I would like to consider myself environmentally conscious to some extent. I’m definitely not saying I’m perfect or that my one act of buying from charity shops or conscious brands will single handily save the world, but what I am saying is that garment awareness is so important to our everyday choices. I’ll be the first to hold up my hands and say I love Zara (seriously, I love it). It’s infamously awful for its environmental impact, but does that stop me from wanting their c

Can we recycle the ocean’s waste for new fashion? Fashion is the second largest water polluter in the world. Water that’s used in fashion production becomes polluted with dyes and plastics. From rivers and streams, the water then ends up in our oceans, causing major problems for the environment. Plastic pollution particularly causes risk to sea life as the plastics are not biodegradable, as they can be consumed by fish leading to death. “[Finding] ways to get plastic out of t

Plastic waste in our oceans has been touched upon numerous times now as, our oceans are not only the largest habitat on Earth but are the main factor in maintaining the global climate. Unfortunately, we are polluting our oceans every day. This can be from lost fishing nets, or the dyes used to get that ‘perfect’ shade of green on the season’s newest fashion trends. However, brands and organisations have been battling plastic waste for some time now. The realisation came after