January 2021

The fashion industry is one of the largest polluters in the world, accounting for roughly 10% of global carbon emissions. Clearly, it’s impact on the planet is enormous and one of the many reasons that both 1% for the Planet and Fashion Takes Action exist.

There's nothing better than a closet audit. Get organized, declutter, and learn about your unworn purchases and personal style in the process.

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every part of our lives, including how we shop for fashion. Our habits have been forced to change considerably as we have had to make the shift from in-person to online shopping. And thrifting has had to adapt too. For online thrifting tips in the time of COVID-19, read on!

Introducing the Ethical Clothing Search Engine. Ethical Clothing was founded by Ben Heinkel - a serial entrepreneur whose previous ventures include an organic clothing brand and a fashion tech startup - and Jack Hesketh - a researcher and writer focused on the fashion and textile industries. They founded Ethical Clothing to make the daunting task of sourcing sustainable fashion easier for consumers, by doing the work of weeding out the most ethical clothing brands themselves… and the result? Their search engine.

In the spirit of Reduce and Reuse - two of FTA’s 7Rs of Fashion - we want to uncover how to shop for clothing that is good enough quality to last beyond one season.