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pov: retired fashion stylist. sharing sustainable fashion and lifestyle with a realistic approach

Category: Sustainable Thoughts

  • About Fashion – The Supply Chain

    About Fashion – The Supply Chain

    Sustainability in Fashion is a nuanced, and complicated topic. Why?  Before we dive deeper into raw materials, certifications and legislations. Let me start from “The journey and the complexity of a garment”. Where do our clothes come from? How are clothes being made? What’s the journey of a material to make clothes? Let’s talk about…

  • To B, or not to B ?

    To B, or not to B ?

    Have you ever noticed a sans-serif, clean and plain coloured ‘B’ logo on the shop front or a product that you like? If you look closer, it says ‘Certified B Corporation’. What’s that? Who are they? What’s the B stands for? B Corporation (or short formed – B Corp) It is a certification certified by…

  • Why ‘threads x change’?

    Why ‘threads x change’?

    Is it related to the Instagram new platform Threads? The answer is NO! This blog is about sustainable fashion. Let me break it down for you. How does our clothes being made? Fabric and textiles. What does fabric or textiles made of? Woven threads it is! Thread also sounded like threat, which metaphorically means the…

  • 5 Sustainable Fashion Goals to Practice in 2024

    5 Sustainable Fashion Goals to Practice in 2024

    Having resolutions every new year is very common. Whether you successfully completed it or not, you’ll be your own judge. Well for me, I would like to start with these realistic goals as below: Choose well Invest in timeless pieces, versatile colours and prints so that you can mix and match creatively! No one knows…

  • Re-evaluating Needs & Wants

    Re-evaluating Needs & Wants

    When globalisation and industrialisation made our lives easier and convenient, we started seeing numerous brands on the high street, and now digitalisation has taken over, millions of shops flourished in another world we called the internet! With the aid of advertising and marketing, our eyes just couldn’t stop looking at beautiful things that hit our…