Made To Order Or Thrifting, What Slow Fashion Actually Means
Made to order or thrifting? Both count, and Vivi Rufino settles what slow fashion actually means. Made to order uses new fibres but never mass produces, with no warehouse and no toxic runoff. Thrifting reuses what already exists. Over two days at the atelier with Vivi and David, the couple who run Freedom Ecowear together, Vivi maps the spectrum, from made to order beachwear to small batches to second hand, and why there is no single right way.
Sexualising Myself in Self Portraits
Why does an artist paint sexual self portraits of herself? Angie, a black Dominican artist, on painting herself naked, sexual and in control, and why it is self love and her own good company, not vanity. I was at her easel for two days, and this is her on the female gaze self portrait, women painting themselves nude, self portrait meaning and Joan Semmel.
8 Notting Hill Carnival Hotels in London Near the Carnival Route
8 certified eco hotels in London near the Carnival route for Notting Hill Carnival, each verified green, from LEED and Green Key stays to carbon neutral operations, all close to the action.
What an Antigua Garden Does When You Leave It Alone
Lionel on the parts of his Antigua garden that run themselves, in his own words. A breadfruit that plants itself from a scratched root, coconuts that sprout where they fall, a wild tamarind he digs out by hand, and a no spray philosophy where nature keeps feeding itself, all on a black owned self catering eco stay you can visit.
7 Small Details That Make This French Jamaican Boutique Hotel in Negril Worth It
The case for a small French Jamaican boutique hotel in Negril over the buffet palaces around it comes down to seven small details, from a farmer owner who grows the food to coconut tree shade and a beach that stays open. None of them are loud, all of them are why I keep going back.