#MorningMonarchy: September 6, 2017
Whoppercoin investment, hospital hero and blankets of ash + this day in history w/Piggly Wiggly and our song of the day by Alvvays on your Morning Monarchy for September 6, 2017.
Whoppercoin investment, hospital hero and blankets of ash + this day in history w/Piggly Wiggly and our song of the day by Alvvays on your Morning Monarchy for September 6, 2017.
Thomas Carlyle wrote, “A dandy is a clothes wearing man, a man whose trade, office and existence consists in the wearing of clothes.”1 Perhaps Carlyle, in his single most difficult and at the same time profound work, was by no means disparaging. After all Carlyle’s book, the title of which means “tailor retailored” presents an entire philosophy of clothes.
I have clothing for all occasions, from weddings to lounging with friends. Turns out I'm not alone: the apparent market has grown 60% in the last six years, and that trend isn't slowing down. To understand how and why this is happening, we need to enter the world of fast fashion, where tech-driven clothes are cheap and trend-heavy outfits are king.
From terror attacks in London and Manchester, to the US withdrawal from the Paris climate treaty, and the Grenfell Tower fire: bad news has dominated in recent months. But there are inspiring stories that are important too. Get a fuller picture with our top 20 positive developments from April to June
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A law in France banning the use of unhealthily thin fashion models came into effect this month. The country’s health ministry hopes it will help combat inaccessible ideals of beauty
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Once the human hand picks it up and starts it to spin, it becomes a beautifully balanced whirling center of spinning energy, as a tactile exhibition of our own individual power to transform inaction into a very powerful object of action.
This week’s Fashion Revolution Week, a movement that started in the wake of the Rana Plaza disaster, rallies people to change the course of the fashion industry. Heather Poore from Hubbub UK suggests 5 ways to become a ‘fashion revolutionary’
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