June + July in Fashion, Condensed.
Clothing poverty in the UK, fashion's confounding climate math, the Ganni Playbook, and will Europe take responsibility for its waste?
Hello there,
This month’s newsletter is an accidental bumper issue combining sustainable fashion content from June and July. I say ‘accidental’ because at the end of June, despite being completely knackered from wrapping up a huge project that had been my main professional focus for the better part of a year (more on that here), I had basically written 90% of the June newsletter. Then, frustratingly, my brain refused to cooperate on the last 10%. So I just left it in my drafts.
I took this as a sign that instead of sending out something half-baked, I’d be better off stepping back for a little bit. It was the first time since October 2020 (when I started the newsletter) that I hadn’t sent it on my self-imposed end-of-the-month deadline. A friend reminded me that this is something only would I know or be bothered by, which was quite liberating.
After two weeks off (one on a yoga retreat in Portugal and the other at home with Covid), I feel like my brain is slowly rebooting to gear up for the second half of 2024. I’ve got some exciting projects coming up that mean a few busy months of work and travel ahead — I can’t wait to share more as it happens.
Until then, thank you for sticking around. I hope your August is sunny and slow, wherever you are.
See you next month,
Meg
Things I Didn’t Write
Pressure cooker: Heat Stress in Tamil Nadu’s Garment Factories by Nandita Shivakumar and Ranjana Sundaresan for Tansy Hoskins
What Fashion Can Learn From Other Industries’ Supply Chains by Maliha Shoaib for Vogue Business
Will Europe Take Responsibility For Its Waste? by Sophie Benson for Atmos
Why Does Clothing Poverty Still Exist In The UK? by Heather Snowden for British Vogue
London’s Stock Market ‘Coup’ Is Waving A Big Red Flag We Cannot Ignore by Ben Marlow for the Telegraph
Material Innovation Report 2024 by Sourcing Journal
Lessons From a Sustainable Fashion Bankruptcy by Tricia Carey & Robert Antoshak for Stanford Social Innovation Review
Why Does A Simple Summer Dress Cost So Much Now? by Chantal Fernandez for The Cut
The Internet’s Bias-Cut Debate Is More Nuanced Than You Think by Emma Childs for Marie Claire
'Sustainable' Brand Patagonia Transports Clothes By Plane - Not Boat - More Often Than H&M And Primark by Yara Van Heugten for Follow The Money
Revealed: Complacency And Data Manipulation At Better Cotton by Earthsight
Fashion’s Confounding Climate Math, Explained by Kenneth Pucker for the Business of Fashion
The To-Do List
It’s Not Just Shein: Why Are ALL Your Clothes Worse Now? by More Perfect Union
