Feel The Love. Feel The Planet If you are like me I am sure you too find it stressful picking a gift to celebrate people in your life you cherish. Questions like “would this be a perfect fit?” “would that actually meet their needs?”, etc. inundate our minds to the point of stress. It is […]
Author: Joshua Akom
BEYOND STIGMA: NORMALIZING THRIFT FASHION
Thrift culture has been rolling back into pop culture in a way that could never have been imagined. This heavily contrasts with the stigma that few decades ago accompanied second-hand clothing (i.e. thrift). Notwithstanding the recent wave of thrift fashion, there is still an element of stigmatization that comes with buying and wearing [or using] […]
Sorry, Fast Fashion Wins Again!
Early this year many stores had to close due to the coronavirus pandemic. With the second wave underway it seems very probable another lockdown may be coming. But in all of this, there was only one winner in the clothing retailing industry. The winner, you guessed right, is FAST FASHION! This is why. A significant […]
Thrifting is Thriving
‘Come mothers and fathers Throughout the land And don’t criticize What you can’t understand Your sons and your daughters Are beyond your command Your old road is rapidly agin’ Please get out of the new one If you can’t lend your hand For the times they are a-changin’ In 1964, Bob Dylan penned ‘times they […]
The Good Life, or the Life with Goods?
When more is not better… overcoming the falsehoods of consumerism It used to be that less is more, and goods or possession did not have the attraction they do. But with the rise of consumerism it appears that what was once considered a good ethic (i.e. less is more) is fading away and the desire […]