Tailor Skincare revitalizes the eyes with Awaken
Wellington, New Zealand-based Tailor Skincare has launched a brightening eye cream, Awaken, which has natural ingredients including caffeine extract, hyaluronic acid, and milk thistle ester. It also contains golden mica, sourced responsibly from the Responsible Mica Initiative in India. The ingredients—all natural and cruelty-free—are said to add a glow to the eye area, as […]
Protest Sportswear releases fourth Green Up challenge: cleaning up Costa Rica
Protest Sportswear is walking the talk with two surfers—Alazne Aurrekoetxea and Laura Coviella—heading to Costa Rica to help clean up the shores as part of their Green Up the Ocean project. They helped with the efforts to collect single-use bottles, and tied them together with some bamboo and turned them into a “green” board. […]
New Balance releases Everybody’s Welcome collection commemorating Pride 2021
For Pride 2021, New Balance has released its Everybody’s Welcome collection of footwear and apparel. Queer Hong Kong visual artist Zoie Lam has created the art on the items, conveying an upbeat, positive and colourful mood. The characters are genderless and fun, and show that everyone is welcome, regardless of how they identify. They […]
After a school located in the largest urban slum in Africa was forced to move because it was not up to code, eco-fashion label Ministry of Tomorrow raised money to help it relocate. Now, however, the school lacks funds to pay its teachers and cover operational expenses, including a daily meal for its students. […]
Pressology launches beauty range with Ayurvedic principles
Pressology, founded in San Francisco by cell and molecular biologist Sally Nasser, is a conscious plant-based Ayurveda beauty brand using USDA-certified organic formulations to heal and enhance the skin. Ingredients include Moringa oil, lentils, turmeric and jasmine, and the products are all made in San Francisco by strong women of colour. Nasser has a […]
Monokel Eyewear introduces biodegradable sunglasses
Stockholm archipelago-based Monokel Eyewear has always made sunglasses that last, but its latest collection ensures that they do—only up to a point. Its spring–summer 2021 collection, anchored on the Edvard Munch quotation, ‘From my rotting body, flowers shall grow, and I am in them, and that is eternity,’ is fully bio-based and biodegradable, with […]
Lancôme and Muséum national d’histoire naturelle to preserve endangered plant species
F.-G. Grandin/MNHN; top photo by Agnès Iatzoura/MNHN Lancôme has partnered with the Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (National Museum of Natural History) with the aim of preserving endangered plant species, in a new conservation project. In a statement, its global brand president Françoise Lehmann said, ‘We are proud to participate in the conservation of endangered […]
Salvatore Ferragamo releases F-80 Skeleton Sustainable watch commemorating Earth Day
To mark Earth Day 2021 on April 22, Salvatore Ferragamo will release a limited-edition version of one of its watches, but made with low-environmental-impact materials and responsible packaging. The F-80 Skeleton Sustainable will be limited to 200 pieces. Its strap is made of post-consumer-recycled PET fibre on the outside and FSC-certified cork on the […]
Net-a-Porter, Art021 seek 2021’s Incredible Female Artist; Tan Zhuo named celebrity judge
Net-a-Porter, continuing to make headway in China, has announced a partnership with Art021, the 21st contemporary art fair at the Shanghai International Art Festival. On February 9, Net-a-Porter and Art021 launched a public art project to identify the Incredible Female Artist for 2021, someone who is ‘delivering the art spark for incredible people’. Film […]
IMM’s sustainable shoes: designed by immigrants, made by immigrants
It is an empirical fact in most countries that immigrants contribute positively to the economies of their host countries and to job creation, and IMM, a footwear brand produced by immigrants using sustainable methods, seeks to build on that. Using surplus materials, including high-quality leathers, from luxury brands, IMM’s ‘home shoes’ are made by […]
