Author: MJ
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Elle Fanning | The Sun Eater
Elle Fanning looked like a glass sculpture come to life for the 2024 Met Gala, the custom translucent gown by Balmain made Fanning look frozen in time. A recurring theme in Christopher Ruocchio’s Sun Eater saga, the memoir-style story follows antihero Hadrian Marlowe on a journey through space and time.
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Revolutionizing Fashion: Condé Nast & eBay’s Pre-Loved Partnership
In a groundbreaking new partnership, eBay will serve as the official Pre-Loved Partner with Condé Nast. eBay is the premier destination for Pre-Loved fashion, with Condé Nast quickly becoming the new source for sustainable fashion. As frequent collaborators, this partnership shouldn’t come as a surprise, but rather as an inevitability.
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Tyla | Not Quite Dead Yet
For her first Met Gala, Tyla partnered with Balmain to create a stunning interpretation of the “Sands of Time.” The atelier’s inspiration came from expressing the ephemerality of life. Something they have in common with Holly Jackson’s new novel, Not Quite Dead Yet.
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Fevvers: The New Feathers
For Paris Fashion Week Stella McCartney partnered with UK startup Fevvers, a plant-based, cruelty-free alternative to feathers. Fevvers aims to replicate the look and feel of real feathers without the use of plastic in production or any harm to animals, offering the first ethical solution to traditional feathers in fashion.
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Karlie Kloss | The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Karlie Kloss and Swarovski designed a stunning gown for the 2024 Met Gala, which represented the fragility of nature through fashion. Lucy Gray from The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is intimately familiar with the fragility of life and nature – but she also knows how important a good dress…
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The Future Is Now: Waterless Dyeing
As the second-largest consumer of water, fashion has a responsibility to reduce its usage. With waterless dyeing techniques like Dry Indigo® – used by Gap Inc. – brands can eliminate the need for water. The pioneering technology is a relatively inexpensive and inexhaustible resource exclusive to the Spanish denim mill…
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Wisdom Kaye | Red Rising
Wisdom Kaye is the best-dressed on TikTok and the red carpet. While he’s only attended the Met Gala in 2024, he stole the spotlight from seasoned carpetgoers in a blood red suit. That could have been formalwear for one of the Reds in the saga Red Rising by Pierce Brown.
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Ava Iranpour Asly | The Nature of Witches
Editor Ava Iranpour Asly has created a space where individuals of all backgrounds can feel welcome in fashion. Her promotion of sustainable fashion is needed to prevent the decay of our planet. In the book, The Nature of Witches, you can also see the effects humans have on the climate.
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The Rise Of Natural Fashion
Fashion is one of the fastest-growing industries, producing nearly 80 billion pieces of clothing each year. These clothes often end up in landfills and take hundreds of years to decompose, leading to tonnes of waste annually. Sustainable fabrics can counter the industry’s waste using renewable processes and materials.
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Giving Clothes A New Purpose
When you think of fashion, you imagine stunning clothes and glamorous accessories. With nearly 85% of all textiles discarded in the US alone, consumers don’t think about how often these clothes end up in landfills. Repurposing textiles can reduce waste and carbon emissions while greatly extending the life of materials.
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