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Heirloom Quilts: The Ultimate Slow-Home Accessory
Whether your decor is modern or French provencial an heirloom quilt can add warmth and slow style to your home. Quilts are a symbol of slow life — for ages quilters have stitched together scraps from cherished garments rendered un-mendable, combined with love and attention they become a new…
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And I Quote…
If we can unclamp our imaginations and recognise that creating products which foster long term value in society more broadly actually benefits our businesses, then maybe we will stop sabotaging our sector’s prospects for sustainability. Kate Fletcher…
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Infographic: What Women Spend
Have you ever calculated how much you spend on clothing and cosmetics in an entire year? According to research and industry statistics, the average American woman spends over $2000 annually which adds up to the staggering $41 billion women’s apparel industry and $13 billion cosmetics industry…
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Happy Earth Day
Earth Day started as a U.S. national holiday in 1970 with an estimated 20 million participants its first year alone! Now Earth Day is an internationally observed holiday that is celebrated in over 175 countries worldwide! It is a day to remember that we all share one planet and need to take care of…
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Rebecca Burgess and Fibershed
It’s easy to imagine that the most interesting thing about Rebecca Burgess of Fibershed is this- she spent one year of her life wearing nothing but “clothes whose fibers and dyes were sourced within 150 miles of her home in San Geronimo, California”. This may be a bite-sized factoid that makes…
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And I Quote…
It’s amazing to think that a hundred years ago, at the birth of ready-made clothing as we know it, women would drop six hundred dollars for a Parisian knock-off. Today a fashionable dress is cheaper than a bag of dog food. How did we get here? Elizabeth L. Cline…
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Honest Fashion
Have you ever wondered where your clothes come from or why they cost so much? One company is disclosing exactly that — and more! Honest by is a new shopping website that not only offers beautifully-made designer clothing, but the whole story behind how and where it was made, how they arrived at…
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Kamik: Vegan Rain Boots
Perhaps you are all experiencing global warming at it’s finest and enjoying the abnormally warm temperatures, but here in Portland we’re experiencing the start of what is typically a long, wet Spring. Compared to last year we had a pretty dry fall and winter, and although a new rain jacket was…
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Vegan + Haute = VAUTE!!!
Brooklyn, NY– Let me start by saying “I LOVE MY JOB at Slow Fashioned!” (insert euphoric school-girl dance) Why? because I get to meet amazing trailblazers and chronicle events that empower the ever-growing slow fashion movement. Case in point, on February 29th I attended the launch party for the…
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