Microfibers and microplastics from textile materials: what are they and how to reduce them?
Thanks to two interesting studies*, reviewing the research on microfibres and microplastics, we try to shed light on a topic more and more preoccupying. The increase in the production of textile fibers in the last 20 years, in particular of synthetic ones, and the discoveries on the effects they have on man and the environment place more and more attention on the subject. Fiber fragments released from clothing and home textiles during washing, drying and use are considered a new source of environmental pollution and a health threat. What are microfibres? What size are they? “Microfibre” is a consolidated term in the textile industry to indicate fibers between 10 and…
Dress code for a special occasion: now what? The sustainable solutions
A Christmas dinner, announced as an occasion to celebrate with a dress code that was soon to be announced. Everything starts from here. You’ll ask yourself “What’s special? Why are we talking about it here?”. What is special is that, instead of rushing to buy something new as soon as we received the details of the clothing required for the evening, it turned into a challenge to arrive dressed in theme and satisfied by choosing the perspective of greater sustainability and awareness. Yes, that’s fine, but where do I find an elegant (sustainable) red dress now? I have two or three of them in my wardrobe, not for evening wear.…
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A lifetime of clothing: the tallest closet in the world
Do you know how many are a lifetime of clothing? Since we usually throw away the clothes we no longer use over time, do we get an idea of how many there are in total? To answer this question, in 2018 Benjamin Von Wong and Laura François came up with the idea of gathering them all in a single wardrobe, creating the tallest wardrobe in the world: in a single instant, those who look up can see a life of clothes with their own eyes. The wardrobe is different for each of us, according to the economic availability, the era, the culture. Benjamin and Laura have estimated the number of…
Ecoanxiety: 10 solutions to lighten it!
Between floods, fires, droughts, hurricanes, pollution, melting glaciers, rising sea levels… Is there anyone, sensitive to the topic of sustainability, who doesn’t feel a bit of eco-anxiety? Especially following the publication of the latest IPCC report this summer, posts, comments and requests for advice more and more frequently have expressed the concern for the future scenario that lies ahead in terms of the survival of mankind. The IPCC Costituito nel 1988, è il corpo delle Nazioni Unite composto da esperti climatici. Nell’ultimo report pubblicato, 234 scienziati hanno sintetizzato 14,000 documenti di ricerca. Non ci sono più dubbi sulla crisi climatica. È inequivocabile che l’influenza umana abbia riscaldato l’atmosfera, l’oceano e…
Make the most of your voice: a tool to communicate sustainability (and not only)
You can listen to the live interview here (in Italian): La vita nella voce Especially for those who work in the field of sustainability, it is important to use one more tool we have at our disposal: the voice. Because it is a means by which we can bring our values linked to environmental protection and respect for people. For this reason, with great pleasure we have created this live on Instagram, which is also an episode of the Audio-à-porter podcast, with Giulia Seganfreddo. Giulia is a holistic voice operator, founder of the project La vita nella voce. She tells us how to authentically communicate who we are and…
Hiding Photoshop retouching will be illegal for brands and influencers, in Norway but not only
In France, legislation came into force in January 2017 with the aim of encouraging more socially responsible advertisements and avoiding the use of images of artificially thin bodies of models, the vision of which can induce eating disorders among adolescents. Article L. 2133-2 of the French Code of Public Health (FPHC) provides that “photographs for commercial purposes of models whose physical appearance has been altered by image processing software, in order to slim or thicken the figure , must be accompanied by the words photographie retouchée”. Similarly, the UK is about to introduce a new law that would require explicitly tagging digitally altered images. In Norway, the amendments to the…
Dress ECOde’s lifestyle – No, I don’t throw away no! Stories about repairing
The backstory It’s November. We are temporarily in the city where I was born (Modena), for family reasons going back and forth from the hospital. I wear a bag bought many years ago, unfortunately in a fast fashion chain. I really like the model and I try to make it last for a long time, having now made a senseless purchase, before embracing sustainable fashion. It’s faux leather, so it’s okay about respect for animals but… often synthetic materials are used to avoid leather but have nothing respectful of animals and the environment. But who knew then? So I try to make it lasts as long as possible. The damage…
The loneliness of small numbers: the price of ethics at the time of the Social Dilemma
Italiano/English below Puoi ascoltare qui l’articolo: La solitudine dei numeri piccoli Da quando è nato il progetto Dress Ecode, la presenza sui canali social è oggetto di lunga riflessione. È il sito il cuore dell’iniziativa, perché ci consente di scambiare informazioni sul tema della sostenibilità, con un focus sull’abbigliamento, in modo attivo. È infatti spontaneamente che apri la nostra pagina o quella di un articolo, scegliendo di cliccare sul nostro link. Selezioni cosa preferisci approfondire, le categorie che ti interessano o le letture che ti incuriosiscono. Non sei sollecitato da pubblicità o da altri account di cui nel frattempo ti compaiono informazioni. Per questo preferiamo comunicare attraverso il sito e l’email.…
Dabo: the easy and immediate app to give away and avoid to create waste
English – Dabo: the easy and immediate app to give away and avoid to create waste You can listen the whole live interview to Maurizio here (in Italian): Dabo Choosing a path towards sustainability, a minimalist philosophy or a lighter lifestyle leads us to reflect on how much we buy and accumulate in our homes. When we stop to think about the amount of clothes and in general objects that fill our home, sometimes the desire to get rid of them is triggered. The impulse is to remove from the wardrobe what we do not wear, to eliminate extra equipment, tools, furnishings, furniture or that we do not use,…
Rediscover your beauty for a more responsible approach to fashion: the wardrobe – 6th episode
Italiano/English below Puoi ascoltare qui l’articolo: Riscopriamo la bellezza – 6 Abbiamo iniziato questo percorso con l’image coach Jessica Pellegrino perché volevamo fornire strumenti utili soprattutto per chi ha difficoltà ad acquistare in modo più consapevole. Ma non solo: scoprendo i differenti temi nelle puntate, ci siamo resi conto che imparare di più riguardo gli aspetti della nostra immagine è utile per tante ragioni, per esempio per conoscerci meglio e per comunicare nel modo migliore chi siamo. A volte un problema di abiti, come l’acquisto in quantità esagerate o di capi che non indossiamo oppure come l’appiattimento delle nostre scelte, si rivela in realtà un nodo interno da sciogliere. Alla…
