As citizens of the 21st century, we are all living in ‘The Plastic Age’. Plastic pollution is such an evident issue that it is now in the fossil record. With eight million tonnes of plastic being dumped into the sea every year, this is not an issue that can be ignored. Plastic pollution is killing and harming marine life and in turn, harming us as micro-plastics are in the air, ocean, and in the food chain. How does fashion fit into this? In order to keep up with new styles a

Most of us would never dream of purposefully destroying the ocean with our fashion choices. We are completely unaware of the dangers that come with a lot of our signature and favourite clothing pieces. But it is not just plastic bottles or bags that are causing the damage in our ocean, it is instead our wardrobes making the biggest contributing factor. It is until now, that fashion is becoming one of the most innovative industries in fighting pollution of all kinds, with new

The issue at hand Climate change has been an extremely hot topic in recent years. Activists like Greta Thunberg, as well as pressure groups such as Extinction Rebellion have been almost unavoidable; reminding us on a daily basis of the damage we are causing the world. We see images of forest fires decimating rural areas, turning the green wilderness into hot visions of red. Images of polar bears perching onto the last shrivels of icecap in the Antarctic, unaware they are abou