Mattias Wallander | Posted 05.29.2012
While we're out improving access to textile recycling in communities across the country, we are sometimes confronted with the notion that thrift stores and charities already collect most unwanted clothing. The facts don't support that line of thinking.
Kari Adelaide | Posted 03.22.2012
Luloff's process of laboriously layering oil, bleached bed sheets and vintage fabric endow the pieces with a raw yet tidy magnitude of depth.
Mattias Wallander | Posted 04.30.2012
We need to change our mindset and accept that recyclables encompass far more than just the bottles and cans we are so accustomed to tossing in the trusty blue bin.
Mattias Wallander | Posted 03.27.2012
Last spring I asked people to take the Not One Sock Pledge and commit to one year of not throwing any single textile in the trash. So my resolution, not a moment too soon, is to adhere to this pledge.
HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 01.18.2012
BENNETTSVILLE, S.C. -- It's been more than two years since Frederick Parker had a decent full-time job. Standing outside the state workforce office...
Evelyne Politanoff | Posted 02.06.2012
Why should we live if we must die? It is one of the questions Danish artist Nikoline Liv Andersen puts us in this exhibition.
Leora Novick | Posted 01.30.2012
While each village continues to add their own personal flavor, the core traditions of the Quechua people are still the a vibrant thread in Peru's fashion scene.
John Robshaw | Posted 01.21.2012
Having fallen in deep with a Philippine gang in NYC that would descend upon me armed with deadly leche flan and delicious pork dishes, I was invited to come over to their homeland to see the abaca that I have long admired from the island of Mindanao.
Mattias Wallander | Posted 12.27.2011
America Recycles Day serves as a great reminder to all Americans that we are responsible for doing our part for the planet.
Mattias Wallander | Posted 11.22.2011
While we can make good and responsible choices as consumers, we should also be aware of what the brands we consume are up to while producing the items we buy. While recycling textiles is important, their production is also an important environmental issue.
Mattias Wallander | Posted 10.31.2011
You might think of running as a very 'green activity' -- just you and your running shoes pounding the pavement. Right? Actually, that's not the case.
Mattias Wallander | Posted 08.30.2011
Do you ever stop and think about what the impact of a t-shirt is on the planet? You'd probably be surprised to learn what's involved in the lifecycle of just one t-shirt.
Monroe Price | Posted 07.20.2011
Have these disparate institutions of upper 5th Avenue unconsciously created a kind of ode to the immigrant experience, drawn from three different eras, three geographical settings, three different roles and histories?
Mattias Wallander | Posted 05.25.2011
An exhibition at Chicago's Columbia College is using art to send a message to the fashion industry and consumers that it's time to really examine the impact of fashion and apparel on the environment.
Posted 02.03.2011
WHO: Maira Kalman WHAT: Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (Of a Crazy World) WHEN: On view now through February 13, 2011. Coming soon to the Jewis...
Greta Eagan | Posted 05.25.2011
The retail industry may have found the silver lining in affordable material sourcing with an eco-added bonus. Now it is time for luxury brands to join the pre-produced material sourcing crowd.
Mattias Wallander | Posted 05.25.2011
Let's not limit ourselves when it comes to recycling -- there's more to it than aluminum and glass.
Mattias Wallander | Posted 05.25.2011
The average American consumes over 60 pounds of new clothing a year. Unlike us, emerging economies protect the environment by consuming millions of tons of second-hand clothing each year.
AO Art Observed | Posted 05.25.2011
Currently on view at Contemporary Fine Arts Berlin is "Neue Arbeiten," an exhibition of recent work by fraternal collaborative Gert & Uwe Tobias (b. 1...
Wallpaper* Magazine | Posted 05.25.2011
It may only be three seasons old, but Istanbul Fashion Week has definitely whetted our appetites for more sartorial Turkish delights. Its latest stagi...
Posted 05.25.2011
Elaine Birks-Mitchell was guilty of stowing-away unused bras. Deciding it was time to recycle her lingerie for a cause, she founded The Bra Recyclers ...
Huffington Post | Alden Wicker | Posted 05.25.2011
There are so many reasons to recycle: it keeps waste out of the landfill, it lessens the need for virgin plastic, metal, and paper materials, it costs...
Posted 05.25.2011
WHAT: LACMA Resnick Gala Avant-Garde After Party WHO: LACMA's Avant-Garde Members, After Party Co-Chairs and Host Committee, Jessica de Ruiter and Je...
Frances Beinecke | Posted 05.25.2011
Big names like Wal-Mart and H&M have the purchasing power to drive improvements all the way up the supply chain. They send a signal to manufacturers that there is a market out there for textiles made using cleaner practices.
Kyra E. Hicks | Posted 05.31.2012