Ethics vs. Aesthetics: The Luxury Paradox Driving the “Buy Gold, Not Green” Consumer Trend

The latest Bain & Altagamma Luxury Goods Worldwide Market Study offers a narrative far more nuanced than simple resilience. It describes a luxury ecosystem undergoing a profound, almost “tectonic shift,” where the very definition of status is changing. After a post-pandemic shopping spree fuelled by saved capital, consumers are now pivoting from conspicuous consumption—the acquisition … Read more

Diamond Insight: Younger generations more interested in ethics and sustainability as the new status in luxury

  New Research Highlights Generational Shift In Attitudes Towards Provenance Of Luxury Goods. New research published this week in De Beers Group‘s latest Diamond Insight ‘Flash’ Report highlights that consumer attitudes towards provenance are changing as younger generations value ethics and sustainability assurances beyond simply knowing where a product originated. This new research by De … Read more

BFC x Bags of Ethics ‘Great British Designer Face Coverings: Reusable for People and Planet”

    6 Designer Reusable Face Coverings. ‘Great British Designer Face Coverings: Reusable, for People and Planet’, is a joint campaign with Bags of Ethics, to manufacture and retail internationally, sustainable and reusable non-medical face coverings to use alongside existing social distancing measures. Designed in London by six British designers, Halpern, Julien Macdonald, Liam Hodges, … Read more

The ethics of wearing feathers: it’s not just live-plucking that’s a problem

They are fluttering down catwalks and even appeared at the royal wedding, but for some activists all feathers are stolen property – whether or not they involve cruelty

Creative communications must inspire fashionistas to care about ethics

New fanzine Money Fashion Power empowers readers to think differently about clothing and to inspire change in the way people shop