Weekend Reading: The Surprisingly Awesome Botswana Diamond Industry

by Alden Wicker
Feb 21, 2020

Hey readers, it’s been an exciting couple of weeks! First, after two years of work, my article detailing the future of cotton is up on Craftsmanship Quarterly. The synopsis: all this cotton recycling technology is super exciting… but what will happen to the farmers? I offered a proposal for The...

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Weekend Reading: Can We Live Well Without Economic Growth?

by Alden Wicker
Feb 6, 2020

Hi readers, Now that I’ve written my opus magnum on why almost every single “fact” you hear about the global fashion industry is wrong, I think I can retire. Just kidding! Of course, there’s still so much work to do. For the next few years, I will be beating the...

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Is the French Brand Sezane Ethical?

by Alden Wicker
Mar 4, 2019

Several years back, I discovered a French brand named Sézane, with minimalist, classic, and ladylike separates, dresses, and shoes. They said somewhere on their website that almost everything was made in Europe (mostly Spain). That was enough for me to put them in my shopping list and include them in...

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Weekend Reading: How Chanel’s Exotic Skin Ban Could End Up Harming Animals

by Alden Wicker
Dec 27, 2018

Hi readers, Last week Vanessa Friedman of The New York Times asked me why everyone keeps saying fashion is the second most polluting industry, when it’s not. And Amanda Brohman of CR Fashion Book asked me why luxury companies are dropping fur.I wrote for Vox about my feelings on the...

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Review: Get French-Girl-in-New-York Style With Offtrack’s Ethical Leather Leggings

by Alden Wicker
Nov 20, 2017

When two French fashion girls arrived to NYC, they decided to launch an ethical leather leggings company – and sell the leggings for a third of the price.

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I Visited the Saint James Factory in France, and It Gave Me Hope for Ethical Fashion

by Alden Wicker
Aug 15, 2016

But I was recently offered the chance to visit a clothing factory that defies all expectations and conventional wisdom around outsourcing, and shows that there can be a different way when it comes to manufacturing. That was the Saint James factory in Normandy, France.

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