Who’s next? Today’s youth. Because today 15 to 25 year olds hold up a mirror to an entire society. And it is precisely this age group that the new format from Munich-based TED x YOUTH makers Zibert & Friends is dedicated to. Since August 4, 2020, inspiring discussions with young adults on current topics have been held every Tuesday as part of common conversations.
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170 years ago the city of Nîmes supplied the first denim to the USA – for the famous Levi Strauss jeans. The target group at that time were the gold prospectors in California. That is why the fabric is still called denim today – “from Nîmes”. Today it is impossible to imagine our wardrobes without jeans. Unfortunately, jeans production is anything but harmless. For the environment and for us. The manufacture of a single pair of pants consumes up to 8,000 liters of water.
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Working with waste materials is an artistic technique. And against the background of ever scarcer resources, it is more a necessity than a fad. Dior has also discovered this for itself.
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The first Fashion Changers Conference will be held in Berlin on 15 October 2020 under the theme Fashion & Responsibility. The theme of the one-day event? “Fashion & Responsibility”. Save the Date!
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Whether we save the world with innovative materials is not certain. It is definitely certain that we will make the world a little bit better with smart alternatives, or in the case of the Austrian eyewear brand neubau Eyewear even more stylish.
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Christina Wille sets standards with her commitment and her activities. She has been running the vegan eco fashion store LOVECO in Berlin since 2014. An online shop was added two years later. Two other shops were also opened in Berlin. She clearly defines the basis of her work: Christina relies on eco, fair and vegan, on sustainable materials and trustworthy seals. The lockdown time was very difficult, she says. A lot could be caught online. Now start again step by step.
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With her photo series “Bedouina”, Munich photographer Jasmin Breidenbach takes us on a trip to the Sahara. Fascinating nature meets female fair fashion brands. It is time to protect the beauty of our planet and revolutionize the fashion industry. Let us make this utopia our future.
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OEKO-TEX ® is considered a pioneer in textile certification. Arose from the merger of 18 independent research and testing institutes in the field of textile and leather ecology.
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Staycation is the buzzword of the hour. Because weeks since mid-March 2020 have led to some changes. We’re going on vacation back home.
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The corona pandemic hit the textile industry hard. The situation of the workers, which has so far not been particularly good, is becoming increasingly difficult. The economist Bettina Musiolek has been involved in the “Clean Clothes Campaign” for 25 years and co-founded the German platform “Campaign for Clean Clothes”. The focus of the work is on the social aspects of the value chain, the aim is to create decent working conditions.
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Lisa Jaspers is the founder of the Berlin fair trade store FOLKDAYS, which offers sustainable, fairly produced clothing, accessories, jewelry and interior products from all over the world. Lisa Jaspers is also the initiator of the #fairbylaw petition on Change.org. Since April 24, 2018, the committed activist has been calling for a supply chain law that makes corporate due diligence along the supply chain mandatory.
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Even if sustainable fashion does not follow classic trends, many consumers do follow them – consciously or unconsciously. The last weeks and months of the lockdown have shown this. Face masks became a hyped fashion accessory, business fashion was exchanged for homewear. Minimalism is also higher on the agenda again in post Corona time.
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