fashion
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Solutions Journalism
How Student Entrepreneur Chloe Lahr Balances Schoolwork, Sustainability
From monetary uncertainties to consumer expectations, the risks that come with launching a small business pose a challenge. And when a business owner also happens to be a full-time student, juggling the roles of entrepreneur, accountant, marketer, designer and scholar, to name a few, is a continual undertaking. In the…
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Reporter Annotations
ANNOTATED: Historian, Educator Explores Sustainability, Eco-Consciousness Through Lens of Fashion History
Sustainability in fashion has been a growing conversation in recent years, with the rising popularity of thrift stores and increasing knowledge of fast fashion’s negative side effects. I’m Chloe Savan, and today I’m joined by senior journalism student Skyli Alvarez to discuss her story, Historian, Educator Explores Sustainability and…
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Q&As
Q&A: Fair Fashion Director Says Think Sustainability When Shopping for Date Nights, Game Days
Kyndal Coleman is serving her second year as the blog director of Fair Fashion, a sustainable fashion club at the University of Georgia that is dedicated to making the fashion industry more ethical and sustainable. Comments trimmed for length and clarity. Q: What made you get involved with Fair…
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Copenhagen
Tote Bags: Popular Accessory for Denmark’s Ban on Single-Use Plastics
Scanning my groceries at Føtex Food’s self-checkout on the second day of our stay in Copenhagen, I was met with a question I had never experienced at a supermarket in my small hometown in Georgia. “Do you want to purchase a plastic bag?” Cutting Down on Consumption and Cost Finja…
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Copenhagen
Fashion In Copenhagen: A Little Bit of Everything
Trench coats, bright colors, jeans and corduroy galore. That is what fashion is seen when walking down the streets in Copenhagen, Denmark. “Everything,” said Julie Andersen, a stylist at PIECES, a clothing store in Copenhagen, “you can see all the classic styles; you can see the crazy styles.” With Copenhagen…
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Environment
Navigating the Pros and Cons of the Leather Industry
“The consumption of leather products by the humans is very common and used almost every day,” according to N.M. Sivaram and Debabrata Barik in Energy from Toxic Organic Waste for Heat and Power Generation. The debate on whether to invest in real leather or its artificial, faux counterparts is a…
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Gender
Link Between Representation and Identity: How Self-Embodiment is Fueling Gender Fluidity
From a young age, some choices as basic as color schemes are used to separate one gender from another—blue for boys, pink for girls. In a cultural, societal and political world that is increasingly gender-fluid, however, the line that divides males and females within the fashion sphere has blurred significantly,…
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In-Depth
Fashion Forward: Future of Retail
It all started out with pieces of fur and hands to tie them around the body, but today the fashion industry is one of the highest-grossing industries in the world. From culture to social fads, fashion and design have their place in our everyday lives since the beginning. As the…
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In-Depth
Haute or Not: A Glimpse of German Fashion
You know the look. Flashing lights, raised stages, catwalks, pumping music and models that thread the scenes of the new and now. Dior, Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent and Louis Vuitton are known for their designs. But have you heard of Christel und Sinn or Lemmy Murr? These German designers weave…
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In-Depth
The Consequence of Dressing Down in Munich
Munich, Germany is a city filled with renaissance buildings, color and people who dressed in the latest trends. It seems as though every person is outfitted with at least one luxury item; a fitted trench coat, skinny jeans and white sneakers. Sitting in one spot in the city square, I…