Search results for: “Sustainability”
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Issey Miyake: 45 years at the forefront of fashion
At 77, Issey Miyake is still at the cutting edge of design. Tamsin Blanchard joins him in Tokyo
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Fur-free coats and wood heels: study a master’s in sustainable fashion
The shift is towards more ethical and sustainable practices in the manufacturing process, and a number of postgraduate courses are setting the trend
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What objects of desire UHNWIs around the world are buying
Investments of passion performance and global luxury spending trends. Luxury is getting a makeover, all at the speed of social media. The consumer of “luxury” is increasingly digitally-savvy, time-sensitive, socially aware, and more and more concerned about sustainability. The industry surpassed €1 trillion in retail sales value in 2015 and delivered healthy growth of 5%…
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The OFM 50: what we love about the world of food in 2016
From Heston Blumenthal’s sweet shop to the policeman turned pie-maker, here (in no particular order) are 50 of Observer Food Monthly’s favourite things
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The architects building a future for themselves
As the Architecture Foundation publishes the latest edition of New Architects, our critic explores how young designers are making their own rules to get aheadThe best new architects in Britain – in pictures
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Is it time to give up leather?
Cows have long been farmed to fuel the fast food market. Now, by turning leather into a seasonal fashion, they are becoming part of fast fashion. Soon we will have to kill 430m every year. Lucy Siegle gets to grips with life without leather (well almost)