Tag: eco-friendly
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Everlane’s sale to Shein is a sign of the end
Everlane, a company, known for its sustainability claims, just sold to Shein, known for all things the opposite of sustainability. Others will have covered the ends and outs of this buyout in more depth, and this is the question: Is this the beginning of the end? Are the end times upon us? Or at the…
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What if you could make cashmere, with fewer goats?
An often -repeated issue that many people have with the fashion industry is waste. We aim our ire towards the fast fashion industry and the literal trash it produces, those countless clothing pieces that fill landfills after the consumer discards them. And yes, post-consumer waste is an issue. However, there is another problem the public…
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It’s time we get honest about leather alternatives
Actually leather is more sustainable because it’s a byproduct of the beef industry. As long as people are eating meat, leather is going to be there. To be honest, I hadn’t thought of it that way. That insight came from Logan Duran, VP of ESG at Tapestry. He sat on a panel on sustainability in…