Fog and Stone announces luxurious, sustainable pyjama range in pure Egyptian cotton
Lucire is UN Environment’s first fashion industry partner. Fog and Stone’s range of sustainable pyjamas is New Zealand-made, and the label is particularly proud of it. Founders Christina Goss and Justine Vanstone see Fog and Stone as part of the ‘slow fashion’ movement, with a high-quality pyjama range made from sustainably grown 100 per […]
Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images, Charley Gallay/Getty Images H&M threw a party at Garcia House in the Hollywood Hills on Thursday to celebrate the launch of its 2018 Conscious Exclusive collection, with Christy Turlington Burns, Paris Jackson, Naomie Harris, Kate Bosworth, Amanda Seyfried, Kiersey Clemons, Aijona Alexus, Mena Suvari, Rainey Qualley, Sara Escudero, and Shaun Ross, among […]
Hennes & Mauritz has released its full set of Conscious Exclusive images for 2018, with Christy Turlington Burns, Aamito Lagum, and Giedrė Dukauskaitė modelling, in photographs by Mikael Jansson, who has worked with the Swedish retailer over many campaigns. The collection, previewed in Lucire in February, hits select H&M stores on April 19, with […]
Save the birds, conserve the planet
Patrick McMullan From left to right: David Yarnold, Peggy Shephard, Sir David Attenborough, Maggie Walker, Dave Morine. Lucire is UN Environment’s first fashion industry partner. The National Audubon Society’s 2018 gala, held at the iconic Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Plaza, celebrated the conservation of birds and nature in the presence of truly inspirational personalities. Atop […]
Footwear frenzy: Nae’s Etna boots use upcycled airbags; DSW has on-trend shoes for the winter
Portuguese brand Nae (an acronym for No Animal Exploitation) already showed a pair of shoes made from pineapple leaf fibres. This season, it’s recycled airbags and car tyres in its latest design, the Etna. By upcycling, Nae has given the materials a new lease of life. They have reused the nylon in the airbags for […]
Why we should be thankful for Stella McCartney
Lucire is UN Environment’s first fashion industry partner. In October, Fast Company profiled Stella McCartney in a piece that found its way to me not via Lucire, but via Medinge Group, the international think-tank on humanistic branding. Wearing that hat, we’ve long advocated corporate social responsibility, and McCartney has been “living the brand” for a […]
Top: Shidong Yan, director of the Centre for Environmental Education and Communications of Ministry of Environmental Protection; Tom Szaky, TerraCycle founder and global CEO; Haoran Liu; Zhenzhen Lan, Vice President, L’Oréal (China). Above: The Body Shop British Rose Premium Selection (NZ$95·50), and the British Rose collection. It’s nice that the Body Shop can also source […]
Five ideas reshaping the fashion industry: H&M Foundation invites public to vote on the best
H&M Foundation invites the public to vote on the best ideas that can help revolutionize the fashion industry toward a sustainable, waste-free future. Initiated in 2015, the competition is now on to its second round, with €1 million up for grabs between five winners. The vote, at globalchangeaward.com, closes on April 2. The public […]
Green with beauty: a holistic understanding through Organic Spa Magazine
Randall Michelson Since 2007, Organic Spa Magazine has inspired and informed readers on green beauty and living. By no means limited to the world of day spas, Organic Spa educates and motivates on all aspects of a holistic lifestyle. At the famously posh Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills on a rather balmy October evening, members […]
The Body Shop launches Bio-Bridges programme, regenerating and protecting 75,000,000 m² of forest
Above: The red-shanked douc, or monkey, one of the endangered species that the Body Shop’s Bio-Bridges programme will protect. On Tuesday, the Body Shop unveiled its Bio-Bridges programme, which aims to regenerate and protect 75,000,000 m² of forest. The programme will not only see forests protected from exploitation and unsustainable harvesting, the Body Shop […]
