Ancient Fashion: What Did Ancient Greeks Wear?

If someone asked what Greek people wore in ancient Europe, the first clothing item that probably came to mind was the toga. The toga originated from the Etruscans, an ancient civilization that predated the Romans. When the Romans conquered the Etruscan lands in northwest Italy, they adopted the toga, which later became a powerful status ...

Nathan Machoka

Ancient Greek clothing.

7 Effortless Ways to Keep Your Dress Code Simple, Fashionable

Your dress code is a statement about who you are. What you wear can reflect your personality, and you want to put the best idea about yourself out there. And as they say, you can’t make the first impression twice.  Fashion comes and goes faster than most people can keep up with. More often than ...

Nathan Machoka

A rack of clothes.

The Ugly Truth of Fast Fashion Shop Shein

Shein, the e-commerce giant, was responsible for some of the worst fashion faux pas and quickly became the fast-fashion villain we all love to hate. In addition, the Chinese company is plagued with reports of labor exploitation, appalling working conditions, and environmental abuse. But more publicly, it’s developed a reputation for allegedly stealing designs from ...

Raven Montmorency

Shein clothing hanging on a rack.

China’s Bizarre Plastic Plant Fashion

Fashion trends can sometimes be bizarre, bordering on ridiculousness. A weird trend spread across China in 2015 when people began sporting plastic decorations in the shape of plants, vegetables, and fruits on their heads. While the fad seems to have died down now, this bizarre “plant fashion” remains one of the weirdest in China’s recent ...

Armin Auctor

Plastic fashions.

Chinese Millennials and Modern Fashion Ads

Chinese Millennials are far more conscious of fashion than previous generations. Being more independent and connected to global trends, the Millennials are willing to experiment more with their clothes and accessories. Some of the trends that Chinese Millennials are watching out for in fashion ads Diversity China, for the most part, is racially uniform. However, ...

Raven Montmorency

Two female Chinese Millennials shopping.

4 Ways to Make Fashion Sustainable

It is estimated that the fashion industry accounts for 10 percent of carbon emissions and 20 percent of wastewater generation every year. Almost half the non-biodegradable microfibers that end up in the oceans annually come from clothes. This is basically the equivalent of throwing 50 billion plastic bottles into the oceans. Given these numbers, it ...

Raven Montmorency

Being fashionable can take a toll on the environment.

Why You Should Start Ditching Fast Fashion

As societies have become prosperous, human consumption has greatly increased as well. This is pretty evident when looking at clothing. People today purchase numerous outfits every year to keep up with changing fashion styles, known as fast fashion. This trend of fast fashion is causing so many problems to our environment and human values that ...

Raven Montmorency

A woman carrying fast fashion items.

Fashion: Sold in the U.S., Made With Forced Labor in China

Recently, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) caught hold of fashion apparel from China they suspect was sourced from Xinjiang’s prisons and made using forced labor. Though the CBP did not reveal which American companies were importing such items, an investigation by the Associated Press tracked the products to enterprises like Costco. Forced labor ...

Max Lu

One of China's forced labor camps.