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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Weekend Reading: I Think the World Might Actually Be Ending

by Alden Wicker
Aug 17, 2018

Hello readers! This week I shared my tips with Complex on shopping for fashion – and denim – sustainably and thoughtfully. And I sat on a roundtable on the BBC World Service and examined why consumers say they want to buy sustainably, but they don’t. I also talked to Sourcing...

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Weekend Reading: There Are Chinese-Owned Sweatshops in Italy

by Alden Wicker
Apr 11, 2018

I did a quick and easy guide to visiting Oaxaca, Mexico, for my friends at the ethical fashion company MATTER, whose fashionable travel pants were the perfect thing to wear there. And Regeneration Magazine’s latest issue is on fashion, and they were kind enough to include me in the Instagram...

Beauty

The Perfect Packing List for Southeast Asia, Including Bali, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore

by Alden Wicker
Aug 4, 2014

When I first was co-planning my trip to Bali and Java, Indonesia; Kuala Lumpur and Penang, Malaysia; and Singapore, I was a bit overwhelmed. That’s a lot of countries, and a lot of different activities: hiking, surfing, swimming, drinking, dining, touring, yoga-ing, worshiping … how does one decide what to...

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The Sustainable Guide to Bali, Indonesia: What to Do, See, Eat on a Week Trip

by Alden Wicker
Jul 27, 2014

Everything is gracious about Bali. The traditional dress of silks and gold embroidery. The ritual offerings of flowers in tiny woven palm trays set out every morning. The stone walls turned green by moss. The blanket of silence in the jungle punctuated by the call of birds and the soft chirring of...

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