- Companies / Aziende, Dove acquistare, Events, Fabrics/Tessuti, Fashion/Moda, Minimalism, Recycling/Riciclo
Stories of brands that decided to make the difference – Be The Change Awards (2)
We continue to tell you the stories of the finalist brands of the Be The Change Awards 2019, their motivations, their challenges, their next steps. If you have lost the first part, you can find it here: First episode Wess Women clothing, to compose a capsule wardrobe. They ship anywhere in the European Union. Marine Vicenzotti and Rebecca Parienti started Wess in 2017, originally as an online store for ethical, sustainable and vegan clothing, creating capsule wardrobe. At the end of 2018, they decided to stop reselling other brands and create their own. “It made sense because we really wanted to push minimalism consumption via the concept of capsule wardrobes…
- Circular economy, Companies / Aziende, Dove acquistare, Events, Fashion/Moda, Modern slavery / Schiavitù moderna, Recycling/Riciclo, Upcycling/Riuso
Stories of brands that decided to make the difference – Be The Change Awards (1)
26 April 2019, it is the week dedicated to initiatives to change the fashion industry and avoid serious accidents like that of Rana Plaza (Fashion Revolution Week). We are in London for the awards ceremony for the winners of the first Be The Change Awards. The project came about as a collaboration between Jo Salter’s ethical clothing brand Where Does It Come From? and Sian Conway’s online community Ethical Hour. “We’ve collaborated before on events and were becoming more and more aware of how much smaller brands struggle to be visible in the market”, says Jo. “They/we work so hard to make positive benefits to communities and the environment and…
