Shanley Knox
Founder/owner of the Nakate Project, an initiative bringing third world female artisans to high fashion. I am passionate about all things that are truly sustainable, and truly making a positive difference in the world around us.
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in Designers + Brands, Men, Sustainable FashionRampant: Bringing Locally Sourced Menswear to your Doorstep
Jason Powers is exactly what you’d expect him to be. Funny, tattooed to the hilt, living in a beautiful apartment at the top of the Castro in San Francisco with a hyper boxer named Daisy and his boyfriend, James, who’s running business development on a line of menswear Powers says he’s been dreaming about for years. More
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in Accessories, EventsCelebrate Day of the Girl in San Francisco
Shop handmade accessories from across the globe to support the work of female artisans across the globe with keynote speaker Jamila Hashimi, who risked her life to run a secret school for women and girls in Kabul, Afghanistan. More
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in Designers + Brands, Sustainable FashionFashion Week Update: 5 Industry Shifts toward Ethical Sourcing
Fashion week fever is fresh in New York. But how is the shift toward ethics in the industry? Here’s five strides ethical fashion has made in the past year – a kind of runway of our own, so to speak, highlighting some of the best of the industry’s shift toward ethical sourcing. More
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in Designers + Brands, Sustainable FashionCan Healing Fabric Benefit Your Body While You Rest?
Ayuvastra’s design range is created with healing fabric meant to benefit your body and mind while you rest. More
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in MaterialsOffset Warehouse: Your Resource for Sustainable Textiles and Eco-Fabrics
When it comes to sourcing eco, fabrics are still being produced in relatively small quantities. Finding sustainable textiles can a huge amount of time and research. Offset Warehouse wants the whole world to buy ethically, so their company has set out to make it easy by doing all the sourcing for you! More
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in Events, Sustainable Fashion, UpcycledFareFashion: BIG Green Week Launch Party!
Join FareShare South West and Bristol Fairtrade for a gala evening of eco-fashion, eco-food, music, recycling and sustainability to officially launch this years sold-out BIG Green Week Festival. More
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in Designers + Brands, Sustainable FashionFive Ethical Suppliers to Support in Bangladesh
In a country where garments made up £11.9 billion total exports of £15 billion in 2012, and women account for over 90% of the workforce in the garment sector, it is important to continue engaging in and encouraging ethical trading in Bangladesh. Here are five key suppliers to support. More
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in Designers + Brands, Summer5 Must-Have Ethical Summer Dresses
Whether you’re spending the day playing in the sun, or putting your heels on for a warm night out on the town, we’ve got you covered with our top five ethical fashion picks for summer. More
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in Designers + Brands, Sustainable FashionHow-to: Four Ways to Shop Ethical Fashion
Four resources to begin finding the ethical and independent fashion brands that best suit your tastes. More
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in Designers + BrandsAn Inside Look at Kenya’s Fashion Industry
In 1992, Ann McCreath tired of the fashion industry in Barcelona. That year, she was asked to cancel an order of 20,000 dresses on any technical grounds, and not pay for them or the 10,000 which were in the stores and not selling. She found it unethical, resigned and left for Africa. More
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in Designers + Brands, Events, Sustainable FashionNYC Event: Ethical Fashion Networking Party and Trunk Show
New York and Uganda based ethical accessories brand Nakate is hosting a trunk show and ethical fashion networking event tonight in Manhattan’s East Village. More
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in Events, Home Living, Reviews, SpringFour Must-Have Products to Green Up Your Spring Parties
Four must have eco-friendly party supplies to make your spring parties more sustainable, and sustainability a little more fun. More
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in Designers + Brands, Sustainable FashionStyle-is: The Ethical Fashion Search Engine
Fashion blogger and marketing consultant Ceri Heathcote’s new site Style-is makes fashion you can feel good about more accessible. More
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in Events, Sustainable FashionRedress Raleigh on Eco-Fashion, and the Future of Sustainable Textiles
This Spring, Redress Raleigh hosted their first ever Eco-Fashion & Textiles Conference. The purpose and goal of the event was to bring industry leaders together to talk about where the fashion and textile industry is currently and where its headed in the coming years. Mor Aframian, Director of Branding and Community Relations, gave FGS an inside perspective on the conference, and what they discovered in terms of upcoming trends and sustainable practices. More
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in EventsApril Pop-up Shop Features Ethical Fashion
Sapellé’s April pop-up shop is targeting a global clientele with a range of fair pay, ethical and fair trade African-inspired fashion. More
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in Designers + Brands, Events, Sustainable Fashion, UpcycledSustainable Fashion Outlook: What’s Coming in 2013?
Sustainability strategist and branding consultant Shannon Whitehead and ethical fashion stylist Lucy Harvey weigh in on what we can expect from sustainable fashion in 2013. More
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in UncategorizedEthical Stylist Lucy Harvey on Sustainable Trends, Fur and the Responsibility of Being Good
Last week, London based ethical stylist Lucy Harvey and I chatted over a Skype cup of coffee about trends in sustainable fashion, brands she looks to and what she sees as the barriers to the growth of sustainable fashion. Our discussion not only looks at sustainable trends and brands, but tackles some controversial topics in fur, leather, global inspiration in high fashion aesthetic, and her perspective on fair trade. More
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in Designers + Brands, Events, Fall, Sustainable FashionOrsola de Castro on Estethica, and From Somewhere’s New Launch
There is perhaps no one as influential in the current sustainable fashion movement than Orsola de Castro, creative director at From Somewhere and Reclaim to Wear, and the co founder and co curator of Estethica, a showcase promoting sustainable fashion at The Exhibition at London Fashion Week.
I was able to catch up with Castro this past week in regards to her plans for From Somewhere’s expansion this year, what we can expect from Estethica in 2013 and who she projects will be the sustainable brands and trends to watch in the coming year. More
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in Designers + Brands, Footwear, UpcycledCalleen Cordero: Luxury, Sustainable Footwear Handcrafted in North Hollywood
Calleen Cordero is a Los Angeles based luxury designer of footwear, handbags, belts and accessories, all handcrafted in North Hollywood, CA. More
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in Sustainable FashionModavanti: Changing the World Through Sustainable Fashion
Two weeks ago, we had a delightful lunch in Brooklyn with David Dietz, the founder of the newly launched online retailer Modavanti. Italian for “fashion forward,” Modavanti is an online retailer for high-end sustainable fashion. In our Q&A with David, he shares the vision for his new platform – and what we can expect Modavanti to bring to high-end sustainable fashion. More
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in UncategorizedWhat is Ethical Fashion? A Conversation with Ariel Azoff
FGS sits down with ethical fashion entrepreneur Ariel Azoff to find out more about about what can help our readers find brands and designers that are holistically sustainable. More