Thursday, 29 October 2015

Coffee Time!

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As a writer, I exist mostly on coffee and imagination. I would be useless on The Pier without my morning shot of joe–although the full pot...
Tuesday, 27 October 2015

Mysource: Do Fashion Better!

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Fashion–it's easy, right? Sketch out a couple of designs, sew 'em up, sell 'em online, boom, job done. Wash, rinse, repeat unt...
Friday, 23 October 2015

Pier32 and Swansea University

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A couple of weeks ago, Swansea University held its Undergraduate Open Day: a chance for dewy-eyed newbies to start to get to grips with coll...
Tuesday, 20 October 2015

Primark: The Devil In The Detail

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There's a general air of opinion amongst we ethical fashion types that fast fashion can do no right. Companies like Zara, New Look and...
Friday, 16 October 2015

iHomeless

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What is the future of charity? Some could argue that, with swingeing government cuts to essential services, it's needed more now than...
Wednesday, 14 October 2015

Helping Hippotherapy Northumberland

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We work with a lot of lovely community clubs and charities here at The Pier, but none have given me a glow recently quite like Hippotherapy...
Thursday, 8 October 2015

Adidas Are Changing The Game On Closed-Loop Recycling

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It's very easy to point fingers at the big manufacturers when it comes to laying blame over the environmental and workplace abuses tha...
Tuesday, 6 October 2015

A Tonne Of Clothes At Brighton Fashion Week

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The big fashion shows are all well and good, but sometimes it's worth checking out the events that aren't at the top of fashion ed...
Friday, 2 October 2015

Leather Isn't Leather Anymore...

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Leather, as a fabric, is ingrained in our history. The tanned and scraped hide of cows has been used for centuries as a hardy, hard-wearin...
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Wednesday, 30 September 2015

Making Fair Trade Transparent With Pachacuti.

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Transparency and traceability are two key ideas that help to define ethical fashion. To put it more simply, knowing how and where our clo...