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Target hires ten-year-olds to preview t-shirts, etc., for their new Cat & Jack line and approve or veto designs.

A reminder from THE ATLANTIC magazine this holiday season to be aware of the influential factors in retail stores that make you want to buy! buy! buy!
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/12/why-you-bought-that-ugly-sweater/413161/

Adidas turns human-generated waste from the ocean floor into new sneakers. Good-looking kicks, too!

http://www.citylab.com/navigator/2015/07/shoes-made-from-ocean-garbage/397793/

Had to share: This is a smart editorial about the way teens really do drive fashion trends and sales. Thanks for featuring MATERIAL GIRLS, Nathalie Atkinson!

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/fashion-and-beauty/fashion/teenagers-the-power-brokers-of-fashion/article25197567/

This is a lot of fun. Apparently, 1939 designers didn’t count on the Feminist Movement.

http://mentalfloss.com/article/52284/what-1939-thought-fashion-2000-would-look

I’ll be watching a new documentary called THE TRUE COST by Andrew Morgan, which highlights the human cost of fast fashion.

http://www.salon.com/2015/06/12/this_is_a_very_painful_reality_the_staggering_human_and_environmental_cost_of_fast_fashion/

A great blog that identifies products made with child labor and lists ethical retailers and suppliers.

http://endslaverynow.org/blog/products-made-child-labor-alternative-options

This is EXACTLY what MATERIAL GIRLS is about. John Oliver nails it.

Croatian designer Murva’s crisp ivory dresses may be my favorite looks from Eco Fashion Week.

http://www.purenchic.com/murva/about

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“Project Runway meets Divergent”

You’re going to need to give me a moment for my brain to process that blurb!

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From whatsarahread: the craziest and most wonderful GIF-embedded teaser for MATERIAL GIRLS. I can’t stop smiling. Thank you!