“Things changed when my first daughter was born. I became more aware of what was going on in the world and my industry for that matter.”

Ben jij een ondernemende marketeer in wording en op zoek naar een allround en zeer creatieve marketing stage met speciale focus op digital marketing en social media? Heb je daarnaast design skills en ervaring met programma’s als InDesign en Photoshop? Hou je van mode en ben je nieuwsgierig naar duurzaamheid? Dan is dit misschien wel de perfecte stage voor jou!

Tencel is a sustainable fabric, which allows your skin to ‘breathe’ and doesn’t absorb odors.

With it’s lively ambiance and bohemian character de Pijp has been attracting creative pioneers from all around town and is now home to some of the most beautiful concept stores stocking True Fashion labels.

To learn more about the role of water and plastics across the fashion industry we gathered more than 100 fashion enthusiasts at Fashion for Good last week to ask industry experts: “How to Clean up a Dirty Industry”

Tony Tonnaer, Founder of denim brand Kings of Indigo and Ciara Shah, Founder of ethical fashion concept Verse, jumped into bed in an ‘unguarded’ setting to reflect on the industry’s current state of play.

Explore the fair side of the west side with this true fashion shopping route. Jump on your bike or go by foot and treat yourself to a day of discovering beautiful fashion, furniture, and art.

The coffee grounds used to create the yarn are taken and recycled from some of the world’s largest coffee vendors, like Starbucks.

Organic cotton is more environmental friendly than conventional cotton, since less water is being used for growing the cotton and the land stays fertile for a much longer period of time than when conventional cotton is grown on the same field.

Lenzing Modal® is extracted from beechwood. Beech forests thrive in Northern and Central Europe and have shaped the landscapes of these regions for centuries.

Proposing a new idea and convincing others of its validity is no easy task. Even more so when you’re dealing with complex issues like supply chain transparency, or trying to shift the ‘take, make and waste’ model of the fashion industry to one of circularity.

Linen can easily grow without use of chemicals and fertilizers and it is said that bast fibers like linen grow well on land unsuitable for food production and may help to re-cultivate polluted soils.

Recycled polyester is not always eco-friendly as people may say. It depends upon the recycling process (mechanical or chemical) and on the original polyester itself. Benefits are among others less dependency on oil and less air, water and soil contamination.

How can we put sustainability on to the mainstream fashion agenda? This is what we discussed this week as part a new series of talks we organise at Fashion for Good, Europe’s newest hub for sustainable fashion.

How can sustainability be given the spotlight? And more urgently, how can influencers talk about the environmental impacts and pressing labour conditions that result from fast fashion?

For Autumn Winter 2017, People Tree has designed a unique and feminine eight piece capsule collection in conjunction with the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

“I look for these forgotten and often invisible industries and make them visible again.”

Commercially produced silk is not very environmental and animal friendly. Better alternatives are wild silk or organic silk

Buy less. Buy better. Recycle. Reuse. Yes, the real answer to sustainable fashion is glaringly obvious.

Hemp is environmental friendly material, grown without the use of any pesticides and chemical fertilizers.