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Weekday’s ReCNSTRCT collection

Brands are increasingly releasing sustainable edits alongside their usual offerings. Weekday is the latest company to jump in on the trend. They’ve just launched a fourteen-item range called ReCNSTRCT Limited Edition, made out of material from previous collections. “I’m excited and inspired to have such a fun challenge that can make a change in the way we work with circular fashion,” one of the collection’s designers, Vivianne Kontros, told Dazed.

The capsule collection provides the foundations for any woman’s wardrobe, with fourteen simple basics, from beautiful cut-out dresses with ruched details and white tailored shirts to purple tie-die bags and slit jeans in dusty pink. The collection is just a limited run, with all items priced under £100 (a veritable steal, in our humble opinion).

With the fashion industry producing ever increasing amounts of waste, it’s more important than ever that we continue to shop consciously and with the environment in mind. Brands like Weekday are helping to make meaningful changes to the fashion industry, one small step at a time.

Shop the collection here.

StyleSwap app

Resale platform StyleSwap launched its beta platform last month. It works just like other fashion apps and is simple and straightforward to use: if you have a wardrobe full of under-worn clothes, you can become a seller. Or if you want to update your daily rotation, you can shop other users’ pre-loved items too (that’s a yes from us).

The platform goes live later this summer. On offer are some of fashion’s buzziest brands, from Rixo and Gucci to Zimmerman and Jacquemus. The web app also comes with quizzes and fashion recommendations based on what you like. It’s an excellent way to get more use out of your clothes and pick up some fashion inspiration along the way.

StyleSwap follows a wave of similar rental apps launched this past year, from Whering and Gemme Collective to Latitude and Storey.

Find out more here.

Slow Fashion Season

Last month, we covered slow fashion platform Remake’s No New Clothes campaign, which asked participants to hit pause on all new purchases for 90 days. If you’re looking to continue this pledge, you might be interested in Slow Fashion Season’s three-month challenge. Like Remake’s, it involves ‘detoxing’ from fashion and rethinking our relationship to clothes (as well as buying nothing new for three months, of course). Other ideas include borrowing or swapping clothes with friends or turning a preloved item into something new with the help of a needle and thread. Or it could be an opportunity to fall back in love with an item you already own. Either way, find out more and sign up to the challenge here. You’ll be joining 20,000 other users who have already pledged to make a difference.

Cartier’s ‘Trees’ exhibition

The Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art has teamed up with the Power Station of Art in Shanghai for a new exhibition simply titled ‘Trees’. Running from 9 July to 10 October 2021, the exhibition aims to raise awareness of the issue of large-scale deforestation, a practice that has been threatening natural eco-systems, biodiversity and climate change since the mid-1950s.

The exhibition is also a celebration of the natural beauty of trees and will include an installation created by Italian architect Stefano Boeri. This will lay out plans for the future Liuzhou Forest City – the first of its kind – which is expected to be almost entirely covered by plants and trees. Other works will prompt visitors to think more deeply about sustainability and what they can do to reduce their carbon footprint.

The museum will put on a number of special events to accompany the exhibition, including screenings, conferences and performances. If you’re a sustainability advocate who is based in Shanghai, this is definitely one for you to take a look at.

Find out more here.