Sophie Benson is a freelance journalist and Dazed Fashion columnist, with a focus on sustainable fashion, the environment, workers’ rights, and consumerism. For Dazed, she’s unpacked Gen Z’s complex relationship with fast fashion, explored the industry’s erratic sizing and the impact this has on our planet, and questioned whether faux fur really is better for the environment than the real thing, after all. Follow her below.
As The State of Fashion’s biennale opens in four different locations across the globe, we celebrate six designers from the Global South exposing the hollowness of western fashion brands
Jun 04, 2024
We speak to the founders of upcycling marketplace Alterist about their ‘Making is Hot’ campaign, which centres sustainability by shedding clothes and slathering on the baby oil
Mar 30, 2024
A so-called ‘side hustle tax’ will target sellers on eBay, Depop and Vinted, many of whom rely on this income as a way to make ends meet
Jan 03, 2024
From fast-fashion bans to progressive new legislations, and not to mention some flagrant greenwashing, Sophie Benson looks back on the year in sustainable fashion
Dec 21, 2023
After a series of vital protests pushing for higher wages, this month the country’s government failed to substantially increase salaries. Here, people living in the region explain why the battle continues
Dec 18, 2023
United Colors Of Benetton
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