A Finnish brand is turning McDonald’s uniforms into couture

Written by Zoe Sottile, CNN A Finnish brand takes couture to an unexpected place: McDonald’s. Helsinki-based fashion label VAIN has just launched a unique collaboration with the fast food giant. The brand used McDonald’s employee uniforms as basic ingredients for a collection of recycled clothing. The standard uniform shirts and pants were transformed into billowy […]

Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week returns after two-year hiatus

New collections from 32 indigenous fashion designers will hit the catwalk. It’s fitting that the theme for this year’s Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week is “rekindling joy in the face of pain.” Because it’s not a tentative return for the event, after a COVID-influenced two-year hiatus, but rather an explosion of pattern, color and celebration. Starting […]

The environmental costs of fast fashion

New season, new styles, buy more, buy cheap, move, throw away: pollution, waste and emissions from fast fashion are fueling the triple planetary crisis. The annual Black Friday sales on November 25 are a reminder of the need to rethink what you buy, what you throw away, and what it costs the planet. Sustainable fashion […]