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CLOTHING 
February 19, 2020 Calls for tougher regulation of second hand clothes
Following an investigation by ITV News, the UK’s recycling industry is calling for better regulation of the international trade in second-hand clothing. The Textile Recycling Association says the Environment Agency should do more to prevent “people operating under the radar”. It comes after our cameras filmed piles of discarded clothes in Ghana left on illegal […]
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CLOTHING 
January 21, 2020 Here’s What’s Killing Your Favourite Clothes! (And How to Stop That!)
It takes approximately 6,800 litres of water to manufacture a pair of jeans. The materials often used in the production of fast-fashion aren’t sustainable or ethical. The annual carbon footprint emitted from the fashion industry is 10 per cent of global carbon emissions, which means more greenhouse gases are given off in this process than all the […]
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CLOTHING 
August 7, 2019 Digital ‘clothes’ could be the next big Instagram hit
Hip Scandinavian fashion retailer Carlings knew it had to make a big impression when it launched its first online store in 2018 — years after most other apparel brands. Carlings has more than 200 physical stores in Norway, Finland and Sweden and is known for its wide range of jeans and casual clothes. When it […]
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CLOTHING 
July 9, 2019 The Only Clothes I’m Buying This Summer Are Straight From ‘Stranger Things’
Stranger Things 3 is officially here! This season’s ’80s-inspired fashion game has seriously stepped up, making us super nostalgic for a decade that most of us probs weren’t even dressing ourselves in. Thankfully, there’s plenty of Stranger Things clothing collabs to take our Hawkins style inspo to the next level — and FYI, they’re all super cute. 1‘Stranger […]
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CLOTHING 
December 10, 2018 How Deepika Padukone broke a wedding tradition with her Mumbai reception clothes
eepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh’s gorgeous wedding was unique in more ways than one. They had a private celebration at Lake Como in Italy. The functions there comprised of sangeet, mehendi, chooda ceremony, the Konkani wedding and Anand Karaj. Only the families and very close relatives of Ranveer and Deepika were present at the festivities […]
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ELECTRONICS 
November 11, 2018 Battery Fashion: Scientists Weave Rechargeable Electronics Into Clothes
Wearable electronics are nothing new, but the technology has been limited by the question of how to power them for long periods without toting around a bulky charge storing device. Not any longer. Thanks to UMass Amherst materials scientist Trisha L. Andrew, a battery can now be stitched directly into your lapel. Andrew and her […]
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CLOTHING 
August 3, 2018 Dear clothing manufacturers – fat women want clothes that fit their curves not bigger versions of your original designs
Plus-size clothing aren’t always made to fit (Picture: Mmuffin for Metro.co.uk) I love high street clothes shopping. The obsession began from the first rite of passage trip sans-mum with a few fellow 16-year-old friends round the local mall (OK, so it was a tiny Berkshire shopping centre, but Clueless had just come out). Since then, […]
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CLOTHING 
May 18, 2018 Where Are Our Useful Futuristic Clothes Already?
Future Tense is a partnership of Slate, New America, and Arizona State University that examines emerging technologies, public policy, and society. Remember the old days, when you had to pull out your handheld telephonic device and unlock it—using your thumb!—in order to check the location of your incoming human-operated rideshare? How archaic! Or what about when you wasted valuable […]
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CLOTHING 
April 16, 2018 Today’s Chic Look? ‘Upcycled’ Clothes
What’s a hot trend in high-end fashion? Getting shoppers to pay just as much for used clothes as they do for new ones. Many designers are putting luxury spins on second-hand clothing, repurposing them under the mantle of sustainability to appeal to socially conscious customers. Their pitch: Getting a handle on the waste generated by an […]
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CLOTHING 
February 26, 2018 WHY YOU NEED TO WASH NEW CLOTHES BEFORE WEARING THEM, ACCORDING TO A DERMATOLOGIST
It may be hard to resist putting on your new outfit as soon as you leave the store but a dermatologist has revealed why you absolutely need to wash new clothes first. In addition to being unsanitary – think of all the people that handled them before you – wearing new clothes without first throwing […]
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CLOTHING 
January 10, 2018 Borrowed From The Boys? Here’s How To Make Their Clothes Work For You
Don’t let your style be held hostage by outdated norms of gendered clothing! You can borrow clothes from his wardrobe and look feminine too Sometimes the best pieces can be tucked away in the men’s section of a store or on a site for that matter. Then there are times when the one thing you’ve […]
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CLOTHING 
January 4, 2018 Amazon patents a mirror that dresses you in virtual clothes
Have you ever fretted over buying a suit or dress online for a wedding or another flashy event, wondering how it would look on your frame or if it would even fit? That might not be a problem soon now that Amazon has patented a blended-reality mirror that lets you try on clothes virtually while placing you […]
