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How to Care for Women’s Leather Shoes: Your Ultimate Guide
You have bought a beautiful pair of pumps that made you feel like a million dollars? But how do you care for your women’s leather shoes, and keep them looking as new as the day you first pulled them out of the box? There is a lot of information on how to care for...
How to wear Brazilian leather without destroying the Amazon
Our desire for well-designed clothes, shoes and accessories is having an ecological impact on our planet, but being fashionably heeled doesn’t have to mean leaving a heavy carbon footprint.WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE FASHION?Sustainable fashion means that every aspect of...
Wool – The Slow Fashion Take: Is it Sustainable?
Can you beat it? I absolutely love wool. My family used to grow it on the farm I grew up on and it has always been one of my favourite fabrics. When I was little I raised orphaned lambs and I played in big bins of wool, jumping into it like it was fluffy cloud....
Linen – The Slow Fashion Take: Is it Sustainable?
Is Linen the penultimate slow fashion material? Linen gets a lot of praise in the slow fashion community, and for good reason. It is durable, sustainable, and comfortable, the three key criteria for any successful slow fashion material. What is it that makes linen so...
Leather – The Slow Fashion Take: Is it Sustainable?
Is leather sustainable? The short answer: it can be. Many people are under the impression that in order to be environmentally and ethically conscious, you must only buy vegan fashion items. This is not the case. Human beings have been making and wearing leather for...
Cotton – The Slow Fashion Take: Is it Sustainable?
Is cotton sustainable? If there were such a thing as a perfect material, cotton would be a contender. It’s breathable, durable, comfortable, and easy to work with. There is no wonder that it’s one of the most farmed crops on our planet, the main issue with it lies in...
Seven Style Tips from Italians – To Stay Confident as You Age
Seven Style Tips From Italians To Help You Stay Confident as You Age Italy is an epicentre of fashion, design, art and style, most of us would not dispute that. This dates back throughout their long and rich history. Acknowledging this, what can we learn from them?...
O Que é o Movimento Slow fashion?
Embora eu não soubesse o que era e como se chamava, o meu interesse por ‘Slow fashion’ já vem de ha muito tempo. Digo isso porque tenho, desde sempre, o habito de comprar com o longo prazo em mente e uma preferencia por fibras naturais em vez de sintéticas. Eu acho...
What is the Slow Fashion Movement?
I’ve always been into slow fashion movement, although I didn’t know what it was and that it was called. That’s to say that I’ve always shopped with the long-term in mind and I’ve always preferred natural fibres to synthetics. I think it comes from growing up in the...