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Are luxury fashion brands sustainable? | Fashionhedge

Are luxury fashion brands sustainable?

Have you ever wondered if higher price tags mean more resources to care for the environment? It would be not only silly, but short-sighted to bundle all luxury fashion brands in the same handbag. Unlike a recent article on The Guardian titled “Luxury brands: higher standards or

Top new ethical fashion labels

Top 3 Ethical Fashion Labels You Didn’t Know About

These fashion labels do not market themselves as “ethical” and you won’t find them in most ethical fashion brands lists, but they are definitely doing things right, as they give us a high quality product manufactured domestically and made mostly with natural materials. As we

Tips to launch a sustainable fashion business

Tips to launch a sustainable fashion company

I recently wrote about the challenges of sustainable apparel companies and got a lot of feedback from entrepreneurs and independent labels relating to some of those struggles. My efforts were not aimed to discourage fashion startups in anyway, but rather to offer some perspective based

The truth about organic cotton | Fashionhedge

The Truth About Organic Cotton

Let me begin by saying that I’m not a fan of organic anything and even when I am in an industry (health and sustainability) that advocates in favor of organic farming, I tend to stay away from ideologies and stick to science. The scientific community

Natural Makeup on Amazon

Best Natural Makeup Products to get on Amazon

Too many people dislike Amazon for making it challenging for small online retailers and pretty much everyone else to compete. With low pricing, great customer service and the biggest selection of products on earth, I believe the online giant provides a good service and that’s the