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Get To Know Photojournalist and Sustainable Style Activist Aditi Mayer I think we’re at a critical juncture.
With an avid group of followers and brands taking notice of her unique voice, Los Angeles-based photojournalist and sustainable style activist Aditi Mayer is pushing the dial when it comes to the dialogue around the environmental and ethical impacts of the fashion industry. With a focus on decolonization, garment workers’ rights and consuming less, not just better, Mayer who counts Canadian brand Poppy Barley as one of her favourites is a force to be reckoned with. Read on to learn more about how she grew a passion for photography into a life of purpose.
A New Collection from Vancouver-based Label Lezé Meets the Moment
Plus more on its limited-time promotional collab with Poppy Barley.
“Instead of just selling clothes, how do we stand for something?” It’s a question the founders of Lezé, Tanya Lee and Karen Lee, have pondered since launching their values-driven brand in Vancouver several years ago.
The original concept for Lezé is more timely than ever, as Tanya was inspired by her friend’s penchant for wearing pyjamas out in public and “not the silky, stylish kind,” Karen laughs before maximum-comfort dressing became the norm for many of us over the last year.
Try refreshing your browser. Eco economy: Making new products from sustainable materials Back to video
From cactus leather to homewares made from recycled chopsticks, unusual products from local businesses are starting important conversations.
‘I can’t believe this isn’t leather’, is a statement fashion entrepreneur Justine Barber has grown happily familiar with since her fashion brand Poppy Barley launched what they believe to be Canada’s debut cactus leather collection, last month. Made in Mexico, using a patented process of mashing and dehydrating prickly pear cactus leaves, the buttery soft fabric is the latest variety of vegan leather to hit fashion runways.
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