Fashion + Our Oceans

For June 2020, in alignment with World Oceans Day, we dived into Fashion + Our Oceans, to deepen our understanding of how fashion draws inspiration from and effects our vibrant blue planet.

Sustainable Fashion: One Man’s Trash is Another Man’s T-Shirt

Hannah Whitfield

3 min

Sustainable Fashion: One Man’s Trash is Another Man’s T-Shirt

The ocean covers over 70% of our planet, produces 50%-80% of the oxygen we breathe and is home to 80% of life on Earth. Despite an...

The Future of our Oceans: Are we getting ‘Hung Up’ on the wrong issue?

Janine Ferry

4 min

The Future of our Oceans: Are we getting ‘Hung Up’ on the wrong issue?

After many years, we are finally acknowledging the serious environmental consequences of all the cute £6 tops and £15 jeans we own. The...

Just Keep Recycling: How Can We Save Our Oceans From Fashion Pollution?

Imogen Steel

3 min

Just Keep Recycling: How Can We Save Our Oceans From Fashion Pollution?

The Fashion Industry’s Impact on the Environment When talking about environmental impacts, we think about how fossil fuels are damaging...

Harriet Bell

3 min

A Tail of Mermaids in Power

(tail! like a mermaid? get it? anyways, on with the article…) When I think of mermaids, I think of mysterious, beautiful and often...

Hannah Oates

3 min

Are your clothes feeding the fish?

Plastic is everywhere. It’s durability and versatility, alongside side being cheap, makes it a world leader in synthetic materials....

Ocean Plastic: Women Who Bear the Brunt, Women Who are at the Front

Georgina Kirby

4 min

Ocean Plastic: Women Who Bear the Brunt, Women Who are at the Front

Did you know that women are disproportionately affected by ocean pollution and climate change? The fashion industry has a lot to answer...

Georgia Clarke

3 min

A Nautical Fashionista’s Paradise

Exploring Underwater fashion shows Not many of us can imagine diving off a rocky cliff into the sea while wearing a long-tailed flowy...

A Sea of Inspiration: The Relationship Between Fashion and Our Oceans

Ebonnie Lewis

3 min

A Sea of Inspiration: The Relationship Between Fashion and Our Oceans

The fashion industry has been heavily influenced by our oceans and its creatures since its inception. When Marcel Rochas introduced the...

Lily Smith

4 min

5 Easy Steps To Help Save Our Oceans

The COVID-19 pandemic changed how we shop for clothing. For me online shopping became a guilty pleasure and ordering clothes became a bit...

Brands Transforming Ocean Plastic Into Beautiful Accessories

Hannah Duffy

3 min

Brands Transforming Ocean Plastic Into Beautiful Accessories

Our beautiful oceans are full to the brim with an abundance of plastic waste. Inspired by this, social entrepreneurs are looking for a...

4 Ethical and Sustainable Brands that Help Save Our Oceans

Hannah Stewart

3 min

4 Ethical and Sustainable Brands that Help Save Our Oceans

Ethical and sustainable clothing is becoming more important. This is due to more awareness of climate change and the damage of the...

Why Double Denim Should Be a Thing of the Past

Christina Shrestha

4 min

Why Double Denim Should Be a Thing of the Past

The most beloved item in your wardrobe? Of course, those denim jeans. For many, it is not a surprise that denim is slowly but surely...

Kimberley Taylor

3 min

From ‘Mermaidcore’ to ‘SeaPunk’

Exploring the internet’s love of ocean-themed subcultures and it’s translation into high street fashion While scrolling through TikTok,...

Fashion & Ocean Pollution: What Is the True Cost?

Molly Swindell

3 min

Fashion & Ocean Pollution: What Is the True Cost?

In recent years, the fashion industry has come under scrutiny due to the tonnes of clothing ending up in landfill. People have become...

The Rise of Reusable Fashion – The Brands You Can Trust

Anoushka Negi

3 min

The Rise of Reusable Fashion – The Brands You Can Trust

In the current era of climate change and global warming it is proving ever more vital to protect the environment we live in. This...

Becoming More Conscious About Our Oceans

Lauren Price

3 min

Becoming More Conscious About Our Oceans

Fast fashion is polluting the beautiful and diverse life within our oceans. Simon Reddy laments that “Fish, seabirds, sea turtles, and...

The Wave of Conscious Fashion That Is Saving Our Ocean

Freya Higgs

4 min

The Wave of Conscious Fashion That Is Saving Our Ocean

Calling all shopping addicts – the ocean needs our help. The fashion industry is responsible for 10% of carbon emissions and 20% of...

Why Minimalism is the self-help solution?

Moodie Xu

3 min

Why Minimalism is the self-help solution?

Have you ever bought 10 white t-shirts made of poor quality fibres and then thrown them away after changing one every two days? Do you...

Anna-Maria Hartley

3 min

How ‘Forever’ Can Be Destructive

How does fashion impact our oceans? If we were to take five minutes to research ‘plastic’ we would face a variety of information. Ranging...

EnSHOREing The Fashion You Consume is Ocean-Friendly

Morgan Harris

4 min

EnSHOREing The Fashion You Consume is Ocean-Friendly

We’ve all heard about the detrimental consequences of fast fashion. But have you ever wondered how much damage our oceans in particular...

Is Our Health Paying the Price for Our Fashion?

Charlotte Sunman

3 min

Is Our Health Paying the Price for Our Fashion?

Fast fashion Fashion is a multi trillion dollar industry that continues to grow. The global shift East has led to cheap and fast fashion...

Ocean Friendly Changes You Need To Save Our Planet

Amira Mirza

4 min

Ocean Friendly Changes You Need To Save Our Planet

Fashion as a threat to our oceans Our oceans need your help. Whilst awareness is rising on the threats of plastic to our oceans, the...

Fast Fashion: How Trendsetters Are Killing Marine Life

Caitlin Kennedy

4 min

Fast Fashion: How Trendsetters Are Killing Marine Life

The fast fashion industry has made sure our wardrobes remain up-to-date and in style. The ocean is not something we consider when...

How To Combat Plastic Pollution in Our Oceans

Joe Jackson

3 min

How To Combat Plastic Pollution in Our Oceans

Fashion’s impact on our environment and its pollution is currently a trendy topic; everyone’s heard the sustainability buzzwords....

How To Respond To the Microfibre Invasion

Liam Mclaughlan

3 min

How To Respond To the Microfibre Invasion

What if I told you that particles no bigger than 5mm in length being dumped into the ocean are accelerating our planet to a certain doom?...

Christian Ward

4 min

Parley for the Course

A question of sustainability As with the rest of the nation, I had great excitement for April 12th, not just as the beer gardens were...

The Impact of a Summer Splash: Swimwear is Destroying our Oceans

Molly Hardwick

3 min

The Impact of a Summer Splash: Swimwear is Destroying our Oceans

As we head towards swimwear season, we may already be browsing for current summer trends which would suit us and have us looking our best...

How fashion brands have become more eco-friendly to protect our oceans.

Ravail Khan

3 min

How fashion brands have become more eco-friendly to protect our oceans.

Each year, over 8 million tons of plastic waste enters and pollutes our oceans. This pollution poses a dangerous threat to human health,...

What Fashion Brands Are Doing to Protect Our Ocean

Alex Brassington

3 min

What Fashion Brands Are Doing to Protect Our Ocean

Firstly, what is actually going on in our oceans? Well, it’s no surprise that there is a real worry and fear of what damaging effects we...

Princess Arinola Adegbite

3 min

Sustainable Brands to Watch in 2021

Textiles like polyester, acrylic, and nylon are the main source of microplastics, resulting in 34.8% of international microplastic...

Jennie Gilligan

4 min

Fashion in ‘The Plastic Age’

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...

Hannah Rose

3 min

Three Negative Effects of Fast Fashion

Fashion has always been a means for people to express themselves. To create and follow popular trends. A mark of popularity and an output...

Katie Ferns

3 min

Say No to Synthetic Fibres!

Did you know that between half a million and a million tons of plastic microfibres are discharged into waste water each year from the...

Wearing Blue Without Feeling It: How Shoes Are Made from Plastic Bottles

Madalena Juma

3 min

Wearing Blue Without Feeling It: How Shoes Are Made from Plastic Bottles

Have you watched Netflix’s latest documentary Seaspiracy? Well, it mortified me. Among many other issues with the fishing industry, the...

Three Ways That You Can Help Reduce Micro-Plastics in Our Oceans

Emily Aitken

4 min

Three Ways That You Can Help Reduce Micro-Plastics in Our Oceans

It’s possible to question; ‘what do our oceans and fashion have in common?’ Well, it is certainly not a positive connection. In 2019,...

Adam Noor

4 min

The Fashion Pact and its Failings

Can the industry be trusted to protect our oceans? Back in 2019, French President Emmanuel Macron and Kering Group chairman and CEO...

The Addictive World of Fast Fashion is Fuelling Pollution

Eve O'Connell

3 min

The Addictive World of Fast Fashion is Fuelling Pollution

Online shopping, there’s no rush like it. The euphoria of hitting add to basket. The anticipation of tracking your ever nearer parcel....

Zoe Huang

3 min

Ocean Pollution and Sustainable Fashion

Environmental change has become a global concern, as it has direct effects on the ecosystem, biodiversity and availability of resources....

The Brands Saving Our Ocean Before It’s Too Late

Gemma Norfolk

3 min

The Brands Saving Our Ocean Before It’s Too Late

Most of us would never dream of purposefully destroying the ocean with our fashion choices. We are completely unaware of the dangers that...

5 Sustainable Brands to Support World Oceans Day

Natalie Latham

2 min

5 Sustainable Brands to Support World Oceans Day

About eight million tonnes of plastic end up in the oceans each year. At this rate, there will be more plastic in there than fish by...

5 fashion fixes that could save our oceans

Meera Barot

4 min

5 fashion fixes that could save our oceans

The fashion industry is one of the biggest contributors to global pollution. High levels of water consumption and pollution are having...

Making Fashion Sustainable – 5 Ways to Preserve Oceans

Lucy Stone

4 min

Making Fashion Sustainable – 5 Ways to Preserve Oceans

We all wish to do our part in making fashion sustainable. Yet, it is expected that there will be more plastic than fish in the ocean by...

Mackenzie Blacklock

3 min

Facemasks: The New Enemy of Our Oceans

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...

How Washing your Clothes is Polluting the Ocean

Laura Hilditch

3 min

How Washing your Clothes is Polluting the Ocean

Fashion is loved by so many as it lets us express ourselves, try new styles and be creative. But nothing hates the fashion industry more...

How Microplastics in Our Clothes are Killing Sea Life

Lizzy Harrison

3 min

How Microplastics in Our Clothes are Killing Sea Life

One of the greatest causes of water pollution comes from the fashion industry. In fact, 20% of industrial water pollution is caused by...

Gemma Thompson

3 min

New Fashion from Ocean Recycling

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...

Microfibers are Becoming Macro Problems for the Fashion World

Olivia Wilson

4 min

Microfibers are Becoming Macro Problems for the Fashion World

The issue at hand Climate change has been an extremely hot topic in recent years. Activists like Greta Thunberg, as well as pressure...

Megan Eccles

3 min

Under the Sea

I know I’m not the only one guilty of buying a new wardrobe every season, especially with lockdown and plenty of time to scroll through...