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by Jess Montgomery Photo by K. Sark There is a line in Bruno Latour’s book Down to Earth: Politics in the New Climatic Regime (2018), that summarizes the great responsibility the global apparel industry holds in leading the way towards a model of sustainable production and consumption. Down to Earth is a short book that, like much of Latour’s work, is simple in concept and complex in approach. In it, the French philosopher grapples with what he sees as the connecting force

Sara Arnold A screengrab of The Common Market holding page Activist group Fashion Act Now (FAN) wants to dismantle the globalised growth-based fashion system and nurture non-capitalist clothing systems. In the summer of 2022, FAN launched The Common Market, an online marketplace to celebrate alternative systems and the extraordinary hidden world of clothing cultures that are uncorrupted by profit. This is no ordinary marketplace - nothing is for sale. Here you can find commun

Alexandre Prince, Fashion Act Now Montreal In recent years, the terms “commoning” and “the commons” have become the central tenants of many approaches towards sustainability, yet, fashion activists have shown very little interest in these concepts until now. In an attempt to bridge the commons framework with fashion sustainability Fashion Act Now (FAN), a global fashion activist group that emerged from the London chapter of Extinction Rebellion, decided to organize its first