“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.”

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

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”

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.

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.

‘It’s a terrible logistic nightmare of course but it’s so valuable to be there’.  ‘We want to reach the women where they are and it’s important for the women to be able to stay close to their families.’

The last 15 years the company started to work backwards in the supply chain to make every step in the production process as fair and sustainable as possible.

HoodLamb started in the ‘90s in Amsterdam and was seeded by a love for Hemp (pun intended). Over twenty years before that, HoodLamb’s founder Douglas Mignola moved to The Netherlands from California and set up a store dedicated to all things Hemp.

Organic wool comes from sheep who graze on land which is not treated with pesticides and are not dipped in pesticide baths. 

Since becoming a mother, pursuing an ethical and sustainable life has been a high priority for Dutch TV and radio presenter Milouska Meulens

A disadvantage of bamboo viscose is that the processing has the same (high) impact on the environment as conventional viscose and if you want to reach a maximum ecological benefit, you still have to make sure that bamboo is harvested in a sustainable way.

Hand knitting not only makes a unique and beautiful product, it also provides women with the opportunity to work.

The story for this photography series by Laila Cohen is divided into three chapters, photographed on a bright day. Cohen combines fashion photography with lighting, colour and texture studies within her photographs.