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Day 4: Fashion Revolution

published on 4 May 2019

Explore day four of the Fashion Revolution Tumblr curation, a collection of articles, quotes, images and resources that tell a different story about the clothes we wear, and inspire change in the fashion industry.

Explore day four of the Fashion Revolution Tumblr curation, a collection of articles, quotes, images and resources that tell a different story about the clothes we wear, and inspire change in the fashion industry.

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A MANIFESTO FOR A FASHION REVOLUTION

5. Fashion stands for solidarity, inclusiveness and democracy, regardless of race, class, gender, age, shape or ability. It champions diversity as crucial for success.

https://www.fashionrevolution.org/manifesto/

A MANIFESTO FOR A FASHION REVOLUTION

6. Fashion conserves and restores the environment. It does not deplete precious resources, degrade our soil, pollute our air and water or harm our health. Fashion protects the welfare of all living things and safeguards our diverse ecosystems.

https://www.fashionrevolution.org/manifesto/

A MANIFESTO FOR A FASHION REVOLUTION

  1. Fashion conserves and restores the environment. It does not deplete precious resources, degrade our soil, pollute our air and water or harm our health. Fashion protects the welfare of all living things and safeguards our diverse ecosystems.

https://www.fashionrevolution.org/manifesto/

ANTHROPOCENE

Words by Dilys Williams

We are in the midst of the most urgent wake up call that humans have ever had. The Anthropocene is the first geological era to be shaped by our actions – it names humans as homewreckers of our only shared abode. It marks a scientific consensus about what is going on and a gaping lack of cultural consensus with regard to what it means to live well. This is a question of how we perceive ourselves in nature, of which we are all a part. We must ask ourselves and each other: What is my intention? The response should shape how we define progress and success. It is about realising what is really important to us as individuals, communities and societies. Fashion is a vivid means for us to play out our identities in this context; what we make, buy, wear and cherish shapes and responds to our intentions in vital and substantial ways. The Anthropocene presents us with the biggest ever opportunity to make the ultimate fashion statement.

illustration by Viviana Mendes

learn more: https://www.fashionrevolution.org/buy-fanzine-003-fashion-environment-change/

DISPOSABLE

I wanted a red one

But I could only get blue

So two days later in to the chute

It had a repairable tear

But thatʼs such a hassle

So like a cheap tassel I threw it away

There was also…

And then there was…

Canʼt forget about the…

So much bought,

So little saved

At night I sleep easy as my load has been lifted

Taken to a far away place,

Space between said rubbish and I, I imagine to be infinite,

Galaxies and Quasars seem closer in mind

Still I fear for their return,

Smothering me as I wake.

by Wilson Oryema 

https://www.fashionrevolution.org/buy-fanzine-003-fashion-environment-change/

WATER

Imagine a world in which every human being

regarded water as a sacred element,

treated it with respect,

guarded it ferociously from our pollution.

Imagine if we were all water warriors.

What a beautiful world this would be.

by Arizona Muse 

https://www.fashionrevolution.org/buy-fanzine-003-fashion-environment-change/

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Essay: Murderous, Meaningless Caprices of Fashion

23 July 2008
Political Fashion: Adam Briggs on the problem of obsolescence.
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Essay: Fashion's Ecopolitical Dilemma

23 July 2008
Political Fashion: Roger Tredre on the industry’s superficial flirtation with eco fashion.
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Article: Storey With a Surprise Ending

26 May 2008
Originally published in The Sunday Telegraph, 20 May 2007: Kate Finnigan profiles artist Helen Storey's fashion past and scientific present.
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