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MANI JASSAL | Redefining Traditional South Asian Fashion All Images Courtesy of Mani Jassal Image from the collection UNLEASHED Campaign. Photography by Kyle Kirkwood From sustainability to inclusivity, accessibility to luxury, evening to bridal, traditional to modern — it’s all happening in Mani Jassal Brand. A luxury and bridal wear label based in Toronto, Canada, launched in 2014 by Mani Jassal, born in India and moved to Toronto at the age of five, is breaking from traditional South Asian fashion …

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Lennard Taylor | The Marriage of Art and Fashion, and Environmentalism “Clothing is your second skin. It tells a story of your life. It is the art you get to wear every day,” Lennard Taylor. Fashion is more art than art is,” declared Andy Warhol, a leading figure in the visual art movement– pop art. Warhol best exemplified the symbiotic nature of the two disciplines by printing his iconic Campbell’s Soup Cans on dresses in the ’60s.Art and fashion are …

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The story of Kind Karma jewelry illuminates love, hope and support All Images Courtesy of KIND KARMA Jewelry Kind Karma jewelry is at the forefront of an ever more important initiative that places social humanitarianism, sustainable, ethical and responsible practices on equal footing with the quest for beauty and artistry.As the name suggests, Kind Karma is a brand that gives hope to at-risk and homeless youths in Toronto by creating meaningful employment that allows them to feel accepted, safe, supported …

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Plant Your Pants Wear KENT, the world’s first verified compostable underwear. All Images Courtesy of KENT There are very few things as personal as your intimates. Something so personal and close to our skin, underwear is the first piece of clothing you wear daily and the last one to come off. An intimate akin to our second skin shouldn’t be an afterthought — it should feel comfortable, help you feel confident, reflect your style and values while supporting ethics and …

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Cavells Designs Picture-perfect Romantic Dresses Emblazons a Feminine Strength of Armour. All Images Courtesy of Cavells Designs Cavells Designs are custom-made to allow the magic of lenses to freeze their dresses in a moment, in the truest sense.Cavells Designs, with its signature bohemian romantic gowns, is created with a visionary for photography, unlike most dresses designed with events and occasions as musings.Employing the powerful sacredness of imagery, the essence of Cavells clothing is perfectly captured– the elusive beauty of the …

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Sustainable Fashion 101 with Kelly Drennan: Your biggest sustainability questions Answered. All Images Courtesy of Kelly Drenan The days when sustainable Fashion was unheard of are long gone. “Sustainability” and “conscious consumer” have become ubiquitous in the fashion industry. Shopping for sustainability has become the new normal, and people are mindful of the impact they make with their consumption choices.While the environmental talk may be dominating the conversation, people are still finding themselves lost in a storm of jargon and …

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Fashion Revolution brings a higher degree of nuance to the sustainability conversation. A conversation with Carry Somers, Founder of Fashion Revolution All Images Courtesy of Carry Somers Carry Somers Photo by Red Small Photography What are we communicating when we speak about Fashion and Sustainability? Sustainability in fashion has become a central concept, a new language, a theoretical framework for brands and businesses, a technical instrument of measurement, pretense and many other things. Above all, it has become the word, …

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CANIFFF Brings the Expression of the World’s Creatives Together Through One Shared Medium of Fashion Film. All Images Courtesy of CANIFFF Roger Gingerich; Keysi Sayago; Shayne Stephens | Photography Brogan McNab No city in the world offers the cultural diversity of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, making it the ideal city for the Canadian International Fashion Film Festival (CANIFFF)– A film festival that curates a unique experience for both Fashion and Film by bringing the world’s creatives closer together to collaborate, inspire …

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Buy Good. Feel Good. Carefully curated marketplace eradicating greenwashing and making sustainability simple. All Images Courtesy of BGFG GOT BAG Consumers are willing to change their purchasing behaviour in a world where sustainability has taken on new meaning with increasing awareness of the importance of sustainable production and consumption. To help reduce negative environmental impact, consumers are looking for accessible shopping locations which offer them alternatives that make a difference. Given the complexity and jargon connected with sustainability, it has …

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In Conversation with APPARELMARKA Fashion Design Firm A leader in innovative design solutions, building a sustainable fashion future one Brand at a time. All Images Courtesy Of APPARELMARK Apparelmark helps fashion startup bring their ideas to life.A fashion design firm specifically structured around “full support” services offers complete design, development and production services to entrepreneurs and brands looking to enter the fashion industry.In 2015, Cara Sumpton, a seasoned technical apparel designer and a Fashion Sustainability professional with close to 20 …

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