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Here’s Everything You Need To Know About Fashion Revolution Week 2021 th year running, and will be returning from the 19 th till the 25 th of April with the aim of engaging people in the crucial conversation of the alarmingly high impacts of the fashion industry on our environment and society…
#WhoMadeMyClothes will educate consumers on the need of transparency among brands whilst encouraging them to pressurize brands in 3 easy steps – turn your shirt inside out, take a selfie showing the label, upload it to social media asking #WhoMadeMyClothes? And nominate 3 friends to do the same!
Meanwhile, #LovedClothesLast sets out to shed light on the importance of making our clothes last longer to help reduce the environmental impact caused by the fashion industry. Luckily, Malta has recently seen a huge increase in alternative shopping options, like second-hand clothes becoming more accessible. ....
28 years ago, South African Tonya Lehtinen was nearing the completion of a circumnavigation of the globe on board a yacht when she stopped over briefly in Malta. The rest, as they say, is history. “The vision of the majestic forts of the three cities always stayed in my mind,” she reminisces. “Three years ago, once my children had flown the nest, I came to Malta with a bit of a romantic notion to visit my best friend in Gozo and volunteer for the Mdina Cathedral Contemporary Art Biennale. I stayed for three months and, basically, fell in love with Gozo, bought a small maisonette, went home to Cape Town to close my business and sell my properties, and began my new adventure.” And an adventure it has turned out to be. ....
A Gozo-based woman has made it her mission to help fight fashion waste, known to be the world’s second most polluting industry after oil. Tonya Lehtinen closed her business in South Africa and moved to Gozo where she eventually started a community-driven, clothes swapping initiative. In Sunday Circle magazine out tomorrow, she tells readers she is committed to making a difference by encouraging people to see the beauty left in second-hand clothes for the benefit of the planet. She does this with taste and passion. Lehtinen is one of many people making a difference in their little corner of the world, something celebrated in this special edition of Sunday Circle. ....