The fashion world’s relentless pursuit of a new look for every season doesn’t take into account the impacts of throwaway culture. Element meets a designer who makes things to last. Perusing a Starfish store, you’ll come across the likes of … Read more
Is our appetite for fast fashion sending us down a runway to ecological doom? Senior lecturer at AUT University’s Fashion School of Art Design, Kim Fraser, considers the implications of our obsession with what’s new and what’s next. Mass runs … Read more
The 2C Solar Light Cap does exactly what the name suggests: a solar panel in the peak powers two LED’s that provide enough light to see out to arm’s reach or what is right under your feet. It’s a Kiwi … Read more
Making ethical fashion is not an easy road, but it’s the only one worth taking for We’ar founder Jyoti Morningstar. Far from her Cross St store, fashion designer and founder of We’ar clothing Jyoti Morningstar is peering into a … Read more
A steadfast dedication to ethically produced and organic materials has seen Nature Baby rocket to international success. When Georgia and Jacob Faull started Nature Baby 13 years ago people told them they were mad. “They’d say, ‘organic clothing – what … Read more
An uncompromising stance using ethical and fairly traded fabrics for her clothing has stood an Auckland fashion designer in good stead. When Element caught up with fashion designer Miranda Brown, she was just catching her breath after New Zealand Fashion … Read more
The worldwide hunger for responsibly produced fashion has seen a Kiwi couple’s business go from strength to strength. For a Mount Maunganui-based couple, starting up an online one-stop shop for nature-inspired products has become a lucrative business venture, on a … Read more
When a New Zealand family moved to India in search of a way to help the poor, they immediately saw how – on their doorstep
By Rebecca Barry Hill