A single polyester garment takes more than 200 years to break down in landfill, but it never decomposes. It just breaks down into smaller plastic particles and those particles exist forever.

Over the entire decade that I ran The Fashion Advocate as an online store, I didn't do Black Friday sales, not even once. I also didn't do Boxing Day sales, seasonal sales, random and rushed 30%...

If you can plant the seed and educate your customers about the negative social and environmental impacts of fast fashion, and show them that you are the better alternative, they'll be...

Today's Instagram LIVE with Danielle Abery-Miller from Sanct was such a great conversation on all things ethical and sustainable fashion. Running a slow fashion business is tough, but it’s even tougher when you’re...

When it comes to recycled polyester, Meriel believes that it's 'just a slow motion oil slick' because at the end of the day, polyester (whether recycled or new), simply isn't...

Sustainability is just about fabrics. Ethics and sustainability go hand in hand, you can't have one without the other. Fashion that isn't sustainable, also isn't ethical, because it's not ethical...

Amber has had such a colourful career in fashion, from working with fast fashion giants to now heading up ethically sourced Australian jewellery label, Medley Jewellery, and her industry insight is rich.

This week's Instagram LIVE was with Kirstie Clements and it was such a juicy conversation filled with so much fashion wisdom. Kirstie is an author, editor, journalist and speaker, and she's most known as the...

Today’s Instagram LIVE was with the lovely Karishma Kasabia  Karishma Kasabia from Kholo and it was such a juicy chat filled with with so much wisdom! Every day Karishma gets up to create an...

The 2023 Fashion Transparency Index reveals a handful of historic highs and improvements industry-wide, but it also reveals some of the most disappointing lows too.

It's time to talk about the elephant in the room. Shein has recently become the word's largest fast fashion retailer, making Zara look like slow fashion. I never thought I'd say the...

Every step of the manufacturing phase from fabric weaving to cutting to sewing requires energy, and a lot of countries are still coal-powered. The burning of coal emits greenhouse gases, toxic chemicals,...

Polyester sucks. There's no easy way to say it. Nearly 70 million barrels of oil are used each year to make the world's use of polyester, and oil is a non-renewable...

Sustainability is no longer a ‘nice-to-have’ in fashion either. It's not a selling prop or a marketing tool. Sustainability in fashion is essential and not just for the future of humanity, but for the...

Greenwashing is rife in the fashion industry and it’s something we need to change. It’s called ‘greenwashing’ because fast fashion brands use ‘green’ language to brainwash their customers and make...

As a fashion business, it is your responsibility to do your homework. You have to know your supply chain if you’re going to tell a customer that you’re ethical. You have to know...

If you're like me and need some creative ideas for your last-minute Christmas list, I've compiled my favourite eco-friendly and ethical Australian brands to make sustainable gift giving a little easier for you.

What’s so bad about BPA? It’s a toxic chemical, a really nasty one. It’s used to make plastic and it wreaks havoc on the endocrine system. It’s been linked to...