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At Cecilie Bahnsen, our approach to responsibility is a personal one, shaped by genuine beliefs and dreams. Although the path to responsibility is imperfect, every action, big or small, makes a difference. While we acknowledge that the products we put out have an impact on the environment, we strive to reduce their effect.

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"It drove me mad," Faustine Steinmetz offers with a little laugh, which belies a whole lot of seriousness. She's speaking about a problem that plagues so many designers, both emerging and established: the matter of sustainability. The designer, famed for her trompe l'oeil felted "denims" and singular deconstructivist spirit, recalls: "At first I really set out to be a sustainable label, but I came to the conclusion, when I was doing my research, that nothing is sustainable. You can only be responsible, really." It's a sobering and all-too-true point. For all of fashion's commendable efforts to green the industry landscape (efforts from companies as wide-ranging as Kering and H&M come to mind), ultimately nothing can stack up to simply not making and consuming those garments in the first place. Of course, that's not how the world works, so talents like Steinmetz are doing their part to diffuse the inevitable impact of those actions. The specifics of her stripe of sustainability vary from season. For Fall, all of her denim pieces were 50 percent recycled denim, and all the water used in re-pulping those old Diesel and G-Star pairs was recycled, thanks to her partnership with a sizable factory with that sort of capacity. At the end of the day, though, Steinmetz is chiefly concerned with discouraging overconsumption: Rather than buy, say, three cheap jackets, maybe you invest in one of her beautifully cobwebby styles, arguably as much a work of art as it is a garment.

The Parisian talent speaks about the inception of her line not unlike the choice to bring a child into the world: "It started really when I thought about creating my label. As an individual, I didn't really see the problem too much-I was recycling and stuff, but there's only so much you can do-but as soon as I wanted to create my label, I thought, That's quite a big responsibility if you're going to produce." In the face of feel-good press releases and initiatives, there's something particularly refreshing about Steinmetz's brand of realism. She considers her clothes that of a luxury fashion brand first and foremost, and sustainable second ( Stella McCartney being a boldface example of that particular tack at its most winning). That distinction in and of itself touches on one of the industry's greatest hurdles in the struggle to green itself: You can be luxe, or you can be eco-friendly, but rarely the twain do meet. (Wearable tech inspires a similar sort of conundrum.) Still, Steinmetz seems confident that making the eco aspect simply incidental-rather than ramming it down the public's throat-is the way forward. "I think this is how things are going to change," she offers.

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The Struggle for Sustainability: One of Fashion's Most Exciting New Designers Speaks Out

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"It drove me mad," Faustine Steinmetz offers with a little laugh, which belies a whole lot of seriousness. She's speaking about a problem that plagues so many designers, both emerging and established: the matter of sustainability.

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Our sustainable commitments

Our concrete sustainable actions and goals.

You could say that an organisation resembles those who create it: its teams, clients and founders. Today, Sézane reflects the brand we set out to be more than ever because we are officially B Corp certified and Mission-led Company. But what does this mean?

It means that Sézane is closer to becoming the brand we desire to be at our essence. From the choice of production methods, raw materials and working conditions to our environmental footprint and engagement in the community, B-Corp and our Mission-led Company label is the stringent, independent validation of what we stand for.
Guided by a desire to create timeless pieces that respect the planet and its people, ¾ of the materials in our current collections are eco-friendly. Our pieces are certified by 5 of the industry's most reliable certifications: GOTS, Oeko-Tex, FSC, Ecovero, RWS and RMS. Since 2018, Sézane has also raised over 5 million euros for the philanthropic program DEMAIN. On the 21st of every month, 10% of our global sales and 100% of the proceeds from a dedicated design are donated to programs that support access to education and equal opportunities for children worldwide.

So much has been achieved so far, but I know we can go even further in the future. This is just the beginning.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for joining us on this adventure and helping us write the story of Sézane.

Morgane Sézalory

Concrete actions

Our goal
go even further in our next collections

And as always...

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A responsible production model with the absence of intermediaries, flash sales or overproduction. This has been our ideology since the creation of Sézane and we intend to stay true to it for years to come.

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100% of our ateliers are audited by independent experts to ensure our code of ethics and the standards that we have selected are respected.

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Our Call of the 21st is the day we donate 100% of the proceeds of a solidarity creation and 10% of our daily sales to organisations in favour of fair access to education, culture and chances. 5 million euros has already been raised.

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Your questions,
our answers

Our choice of materials is based on four main criteria: strength and durability, environmental impact, the quality of the feel and finish, and the impact on the price. These four aspects are considered at each stage of the production process, allowing us to optimise our production practices and create high-quality collections at affordable prices.

Before selecting our materials, we consider their carbon footprint, the amount of waste and pollution they generate, and the water and farmland required for their production. Whenever possible, we pick materials with the lowest environmental impact. Every day, we seek to refine this selection process by choosing materials that are the least harmful to the environment while considering the necessary criteria for creating beautiful collections. Today, our collections have 75% eco-friendly materials, aiming to exceed 80%.

3/4 of our collections are created from eco-friendly materials, and we hope to raise this to 80% in future collections.
When we refer to "environmentally-friendly materials", we are relating to materials that have a minimal impact on the environment: organic cotton (GOTS or OCS certified), linen, Tencel®, FSC and Ecovero® viscose, RWS wool, mohair from farms audited by Mohair South Africa or RMS certified, RAS alpaca, Oeko-Tex Standard 100 certified silk, recycled materials (GRS or RCS certified), sustainable leather. Here is the composition of our latest collections:
- More than 90% of cotton is organic or recycled
- More than 85% of viscose comes from sustainably managed forests
- More than 50% of wool is recycled or RWS certified and 100% mulesing-free
- More than 80% of leather tanning is done in a responsible way

Synthetic fibres are made from synthesized hydrocarbons such as petroleum or coal. Polyester was invented in the 1940s and is now one of the most commonly used fibres in the textile industry. Unfortunately, synthetic fibres are non-biodegradable and create a great deal of pollution, in particular during washing when microfibers are released into wastewater. When incinerated at the end of their life cycle, these fibres discharge large amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere and thus contribute to global warming.

Less than 17% of all materials used by Sézane are of synthetic origin. These materials are only used in certain cases when no suitable alternatives are available. Polyester, for example, lets you create "pleated" finishes, which cannot be achieved with other materials. It also retains heat extremely well, making it perfect for winter items, and boasts wrinkle-resistant qualities, which assist in producing lightweight garments.
Although it is extremely difficult to eliminate these fibres, we do our utmost to reduce the percentage of our raw materials that they represent. We achieve this by replacing them with recycled polyesters, which represent 68% of the polyester used in our collections.

Cotton is a natural plant fibre. Unfortunately, it's the most commonly used material in the fashion industry and the most harmful to the environment. Although a natural material, cotton is extremely fragile and requires large amounts of water and pesticides. Moreover, since cotton is produced in tropical regions, greenhouse gas emissions are generated while transporting and transforming it to other parts of the world.

91% of our cotton is organic or recycled, which has the advantage of using fewer pesticides and reducing its environmental impact. Furthermore, 59% of our organic cotton is GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard) certified, which guarantees the organic aspect of textiles from harvesting the raw materials to the labelling.

Currently, organic cotton is the best possible substitute for conventional cotton. Other materials, including linen, can also be used, which requires less water and can be produced locally.

GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard). This is the most reliable independent and international certification to guarantee the organic status of textiles, from the harvesting of raw materials to labelling. It includes environmental and social standards concerning workers' rights and safety. Oeko-Tex 100. This guarantees that no harmful chemical substances are present in textile products beyond what is permitted under European regulatory requirements.

You can find out more information about the certification on the official GOTS website here

The FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) guarantees that our viscose is derived from sustainably managed forests. We were one of the first brands to acquire this certification for garments made from viscose. You can find more information about the FSC here

Viscose is obtained from wood pulp from certified, environmentally responsible and controlled sources via a fully traceable manufacturing process.
*LENZING™ and ECOVERO™ are registered trademarks of Lenzing AG.

We don't use any wild or endangered species fur or skins from exotic animals (such as crocodile skin). The hides used by our tanneries come from animals raised for the food industry and whose skin we recycle. We are also very sensitive to animal welfare and only purchase our materials (wools, hides, silk) from the most highly-regarded suppliers who can provide the best possible traceability. 100% of our wool is mulesing-free*, and we also support RWS-certified (Responsible Wool Standard) and RMS-certified (Responsible Mohair Standard) to guarantee Animal Welfare and correct Land Management. 51% of our wool is RWS certified or recycled.

Nevertheless, animal cruelty can arise anytime, regardless of the supply channels. All animal cruelty is unacceptable. We do our utmost to prevent it, but unfortunately, it's not yet possible to maintain full traceability along the entire production chain. We add ethical and quality-related clauses to our contracts with partners and suppliers to guard against animal cruelty. We're also committed to increasing our inspections and requiring additional guarantees concerning breeding conditions and the treatment of animals. If we find that animal welfare is being violated, we immediately suspend the use of the animal material in question.

We are carefully looking for alternative materials, but they are often less environmentally friendly as they are created from plastics or experimental methods. We would only use them if we were satisfied with their quality and low carbon footprint.
* mulesing free: mulesing is a surgical operation that is traumatic for the animal. It consists of damaging the skin around the tail of the sheep to prevent certain diseases that affect the health of the sheep and therefore the quality of the wool. Mulesing free guarantees that this practice is not used.

The leather is obtained after a "tanning process," which involves softening and drying the hides to make them last longer. The most commonly used tanning in the fashion industry is chrome tanning, which unfortunately has a large ecological footprint as it generates a great deal of harmful liquid and solid waste.

A promising alternative to chrome tanning is vegetable tanning, which uses natural tannins extracted from leaves and bark. Vegetable tanning preserves the natural look of leather while minimising chemical pollution. Like other leather, vegetable-tanned leather fades gradually over time but tends to be more vulnerable to wear and tear than chrome-tanned leather. On the other hand, this process requires much more labour than traditional tanning and is consequently more expensive.

All the shoes and leather goods from Sézane's "Héritage" line are 100% vegetable-tanned. Every year sees an increase in the number of our products that benefit from vegetable tanning (currently 38%), which we use whenever the colour and texture of the item make the process possible. We're also exploring new vegetable tanning methods (e.g. using rhubarb) to reduce our environmental impact even more.

The past few years have been marked by the growing global awareness of the need to act to protect our planet. This new consciousness has also infiltrated the fashion industry, and at Sézane, we make it a priority. We've recruited a team of experts who have devised concrete ways to lessen our environmental impact, including increasing the share of eco-friendly materials we use for our collections (already at 75%) and producing sustainable capsule collections. More than three quarters of our ready-to-wear products are certified by independent organisations (e.g.GOTS, Oeko-Tex, RWS, RMS, LENZING ™ ECOVERO ™* or FSC).

For the following years, we're accelerating our adoption of new measures, allowing us to reduce our ecological footprint even more. These four commitments are as follows: to increase the percentage of eco-friendly materials and certified pieces, to continuously improve the quality and sustainability of our products, to reduce the carbon footprint of the production and processing of materials, and to innovate and search for new materials.
*LENZING™ and ECOVERO™ are registered trademarks of Lenzing AG.

More than two-thirds of our items are made in Europe. Our leather goods are made in Italy, Spain, and Portugal, while our suits, coats, and blouses are manufactured in Eastern Europe.
The remaining third is produced at various sites worldwide, selected according to the respective suppliers' raw materials, production capacity, and expertise. Another important consideration is the level of modernity in the factories, particularly regarding working conditions, which are sometimes better in Asia than in parts of Europe. For example, we have opted to produce some of our items in China to benefit from the country's know-how and extensive resources in the production of silk garments and for its mastery of certain advanced knitting techniques, which are harder and harder to come by in Europe. Come and discover our Ateliers on our website.

Today's China is nothing like the image of the country we've held for many years. Boasting the world's second-largest economy, China has developed one of the most modern textile industries on the planet. Of course, not all of its factories are the same. Some are extremely modern, while others are less aligned with European standards. It goes without saying that we work with the first category. But as elsewhere, we regularly monitor and inspect our factories in China (at least once a year) to ensure they provide satisfactory work conditions and deliver the required quality.
Another important fact is that China is one of the world's biggest producers of textiles, particularly cotton and silk, and its distribution channels are extremely well organised.
For all these reasons, Sézane manufactures its silk garments and some of its knits in China whenever our Chinese partners' quality and work conditions make a strong case for our doing so. China offers us high technical expertise like other countries with more recent industrial development. Our suppliers in China sign our Code of Ethics every year, as do all our partners. This includes a clause prohibiting the use of any cotton from the Xinjiang region.

The main role of any packaging materials - even pretty ones - is to protect items during transportation. That said, several concrete ways exist to reduce their environmental impact. We use boxes made from recycled materials and paper from sustainably managed forests. These boxes are made in France and are fully recyclable. Whenever possible, we replace our boxes with lighter and more ergonomic envelopes.

Since September 2019, we have been offering our customers the option of removing unnecessary packaging, which has resulted in a reduction of over 60% in our leather goods boxes. We have also introduced reusable polybags to repackage our returns. Since 2022, our polybags have been made exclusively of 100% recycled polyester (vs 75% recycled in 2021). This has saved 2 tonnes of polyester over five months of use. Finally, in 2021, we mechanised our logistics warehouse to optimise our packaging by systematically adapting the height of the parcel to its content to limit the quantity of cardboard and the empty rate. This modernisation has enabled us to significantly reduce the quantity of cardboard used and the empty rate in our parcels (and therefore to optimise their transport). For example, 25% of the carbon emissions linked to the packaging and transport of our parcels were avoided in 2022.

Since opening our doors, we've done our best to ensure we never run out of stock. Sometimes, however, it's inevitable. It takes at least one year to develop a collection, and although we have a system in place for anticipating demand, we can never fully predict if an item will sell out. We're extremely careful to avoid overstocking, a practice that plagues today's fashion industry. It's all about finding and maintaining the right balance, something we're improving from season to season. We also listen closely to the needs and wishes of our customers and do our best to ensure their favourite items come back in stock as quickly as possible!

At Sézane, we believe the secret to sustainable fashion lies in maximising the durability of garments. Our priority is to provide our customers with the highest quality items. We improve our collections every year, optimising (among other things) the raw materials used and the final products' quality. But these improvements are not always enough, and that's why we're so intent on helping consumers take care of their clothing. Our online care guide provides detailed instructions on treating and cleaning leather, wool, silk, and viscose. Our team is also happy to answer questions by email ( hello@sezane.com). Finally, our 'Conciergeries' offer several useful services, including cleaning and repairs.

Most old clothes can be given a "second life." Just like us, you can donate and send your pieces to charitable organisations if they're in good condition. You can always drop them off at Sézane in some of our Apartments if they're somewhat shabby. As part of our 'Grand Collect' program, we'll donate your old clothes to associations that recycle them or sell them in second-hand stores.

Recycling is one of the keys to reducing the fashion industry's environmental impact. Whenever possible, we also develop solutions to increase the value of these items, working closely with partners that specialise in upcycling. We also encourage donations and regularly donate pieces to charitable organisations.

Demain is a charitable program, created in 2018 to promote access to education, culture and equal opportunities. To fund DEMAIN, we launch one new item on the 21st of each month and contribute the full amount of the item's sales and 10% of the day's revenue to the project. Demain is proud to have raised more than 5 million euros and have helped 30,000 children through our partner associations. You can find out more on our dedicated website: www.demain-demain.com/en

In our "Conciergeries," customers can pick up or return their orders...as well as benefit from services designed to make our items last as long as possible, such as customised care instructions and a built-in repair workshop. Our "Conciergeries" give used clothes (Sézane or other brands) a second life by recycling or repairing them so they are again fit for use.

Discover our "Conciergeries:"

La Conciergerie Paris 2ème
3 rue Saint-Fiacre, 75002 Paris.

La Conciergerie Paris 16ème
25 rue de l'Annonciation, 75016 Paris

La Conciergerie Paris 17ème
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One of the most talked-about designers of her generation, Grace Wales Bonner is the recipient of the British Fashion Council's award for Independent British Brand. Speaking with Vogue Business, she unpacks her milestones and plans to return to Paris in 2023.

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Grace Wales Bonner's ascent has been swift. Since launching her namesake brand in 2014, her collections have become known for merging the worlds of fashion, music, literature, art and design, winning her awards such as the LVMH Young Designer Prize (2016), the BFC/ Vogue Designer Fashion Fund (2019) and the CFDA's International Men's Designer of the Year (2021). Earlier this year, she was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for her services to fashion. Now, the 32-year-old designer is adding another award to her list of accolades.

On Monday evening, Wales Bonner was named the winner of the British Fashion Council's Independent British Brand award, presented to her at the BFC's annual Fashion Awards gala. She is the second designer to receive the award, which was introduced in 2021 to "recognise a British designer who, while running an independent business over the last 12 months, has had a notable impact on the industry by optimising what creativity and innovation really mean", says the BFC's chief executive Caroline Rush. The inaugural winner was Simone Rocha.

The designers nominated for this category have "kept sustainability and independence at the forefront of their business models", Rush says. "Their dedication to innovation, local production and transparent supply chains is what makes them stand out." This year the prize went to Wales Bonner for having "an exceptional talent for storytelling and craftsmanship, making her one of the most recognisable female designers working across both menswear and womenswear", Rush explains. "Since launching her brand eight years ago, Grace has elevated the position of Wales Bonner to become a fully independent luxury brand, popular with a global audience."

"I think it is a really important new category. It is wonderful to see the BFC recognising the work of independent designers in this way," Wales Bonner tells Vogue Business. Since launching her label upon graduating from London's Central Saint Martins, Wales Bonner has been self-financed and remains independent to date. She declined to comment on annual revenues or profitability. The brand sells direct-to-consumer via its e-commerce site and via stockists, including Dover Street Market, Ssense, Net-a-Porter and Mr Porter, Printemps, Nordstrom and Boon the Shop.

"I am proud to be a part of independent designers in Britain, and being acknowledged in this line-up means so much to me and our team. It's really encouraging," Wales Bonner adds. The brand counts a team of 12 - with a majority based in London and some working out of Paris, Vienna and North America - who are currently working on the Autumn/Winter 2023 designs for both menswear and womenswear. The collections will be presented in January in Paris - a first for the brand.

Wales Bonner's last collection, for SS23, was shown at Italian menswear trade fair Pitti Uomo in June 2022. It marked a return to the runway since her last show took place pre-pandemic in London in January 2020. At Pitti, models walked through the Palazzo Medici Riccardi, one of Florence's Renaissance monuments. Sankofa, a bird-looking-backwards symbol of Ghana's Akan people, was a talismanic motif for the collection. It means "going back to go forward", she told Vogue. "It is not about being nostalgic or historical. It's about taking something from the past in order to pass it forward and make it useful for the future. And that's the spirit of this collection."

"Grace has achieved a truly unique and tangible balance of European and Pan-African aesthetics in her work. Single garments combine both Western and African ideas, from their silhouette and fabric to colours and trims, to create new expressions that break boundaries and allow us to question the future of formality, ceremony and cross-cultural conversations through clothing," observes Dan Thawley, editor-in-chief of A Magazine Curated By, whose 22nd issue last October was curated by Wales Bonner.

Identity is a big theme for Wales Bonner. Her award-winning designs are inspired by styles from past decades as well as her British and Jamaican heritage. Her collections have featured prints referencing traditional music and photography born out of Burkina Faso, West Africa; T-shirts celebrating the expressive energy of orchestral jazz; cardigans in the red, gold and green of the Rastafarian flag; and pieces featuring the artwork of British-Guyanese artist Frank Bowling.

Despite its large and sometimes complex subtext, Wales Bonner's pieces have commercial appeal, says Sam Kershaw, buying director at Mr Porter, which started selling the brand in February 2022. "Wales Bonner is one of our most innovative and forward-thinking designer brands with a strong, contemporary aesthetic. [It] has certainly brought to life a unique story for our customers." Those customers include "new, younger" shoppers as well as the retailer's biggest spending clients, who account for nearly a quarter of the sales mix, he says. "The brand has seen a very positive reaction during its first two seasons, with the third just arriving on site." The US remains the largest market for Wales Bonner at Mr Porter, with knitwear and sweats performing the best overall. He adds: "The Unity cashmere sweater and percussion and symphony tracksuit are both key sell-outs."

Colour and patterns are a key component of Wales Bonner's menswear pieces, which range from tailoring to athleisure wear. In June 2018, she launched a dedicated womenswear line, and in 2019, she picked up the pace of cross-disciplinary projects, working on partnerships with Dior and Adidas to curated exhibitions, such as "A Time for New Dreams", staged at London's Serpentine Gallery and paying tribute to the generations of literary figures whose work she had been studying. Also that year, Meghan Markle appeared in her first official portrait with Prince Harry and their newborn son wearing a white sleeveless tuxedo dress by Wales Bonner - helping to make the brand more visible to a wider audience.

Each collaboration served as a kind of olive branch for Wales Bonner to express her vision to a broader community, she says. Most important is staying true to the label's origins. "We have been a consistent brand since inception. It has always been about bringing an Afro-Atlantic perspective to European luxury and this is what we have been working towards since I first established the brand," she explains.

The LVMH Prize helped her to "professionalise" the business and helped grow her industry network, while the CFDA International Award came at an important time in the brand's development, she says. "The US has always been an important place for the brand, from both a community and cultural perspective. The institutional recognition has been validating."

What's next

Wales Bonner's name is one that has been tossed in the ring as the next menswear designer at Louis Vuitton, alongside peers such as Martine Rose and Samuel Ross of A-Cold-Wall. Nothing has been confirmed yet; notably, all three designers are London-based, with multicultural backgrounds that inform their approach to redefining British fashion. The role at the LVMH-owned luxury house has been left vacant since the 2021 death of Virgil Abloh, a rare Black designer to break through the closely guarded walls of luxury fashion. Asked whether it is part of Wales Bonner's ambition to design for a legacy fashion house, she declined to comment.

So, what's next for Wales Bonner? Industry observers see her not as simply a designer but more of a cultural curator, with a unique philosophy beyond a single aesthetic. That's powerful at a time when luxury companies no longer sell just their brand. In a new era of consumer expectation for shared values, brands are expected to be part of moments that are bigger than themselves. Subtlety can be difficult at a time when the loudest voice often gets the most attention, but Wales Bonner's has managed to cut through because of what she stands for. "[The brand] has become a liminal space for Black history, art, music, philosophy and literature to influence fashion," says A Magazine Curated By 's Thawley.

For now, Wales Bonner is focused on the physical aspect of brand building. Her recent show at Pitti served as a reminder of the power of the in-person experience. Of plans to show both menswear and womenswear in Paris in January, she says: "It [will be] an important historical moment for us as we embark on the next phase."

"Elevation" is Wales Bonner's biggest priority for 2023. That applies to the collections as well as special projects and collaborations that will be announced in due course, she says. The brand also plans to introduce jewellery, which has been made in Ghana, and footwear, which is being developed in partnership with high-end luxury manufacturer Himco in Italy.

Wales Bonner's ultimate ambition has remained the same, which is "to create beautiful, essential and timeless design, and through this, change the landscape of the fashion industry and culture more broadly", but getting the brand to where she wants it to be is a test of endurance. Operating a fast-growing independent business has required being "very resourceful" and "to pace ourselves", she says. "I am an ambitious person and sometimes as a small independent brand owner I have to be patient with getting the brand its rightful place in culture."

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Our editors curate highly rated brands that are first assessed by our rigorous ratings system. Buying through our links may earn us a commission-supporting the work we do. There's no denying Stella McCartney's eponymous label has set some good examples for high-end brands with its initiatives-but nobody's perfect. Read on to find out how Stella McCartney treats animals, the planet, and its workers, and decide for yourself if the brand is ethical enough for your support as a conscious consumer. This article is based on the Stella McCartney rating published in August 2022. Learn more.
Is Stella McCartney ethical and sustainable?

British designer Stella McCartney has been proudly creating "sustainable luxury fashion" for almost two decades. Boasting several huge achievements in eco-fashion-including designing Meghan Markle's wedding reception dress-lifelong vegetarian Stella has always had ethics on her mind. But does her brand have any room for improvement?

Environmental impact

Stella McCartney rates "It's a Start" for the planet. The brand has set some good environmental standards using eco-friendly materials, including recycled polyester, organic cotton, and regenerated cashmere. It also has a policy to prevent deforestation in the supply chain. But we found no evidence Stella McCartney has set water management and greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets, important pieces in the sustainability puzzle for companies to address on the ground level and throughout the supply chain.

Labour conditions

This area needs the most attention from Stella McCartney if it truly aims to embody ethical practice across the board. The brand rates "It's a Start" for people, too.

While it is a member of the Ethical Trading Initiative and has adopted a Code of Conduct that includes a living wage definition, it is unclear whether Stella McCartney ensures a living wage is actually being paid to workers. While it monitors most of its supply chain and discloses policies to protect suppliers and workers in its supply chain from the impacts of COVID-19, these initiatives are only partially adequate.

Without ensuring the welfare, safety, and fair payment for the people who produce the luxury goods, it is impossible to award Stella McCartney a higher score in this category.

Animal welfare

On the animal front, the British luxury brand rates "Good". Lifelong vegetarian and animal-lover Stella has taken some positive steps for animal welfare over the years, including partnering with PETA on various projects, never using real fur in her designs, and aiming for more sustainable animal material options. The brand has a general statement about minimising animal suffering but not a formal animal welfare policy. And while Stella McCartney doesn't use leather, down, fur, angora, shearling, or exotic animal skins or hairs, it does use wool (from non-mulesed sheep) and regenerated cashmere, which helps negate the impact on both the environment and animals.

Overall rating: Good

Based on our research, we rate Stella McCartney "Good" overall. The brand can be proud of its achievements for the environment and animals-it is truly setting a high standard that we can only hope other luxury fashion brands take heed of in future. However, there's always room for improvement, particularly in its labour conditions, payment of a living wage, and greenhouse gas emissions reduction initiatives. As consumers, we have the right to open and honest communication from brands about what goes on behind the scenes.

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