Dec 17, 20172 min

Ethical Fashion Resources You Must Know About

Updated: Sep 20, 2020

What is ethical fashion? It is time to uncover some of the best resources which will tell you just that. From books to blogs; research papers to industry reports this guide will point you to some of the work seeking to shed light on current industry issues.

Books:

Alessandra Mezzadri | The Sweatshop Regime: Labouring Bodies, Exploitation, and Garments Made in India

Andrew Brooks | Clothing Poverty: The Hidden World of Fast Fashion and Second-Hand Clothes

Anuschka Rees | Curated Closet: A Simple System for Discovering Your Personal Style and Building the Perfect Wardrobe

Dana Thomas | Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes

Elizabeth L Cline | Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion

Lucy Siegle | To Die For: Is Fashion Wearing Out the World?

Sandy Black | The Sustainable Fashion Handbook

Safia Minney | Slow Fashion

Safia Minney | Slave to Fashion

Tasmin Blanchard | Green is the New Black: How to Save the World in Style

Reports:

Circular Fibres Initiative | A New Textiles Economy: Redesigning Fashion's Future

Fashion Revolution | Fashion Transparency Index

The Global Fashion Agenda x The Boston Consulting Group | Pulse of the Fashion Industry

Magazines:

Ethos Magazine- Issue 4

Fashion Revolution Fanzine: Fashion, Money Power

Fashion Revolution Fanzine: Loved Clothes Last

Blogs:

Anuschka Rees | Fair Fashion Blog Series

The Curious Button

Curiously Conscious

Marta Canga

Seasons + Salt

Style Bee

Sustainably Chic

Apps:

Good on You | Ratings of Your Favourite Brands

Websites:

Common Objective | Sustainable Business Network

High Index | Compares Environmental Footprint of Different Materials

The Good Shopping Guide | List of Ethical Fashion Brands

The Fashion Common Room | Digital Media/Education Platform

Documentaries:

River Blue | Film Depicting the Environmental Impact of Fashion

Lives Behind the Label | Series of Short Films Depicting Lives of Garment Factory Workers

The True Cost |Film Depicting the Human Impact of Fashion

Youtube:

Clothing Repairs Playlist

Kristen Leo | Guide to Ethical Fashion Series

My Green Closet | Conscious Closet Tips Series

Ted Talks:

Lucy Siegle | The Wardrobe to Die For- TEDx Salford

Podcasts:

Clare Press | Wardrobe Crisis

Fashion Revolution | The Fashion Revolution Podcast

Fashion Revolution |Who Made My Clothes Podcast

NGO's/Charities:

Better Cotton Initiative

Clean Clothes Campaign

Ethical Fashion Initiative

Fairtrade Foundation

Fashion Revolution

Global Organic Textile Standard

Labour Behind the Label

Sustainable Apparel Coalition

Traid

Research:

Alessandra Mezzadri | SOAS University of London

Andrew Brooks | Kings College London

Geert de Neve | University of Sussex

Centre for Sustainable Fashion

Union of Concerned Researchers in Fashion