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Ellie Violet Bramley @ellsviolet
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"If I sound unhinged with anger, it’s because I am. Equal to my grief over the devastation of the beloved city where I was born and raised, over the people dead, missing and injured … is my rage at the men who did this to us." Read this, by @warghetti theguardian.com/commentisfre…

Time for a full clearout. Why we will not forgive the men who did this to Beirut | Lina Mounzer

The explosion that devastated the city was no accident and anger is boiling over

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10 Aug 2020
Today’s piece for @Guardian ✨✨ Meet the model agency fighting body fascism: theguardian.com/fashion/2020…
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Throughout lockdown, garment workers have faced destitution and starvation as big-name fashion retailers have cancelled £20bn in orders. Here's how to help… thanks to @lucysiegle for chatting to me theguardian.com/fashion/2020…

Seven ways to help garment workers

The Covid-19 pandemic has shone a light on the exploitation of those – mainly women – who produce fast fashion for well-known brands. From donating to emergency funds to slowing the churn, retailers...

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Big thanks to @AditiMayer, @DanaThomasParis, @RahemurRahman, @celinecelines, @orsoladecastro, @AjaSaysHello, @steph_shep, @thorsmark, @marahoffman and @abarenblat for sharing their hopes for the fashion industry's future 🌎🌍🌏 theguardian.com/fashion/2020…

'Lockdown has been a wakeup call for the industry': what next for fashion?

Coronavirus has brought fashion to a halt. To mark Earth Day, we asked sustainable fashion designers, writers and advocates what changes they would like to see

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We asked @alecleach_ to share lessons from his year-long fashion detox. Top tips for shopping secondhand: know your measurements and check the classifieds theguardian.com/fashion/2020…

'I didn't buy new clothes for a year and it was the best thing to happen to my wardrobe'

With consumerism brought to a standstill by the coronavirus, the call to change how we shop is more relevant than ever. One responsible fashion expert shares lessons from his year-long Extinction...

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"I like how increasingly fashion is available that’s saying fuck the rules" … @carmenmmachado is as brilliant as you'd expect on her now joyful relationship with clothes, for @GuardianFashion theguardian.com/fashion/2020…

Author Carmen Maria Machado: 'When you are a fat person trying to dress yourself, there are a lot...

The writer of Her Body and Other Parties says it took years to find her personal style. Now she enjoys flouting the rules around size in fashion

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From Ursula K Le Guin quotes about overthrowing capitalism to the idea that the communicative power of clothes can help us confront climate crisis… there was lots of food for thought at this talk with @XrFashionAction, @bel_jacobs and others theguardian.com/fashion/2019…

'It's finding something new in the old': how fashion can confront the climate crisis

Sustainable style can help spread an important message, say panelists at London fashion week after a weekend of protests

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"The climate crisis has set fashion on a collision course with the zeitgeist … If fashion doesn’t engage with the future, it literally isn’t fashion", a different kind of hot take from @JessC_M theguardian.com/fashion/2019…

So hot it hurts: London fashion week in the age of climate activism

The trends at Britain’s biggest fashion event? Pre-loved clothes, designer rentals, retro looks you can source in your attic, and the end of single-use coathangers

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"Complacency is a contagion and this one has spread to us..." Thanks to @lucysiegle for writing this for us about how our leather shoes and bags might be fuelling the Amazon fires theguardian.com/fashion/2019…

Burning issue: how fashion's love of leather is fuelling the fires in the Amazon

Beef and soya aren’t the sole culprits – our demand for shoes, belts and handbags is driving rainforest destruction. It’s time for consumers to wake up

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As Sara Arnold says, we need to challenge our relationship with clothes … thanks to @ExtinctionR for letting me listen/speak to them for this theguardian.com/fashion/2019… cc @PortEliotFest

Extinction Rebellion: 'Fashion week should be a declaration of emergency'

At the Port Eliot festival in Cornwall, two members of the campaign group talked about how the fashion industry must adapt – now

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Reprieve@Reprieve
18 Jul 2019
The Government today reneged on a promise it made upon taking office to hold an inquiry into UK involvement in ‘war on terror’ era rendition and torture reprieve.org.uk/press/govern… 1/

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Would be quite lol if Philip May did wear a shirt covered in tiny White Houses to visit DC theguardian.com/fashion/shor…

Melania Trump and the art of literal dressing

Making your clothes speak to the occasion you are dressing for is a tricky skill – and, with her London-themed outfit, the first lady of the US did not manage it

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Back it back it back it back it, on @Kickstarter … @tony_volker's new album Where the Light Gets In kickstarter.com/projects/ton…
Thanks to @jayrayner1, @ActionOnHearing, @SoundPrintapp, @ToziRestaurant and others for chatting to me for this ---> theguardian.com/food/2019/ma…

‘Great food, but please do something about the noise’ – the battle for quieter restaurants

Background noise in some eateries can reach the equivalent of a lawnmower or a motorbike. It’s enough to put you off your dinner

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12 Apr 2019
From last week, @ellsviolet and I spoke to some of The Face's former contributors/editors/models/creatives about why it was so great and why it's coming back. Includes lovely intro by @alexneedham74 : theguardian.com/fashion/2019…

'It was madness. It was brilliant': the irrepressible spirit of the Face, by the people who made it

With news that the Face is relaunching this month, some of its former staff – including Nick Knight, Sheryl Garratt and Neville Brody – tell the story of the magazine through their favourite covers

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Suuuper late to share but I looked into desire paths, a way for people to vote with their feet, for @guardiancities theguardian.com/cities/2018/…

Desire paths: the illicit trails that defy the urban planners

When cities lack the paths pedestrians need, people vote with their feet

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So good on how we went from wrapping to draping then folding what it all means with nods to Deleuze, deconstructionism and the practice of rolling your school skirt up … @morwennastar's done a deep dive theguardian.com/fashion/2018…

Out with the old, in with the fold: fashion's new favourite trick

From Calvin Klein to Zara, folding has staged a comeback – and even helps you to get away wearing the same outfit three times

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It was a total pleasure speaking to @yogawithadriene for this… we talked wellness, "6 pack abs" and what it's like to have fans that think of her as a friend theguardian.com/lifeandstyle…

'The people’s yogi': how Adriene Mishler became a YouTube phenomenon

With 4 million subscribers and hundreds of thousands more watching free weekly videos, Yoga with Adriene is a social media sensation. What makes her fans so devoted?

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Barbara and Fiona were some of the earliest survivors of domestic abuse to seek help at the world’s first women’s refuge, set up by ⁦@RefugeCharity⁩ in 1971. Thanks to them for sharing their stories with me. theguardian.com/lifeandstyle…

‘I could have ended up dead’: why women’s refuges face a fatal new threat

A proposed change to funding means vulnerable women would not be able to pay for refuge placements with their housing benefit. It is the single biggest threat these shelters have ever faced

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10 May 2018
Prime Minister apologises for UK role in abduction, torture and rendition of Abdul-Hakim Belhaj and Fatima Boudchar. More here reprieve.org.uk/update/break…
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