For Medium: Fast Fashion, Unraveled

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by Jenni Avins on May 18, 2013

Just after the catastrophic collapse of the garment factories at Rana Plaza, a friend asked me where she thought she may be able to combine her desire to make a positive difference with her gift and training for fashion. I suggested production, and I wrote about why for Medium.

Here’s a photo from my own production days, on a satisfying, exhausting work trip to Peru. Josh Amos, who was a designer for Edun at the time, is standing beside me. I think training the whole company – including designers – in the social and environmental compliance that should go hand-in-hand with production will be a vital step for success when it comes to building a more sustainable fashion industry. I’m so grateful to have a little bit of experience working with forward-thinking companies, and a lot of personal connections with leaders on the ground — a handful of whom I spoke with for this piece for Medium. Read it here.

 

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Over One Thousand People Dead in the Factory Collapse at Rana Plaza

May 10, 2013

They found one survivor in the Rana Plaza wreckage in Dhaka, Bangladesh sixteen days after the garment factory collapse, as the number of lives lost tops one thousand. I hope it’s safe to say now that the race for faster, cheaper clothing has reached its absolute rock bottom. More to come on this. In the [...]

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You may have heard that there’s a little party coming up next week. It’s called the Met Gala. Anna Wintour will be hosting with Givenchy’s Riccardo Tisci; single-named super-celebrities will be in attendance; and this year’s theme will be “Punk: Chaos to Couture.” There’s been a fair amount of hand-wringing over how anti-punk it is [...]

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I’ve been reading and watching lots of stuff this week, putting off a spring closet overhaul. Join in the fun with… 1. VICE’s new HBO series: This airs tonight at 11 pm. I got to see the first couple episodes at a screening earlier this week. Each segment was better than the one before it, [...]

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My first piece for the Wall Street Journal’s Off-Duty section is out this weekend: “Falling for the Flip Side.” It’s about jewelry with interiors and undersides as beautifully finished as their fronts. Here’s a detail from the underside of the Gem Palace necklace that’s pictured with the story. I loved reporting this story, checking out [...]

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Denim Diaries: The Tupperware Confession

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Fall 2013 Fashion Week: FURRY-MITTENED SNOWBALL FIGHT!

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It seems that every season, we’re already halfway through Fashion Week before I check in here at home. So it’s probably best for now, to catch up with me at the Cut, where you can watch me try to start a snowball fight outside the Alexander Wang show. (I got GIFed by K.Ryan Jones.) I’ve also [...]

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