'Setting consumers up to succeed: How brands must take responsibility for making clothes last
OCT 2020
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It’s common to seek instant gratification from a piece of clothing. Yet, the extension of this material interest past the first wear doesn’t happen frequently enough. Purchasing clothes without considering the weight of responsibility in looking after them is a serious oversight, and the rate at which clothing is deemed ‘finished with’ is dangerous to our planet.
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'World Circular Textiles Day: Countdown to 2050' By Beth Ranson for Knitting Industry Creative
OCT 2020
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Fuelled by the belief that envisioning the end point facilitates planning for the journey there, WCTD introduced this dynamic and evolving challenge through their phased approach.
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'Fashion Transparency Index 2020: A Brief Summary of Key Findings' By Beth Ranson for Knitting Industry Creative
April 2020
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An important intention of the FTI is to initiate the implementation of fair, clean and safe working environments across fashion’s vast supply chain. Unions for workers are an essential part of this revolution. Just 4% of brands revealed whether the factories they work with have trade unions for their workers- only +2% since 2019. This increase is nowhere near significant enough.
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'The true cost of colour: The impact of textile dyes on water systems' By Beth Ranson for Fashion Revolution
Feb 2020
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Exploitation of the Indigo (blue) and Logwood (purple) trades was endemic in earlier centuries. Should natural dyes be employed again on industrial scales, the welfare of workers throughout the supply chain would have to be regulated in order to avoid the repetition of history.
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'Analysis & Outcomes: Raw Assembly’s Sourcing Event for Sustainble Supply Chains' By Beth Ranson for Knitting Industry Creative
Jan 2020
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In October 2019, Melbourne, Australia, hosted Raw Assembly’s bi-annual sustainable textile sourcing event. First covered by KIC in November 2019, the Post Show Report has now been released, revealing details, analysis and outcomes from the industry event.
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'Synthetic Microfibre Shedding: the Hidden Impact of Fashion on Ocean Plastic Pollution' By Beth Ranson for Knitting Industry Creative
Oct 2019
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After millions of people joined the Global Climate Strikes in September, the pressure on fashion brands to reassess their material choices has never been higher. With an ever-escalating focus on the reduction of single use plastic, the accumulation of synthetic microfibre waste in ecosystems is a growing global concern.
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'Fashion Transparency Index 2019: Fashion Revolution’s Educational Tools for Change' By Beth Ranson for Knitting Industry Creative
April 2019
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Whilst Fashion Revolution gathers momentum by educating and encouraging consumers to ask #whomademyclothes?, behind the scenes, Director of Policy Sarah Ditty and her team work on rating some of the world’s biggest fashion brands and retailers according to how much they disclose about their social and environmental policies.
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'Love, Ecology and Fashion: Filati Be.Mi.Va’s SS20 Sustainable Presentation' By Beth Ranson for Knitting Industry Creative
April 2019
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In February 2016 Be.Mi.Va signed the Detox Commitment promoted by Greenpeace; its Summer 2020 L.E.A.F. Collection is an embodiment of its commitment to this initiative.
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'Seamless Knitting: Is The Skilled Handwork of Garment Finishers At Risk?' By Beth Ranson for Knitting Industry Creative
Oct 2018
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Linking knitted garments requires dexterity and precision. A role fulfilled by craftspeople often with decades of experience, it is a fundamental stage of the construction of many knitted garments.’.
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'Annie The Sheep' By Beth Ranson for Selvedge
Aug 2018
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Annie, the Hebridean sheep lives in Stoke-On-Trent. Her dark chocolate fleece has loosely curled locks that blend into patches of frizz. Matted and oily in places, dry and knotted in others, is has an ombre effect blending into sun bleached tan ends of much dryer textures.
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'The Value of the Handknitter in a Digitalised Knitting Industry' By Beth Ranson for Knitting Industry Creative
July 2018
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The attendees for this year’s ‘In the Loop at 10’ conference gathered at the Winchester School of Art; the 10th of its kind. Celebrating a decade in the running, this year’s conference focused on the theme of ‘Collections’.
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