Tag: conscious consumer
-
A New Conscious Community
We are uniting brands and individuals and raise up fashion in Austin. If you’ve got the stamina for the sustained journey to transform your consumption and the industry, join us!
-
How Not to Start a Sustainable Brand
Daniel Collins tells The Peahen what he learned building his apparel company WiseFool. Brands and consumers, be wise and take note.
-
The Best Books on Sustainable + Ethical Fashion
We can’t buy our way to an ethical or sustainable world but we can educate ourselves to be more thoughtful consumers. Start with my curated list of these 18 interesting reads. There’s one everyone, from the novice to the passionate advocate.
-
If Activism Is The New Brunch, Can You Do All-You-Can-Eat?
With social and political engagement on the rise, disillusionment is a real danger. Here’s how to stay sane and avoid burnout while you fight the good fight.
-
When to Shop, When to Not
It hit me recently that I’ve been covering ethical brands a lot and spending a good chunk of my time developing an ethical fashion shopping list. The more I write about ethical fashion, the more you’ve been asking for this type of resource. And while I don’t want to discredit this work, I fear I’ve been remiss in skipping the most important…
-
Can Fashion Get Over Instagratification?
Your 2017 winter coat is coming down the runway right now! That promise didn’t do much for you, right? That’s because our shopping expectations have changed. It’s a time of instant gratification. Or, let’s call it Instagratification to be topical. Nowadays, it’s easy to scroll through Instagram and click-to-buy something because a brand or blogger…
-
The Leather Label: What’s Ethical and What’s BS?
Choosing leather ethically can be tricky. I’ve deciphered some of the popular options and brands to help you cut through the marketing and get to the truth. I learned these lessons first-hand when my mom asked for my birthday wish-list, and kindly obliged to my request for an ethical, faux leather handbag. After some research,…