Rise in IRL shopping at thrift, vintage, & fall flea markets is not just demands for nostalgia, conscious consumerism, budget, but it’s also the power of the purchase, to discover coveted finds to create our own styles. Adding ability for storytelling is the next step🌎.
60 fashion brands & manufacturers, including @stellamccartney, @Canopy, Amazon, w/World Economic Forum, just launched the Climate Pledge Fashion Coalition. Water 🌊conservation top of the list. kathleengasperini.substack.c…
Good read! Paris Fashion Week drop of Galliano/Zara collab and more on true sustainable fashion & storytelling.
My latest Substack on Fashion, Tech, Sustainability: kathleengasperini.substack.c…
Dolly Parton’s “last recorded vocal performance” is a duet with Bono on the closing track on U2’s upcoming album.
"She got out of her bed to sing this song," Bono tells Rolling Stone. "And you can hear that. And I can’t even listen to it now… She sang her heart out, and I cannot believe that’s an 80-year-old woman."
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Climate Week NYC starts today!❤️Fashion tech & sustainability r playing a larger role: Music merch & importance of concert/festival tees sustainability; fashion tech, longevity: It's about owning better, longer, & with full knowledge of the impact🌎✨❤️
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“I really love language. I love it for what it does for us, how it allows us to explain the pain and the glory, the nuances and the delicacies of our existence. And then it allows us to laugh, allows us to show wit.” —Maya Angelou theparisreview.org/interview…
MUD Jeans, pioneer in circular denim, closes. We want to thank such pioneers for getting the ball rolling on #circulardesign, recyle, repair. Let's learn from this. Not give up. There r new tools. Where making more doesn't mean success or lingering bad debt. #Storytelling.💞
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Solar eclipse! Special day. Time to release, let go, start again! #solareclipse
Consumers want transparency, how to make their purchases last, but most importantly, how to share their story while wearing their cherished find. There r solutions.
Circularity in fashion is growing: More brands r preparing for #preloved 💕boons as seen by pop-ups of sewing & repair across cities to teach how to make our clothes last longer & build community among shared buyers. There's proof that making less can increase profitability.🌎
RIP Glen Hansard. Eddie Vedder, Bono, The Frames giving tribute among others. #IrelandLegend
Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam and Markéta Irglová performed Glen Hansard’s The Song of Good Hope at his funeral today alongside Thomas Bartlett and The Frames 🎶
The legendary musician will be laid to rest after his funeral at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin this afternoon 🕊️
Members of the public were invited to attend the service, which is also being live-streamed online.
If you give the OG brand AND the transformative artist the ability to share their stories, mash-up, it can resonate for a #2ndlife. And finally, we get the chance to join the journey by adding to the story of our beloved style.🧷 💞
With LA28 Olympics soon, let’s learn from World Cup & add fashion tech for storytelling thru our garment choices so that we can tell about our moment of being there or watching it & how we felt when our fave athletes were on the World Stage. The future may love to wear it, too.
#WorldCup fashion was emotional, heartfelt, full of pride, fun. The world loved American experiences, despite the political climate. We all💕them back w/our geographical pride. We wore their colors, or in many cases, our ancestral melting-pot roots. #Storytelling via #fashiontech
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Very good story: Why did energy-saving tips disappear from the Energy Department website? grist.org/politics/energy-de…
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Today marks the 65th anniversary of the entry into force of the Antarctic Treaty. 🇦🇶 The Treaty set aside an entire continent for peaceful purposes and established Antarctica as a place where geopolitical rivalry would be replaced by scientific collaboration.
📷 James Ferrera / Ocean Image Bank
Big shifts in fashion circularity♻️ r underway. Wearable items cannot be considered waste just cause you made too much. EU: In July, fashion brands cannot just blaze unused clothing. This means that sustainability, resale, recycle, upcycle is a priority🌎 We give storytelling💞
Exploring, embracing, finding new cultures is all part of the circular design & pre-Loved❤️ fashion movement. Rise in resale, support for brands that care, & adding storytelling has been proven in the fresh report, New Bottom Line, that circular fashion can be very profitable.🌎
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The holistic approach is being driven by people wanting more from their #outdoorapparel, including the ability to hang onto it longer, care for it, show their style, culture, experiences.🌎✨❤️ Stories behind those truly moving the needle & buyers' experiences can be shared!
Growth of circularity in fashion, rise in resale, & storytelling: The New Bottom Line, by 68 brands & #EllenMacArthurFoundation proves circularity can be very profitable, espec. if it is not 2X-taxed once it hits it’s 2nd lifecycle💞Results? 55% increase in profits for resale🌎DM
Growth of circularity in fashion, rise in resale, & storytelling: The New Bottom Line, by 68 brands & #EllenMacArthurFoundation proves circularity can be very profitable, espec. if it is not 2X-taxed once it hits it’s 2nd lifecycle💞Results? 55% increase in profits for resale🌎DM
























