Peruvian cotton is often perceived as more ethical and sustainable due to traditional farming methods and increased efforts in traceability. Two Peruvian brands, WISQA and Pietà, share their insights on the beauty and challenges of handling the world’s finest cotton with care and responsibility.

So, fasten your seat belts and join me on this journey through the Peruvian mountains. Get ready for history, tradition, and a touch of Andean glamour through the fascinating world of Peruvian alpaca wool. Alpacas come in two main varieties: Huacaya and Suri.

Known as the “hairy cattle” yaks are long-haired ox-like mammals domesticated in Tibet and are now raised often among people living at elevations of 4,000-6,000 metres mainly in China and central Asia, Mongolia and Nepal.

Tiffany Bopha is the founder of @revivrestudio, a gorgeous sustainable and ethical brand deeply rooted in her Cambodian and French cultures. She infuses her desire to put Cambodia of the fashion map and passion for a more sustainable future in her work.

Kwamena and Yayra founded The Revival, an Accra-based, community-led non-profit. Their goal is to educate and raise awareness on the impact of fast fashion while creating jobs through championing upcycling with textile waste coming into Ghana from the Global North. If you have been in the sustainable fashion space for a while, you would have heard of Waste Colonialism.

This year marks a decade since Toluwani Oyefuga began crafting a community of minimalist design lovers and advocates for timeless fashion with her brand, Wanni Fuga.

Originating from the town of Iseyin in Oyo State, Nigeria, Aso-Oke is more than just a textile – it is a testament to the ingenuity and craftsmanship of generations past.

The other day the owner of a clothing store asked us if we could help them curate a clothes swap event as it is something they have been considering for a while. It’s starting to look like people’s superstitions and religious beliefs are slowly losing their grip on sustainable fashion lifestyle options. 

This got me thinking about the slow but steady rise of sustainability in fashion within the city of Accra.

Meeting Renée C. Neblett was like meeting a wise and respected village Auntie who draws you in to sit and listen to stories. When I heard about the Kokrobritey Institute in Ghana, I knew I had to visit and talk to its creator in person. So I did. I was immediately captivated by the place. Kokrobritey is about an hour West of Ghana’s capital city of Accra. It’s a popular outside-of-the-city beach destination which sparked Renée, the founder of the Institute’s passion back in the 80’s.

From my earliest memories to my high school days, the sound of bell-like clasps, sometimes accompanied by the melodious cry "Oye Adie Yie," felt almost like a divine call, especially on days when my clothes needed mending or altering.

Today, Boyedoe travels the world, from Lagos to Paris to Geneva. It appeals to fashion veterans and everyday fashion enthusiasts alike. Across his four collections, David and his team play with Kente. To him, it’s a question of legacy and longevity. 

London College of Fashion (LCF) in East London is among these pockets of hope. Here, the intersection of fashion and social change redefines what it means to welcome refugee communities into London through an innovative, action-driven research project. In 2022, LCF’s Centre for Sustainable Fashion, led by Dr Francesco Mazzarella, a Reader in Design for Social Change, embarked on a pivotal participatory action research exploring cultural sustainability and community resilience. The research project, titled  “Decolonising Fashion and Textiles,” involved storytelling sessions and textile-based co-creation workshops that aimed to understand the realities of refugees in London.

We were inspired to speak to some countries, specifically Global South and Majority World countries which have incorporated Fashion Revolution into their cultural expressions of sustainability. Plugging it into local advocacy initiatives to raise awareness and make a change.

As per the GOV.UK, Depop, Vinted, Etsy and eBay will be amongst the digital platforms required to automatically share data with HMRC, meaning certain platform users will be taxed on their earnings from January 2024.

The Global Fashion Agenda gathers fashion actors from all aspects of the industry in the name of Ambition To Action. If you are not familiar with it, the GFS is hosted by the Global Fashion Agenda, a non-profit organisation that fosters industry collaboration on sustainability in fashion to drive impact. With the vision of a net-positive fashion industry, it accelerates action by mobilising, inspiring, influencing and educating all stakeholders. It is a bold mission that requires bringing together fashion representatives from all fronts to tackle the industry’s complex issues.

In 2008 Rwanda instituted a ban on the sale, manufacture, import and general use of plastic bags. Rwanda’s government successfully got public buy-in of these measures through the introduction of ‘Umuganda’ (meaning ‘community work with the purpose to contribute to the overall national development’) whereby residents of each community across the country clean up their neighbourhoods on the last Saturday of every month.