The Hidden Ingredient List of Fashion
How often do you pick up a pair of jeans and wonder if wearing them will put your health at risk? Consumers generally trust that the...
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Virginia Rollando
- Nov 14
- 6 min
Social Procurement | Pt 2: Fashion Supply Chain
SOCIAL PROCUREMENT DIRECT SPEND In a previous blog post we have discussed what Social Procurement means, and how, by sourcing from social...
Ani Wells
- Oct 24
- 3 min
Mechanical Vs. Chemical Cottonization of Hemp for Textiles with Marmara Hemp
Hemp had a bad reputation due to being classified incorrectly as an illegal drug. That’s why it was kept under wraps among established...
Virginia Rollando
- Jul 10
- 4 min
Fashion and Biodiversity – SDGs 14 and 15
ECOSYSTEMS Scientists around the world are extremely worried about the changes in ecosystem equilibrium. In fact, it was the second goal...
Ani Wells
- Apr 4
- 3 min
Denim 101 x 2 at White Oak Legacy Foundation
I’m a hands-on learner and if you are anything like me, you jump at the chance of a new learning experience! So when I heard White Oak...
Virginia Rollando
- Mar 1
- 3 min
Total Impact
Hi readers, if this is your first time here we would like to walk you through the journey that led us to writing this article. We started...
Virginia Rollando
- Feb 14
- 4 min
Navigating The Confusing And Delicate World of LCAs & Carbon Neutrality | Part 2
PART 2 – A CASE STUDY ON THE MANIPULATION OF LCAS When numbers and data points are thrown at us, we tend to take them as the absolute...
Virginia Rollando
- Feb 7
- 7 min
Navigating The Confusing And Delicate World of LCAs & Carbon Neutrality | Part 1
PART 1 – LCA INTRODUCTION, GUIDELINES, BENEFITS, LIMITATIONS, CARBON OFFSETTING AND CERTIFICATIONS Hello reader! First of all, we would...
Virginia Rollando
- Jan 18
- 4 min
Solutions for Fossil Free Energy in Fashion
WHAT SOLUTIONS DOES THE FASHION SUPPLY CHAIN HAVE TO BE POWERED BY 100% FOSSIL FREE ENERGY? THE ROLE OF ELECTRICITY GENERATION IN MEETING...
Ani Wells
- Dec 27, 2021
- 2 min
Candiani - The Future Of Retail?
Exploring Cadiani Denim's micro-factory retail store offering consumers custom made jeans.
Ani Wells
- Dec 6, 2021
- 1 min
#WhoMadeMyCotton | Step 1 : Brands and Retailers
As designers, brands, and retailers, when tracing our supply chains back, we can’t seem to get past the wall of knowing #WhoMadeMyCotton....
Ani Wells
- Oct 3, 2021
- 3 min
Tools for Transparency 🔎
Supply chain transparency is one of the hottest sustainability topics and for good reasons. But, it doesn’t necessarily ensure a...
Ani Wells
- Jun 13, 2021
- 6 min
Digitizing the Denim Supply Chain
I’ve noticed a rage building inside of me when I see the dreaded rainbow wheel of death on screen. Why isn’t this image from Pexels...
Ani Wells
- Jun 6, 2021
- 3 min
The Circular ID Tag with non denim
Traceability is definitely needed in order for us to know exactly where our jeans are coming from, but it’s also important that we know...
Virginia Rollando
- May 30, 2021
- 5 min
Hidden Production
Hundreds of millions of people worldwide have grown up having very limited access to new clothing, inheriting secondhand items from other...
Virginia Rollando
- May 16, 2021
- 9 min
Subcontracting and Solutions
Welcome to Part 2 of our conversation with Jessie and Kim, co-founders of Manufactured Podcast! In this conversation, we dug deep into...
Ani Wells
- May 9, 2021
- 3 min
Plug n' Play Sustainable Tech with Tonello
WHY THE LASER IS THE LASER WITH TONELLO The best things take time and they sure don’t come easy. It takes a team of skillful problem...
Ani Wells
- May 3, 2021
- 2 min
Let's Get Cycling! Does C2C Ensure A Perfect Product?
DAWN DENIM TELLS IT HOW IT IS. Perfection is impossible, but we’re all out here trying to achieve it, or at least the closest version to...
Ani Wells
- Apr 18, 2021
- 7 min
Symptom vs. Cause: What’s Wrong With The Sustainable Fashion Agenda?
It’s Fashion Revolution week friends! This week, we wanted to highlight the systemic issues within the supply chain that create an...