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by Leonie Heise Hemp Shirt, photo by Leonie Heise In my Master's thesis, I explored how the digital product passport could be used to prolong the lifespan of our clothes. The digital product passport is a digital version of a care label, often in the form of a QR code, which can provide more detailed information about a garment to the end consumer as well as to all other stakeholders throughout the garment's lifecycle, such as the manufacturer, the fashion brand, and recyclin

By Tessa Stetter In the studio of Ni En More, photo by Tessa Stetter Ni en more  is a social project, founded in 2016 in the northern Mexican border town Ciudad Juárez , by Janette Terrazas and Lise Bjorne Linnert. Both are textile artists and dedicate their work to raise awareness for femicides, especially in Mexico. The name “NI EN MORE” is a combination of three languages, Spanish, Norwegian and English, with the meaning “Not one more.”   Ni en more  is a non-profit, focus

Why Consuming ’Til Collapse Has Become Gen Z’s Love Language by Merle Sophie Schaffers Scroll through TikTok or Instagram and you will inevitably encounter a haul video: young people unpacking not just ultra-cheap Shein or Temu clothes, but also Zara and H&M picks, thrifted designer finds, luxury sneakers and rare vintage “grails.” Cheap or expensive, every purchase is framed as a performance. What was once seen as compulsive or excessive shopping is now aestheticized and cel