Are you visiting Zante this summer? Make sure Banana Beach is on your list of daytime activities. Whether you want to sleep off last night’s hangover on the sunbeds, go wild in the water, or have a light lunch with a sea view, Banana Beach offers it all. It’s the largest beach on the island, …
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The reality behind the latest trends and affordable fashion – 5 top tips for how can we help
Fast fashion is the second biggest contributor to world pollution (Greenmatch). The production of clothing has doubled since the year 2000, whilst the average use of a garment is declining (Earth.org). The fashion industry uses more CO2 than the aviation industry (Earth.org). The industry produces 20% of the worlds waste water each year (The UN). …
How you can take part in Veganuary 2022
With more than 500,000 people taking part in last years Veganuary, and even more set to join the initiative this January, how can you get involved? Speaking to Pia Werzinger from the Vegan Recipe Club, she and the team have provided some tips for kick-starting Veganuary. Give oat milk a try “Research suggests that most …
2021 saw the rise of the Nike Dunk, but what’s next?
The Nike Dunk trainer surged to popularity this year, breaking it’s way into mainstream fashion, rather than exclusively streetwear. The shoe was originally introduced to be a college basketball trainer to now being described as “a shoe that’s not just your average inanimate object” by the late Virgil Abloh. Some of this years colour-ways are …
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New Year’s Eve plans are back on – but you’ve got nothing to wear?
Boris Johnson has announced that there will be no new Covid-19 restrictions before the new year and has urged that “everybody should enjoy New Year”. This comes after talks and discussion of another lockdown due to cases of the virus reaching 129,471 in the UK, and the outbreak of fast-spreading new variant, Omicron. Despite this, …
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New Birmingham organisation striving to help women get home safe
Recent graduate , Tabitha Green, is currently in the process of setting up organisation “Birmingham Street Huns”, a buddy system where women who feel unsafe on the streets of Birmingham can arrive home safely. The Office for National Statistics reports that over 80% of women feel “very or fairly unsafe” whilst walking alone in a …
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BRITs 2021 – Most memorable fashion moments.
Last nights BRIT awards saw Little Mix make history being the first female band to win Best British Group, up and coming artist Olivia Rodrigo perform live for the first time and an iconic collaboration from Elton John and Years & Years performing “It’s A Sin”. But the red carpet looks and performance outfits also …
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It’s Earth Day – Play your part by shopping second-hand in Birmingham
Today marks the 51st annual Earth Day, the anniversary of the modern environmental movement. Although this is a celebratory day, fast fashion is still a large contributor to global warming and not enough is being done. But here in Birmingham there are lots of second hand clothing shops that we can buy from instead of …
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Is your £5 dress too good to be true?
What really goes on behind those too good to be true fashion prices, underpaid workers and an increased carbon footprint? Fast fashion has it all. From a young person’s perspective, buying from fast fashion brands such as Boohoo, Missguided or Pretty Little Thing seems the easiest and cheapest way to get stylish clothes delivered to …
Is there hope for a sustainable fashion world? What can we do to help?
Fast fashion is the second biggest polluter in the world. 150 billion pieces of clothing end up in landfill yearly, taking up to 1000 years for a single shoe to decompose, according to Greenmatch. Speaking to Olivia Pinnock, lecturer at the London College of Fashion and the London Metropolitan University, founder of The Fashion Debates …
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