1 week ago Could ‘trash fashion’ save this Nairobi neighbourhood from drowning in discarded western clothes?

A runway show in Gikomba, east Africa’s largest secondhand clothing market, has attempted to highlight the impact of mass clothing imports – and offer a solutionAntony Njoroge paces back and forth, camera in hand, as people bombard him with questions. “What do we do with this? Where should I put it? The light’s better over here! Tony, one second please.” The film-maker and his co-producer Sally Ngoiri are putting the final touches to an event that they never imagined would actually come to life when they first thought up the idea back in May: the first fashion show to be staged in Gikomba, Nairobi, east Africa’s largest secondhand clothing market.Show and documentary producers Antony Njoroge, left, and Sally Ngoiri Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Edinburgh consultancy to help global fashion industry tackle ‘time of reckoning’

“The fashion industry is facing one of its toughest periods of the last few decades. Our goal is to help fashion brands through those challenges by accelerating change and innovation.” – Nick Sherrard

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Paris Fashion Week has wrapped up, showcasing bold trends that are set to influence global fashion

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3 w. ago Cynthia Erivo and Doechii among list of 2025’s most influential fashion figures

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4 w. ago High street heroes: how the humble charity shop is shifting clothes by getting creative

From fashion shows to secondhand socials, charity shops are now hubs of innovation when it comes to fashion waste – and even celebrities are jumping onboardThis was not your usual fashion show. First, I’ve rarely seen a more exuberant bunch of models – all unpaid volunteers living their best lives. Second, everything was secondhand, from a charity shop called Second Life in East Sussex. And third, half of it was sold that day, even the damaged pieces. Second Life’s annual fashion show, held over the summer, is just one of the creative ways the shop keeps its harder-to-sell clothing out of incinerators, landfill and developing countries’ illegal dumps.This “buy direct from the catwalk” concept is something charities are increasingly adopting. At London fashion week this month, Oxfam’s show, styled by thrift queen Bay Garnett, saw pop star Sam Ryder, activist Katie Piper and costume designer Sandy Powell take to the catwalk in preloved boiler suits, capes and wedding dresses, which we...

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4 w. ago World media demands rotten Rangers bin Russell Martin as global pundits nail beleaguered boss on his every flaw

The world watched on experts across the globe reckon now is the time the Ibrox boss paid with his job

Politics