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The lowdown on Junk Kouture, the Irish-based global platform that's on a mission to unleash the creative brilliance of young people We live in a society that is often lacking tolerance for the creative, that thinks that rather than painting or writing, we should all get a ‘proper’ job. We only need to look at the UK government’s adverts trying to get more people to train in c...
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The lowdown on Sole Responsibility, the Halifax-based business that's on a mission to save "seconds"clothing and footwear from landfill... It’s that time of the week that you look forward to, when we remind you that landfills are bad! And, when it comes to its impact on the environment, so is the fashion industry. We wrote earlier this year in our article about Renoon that the UN Conferen...
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Aimear Lynch, founder of My Pet Lamb and one of our Impacting Founders gives us the lowdown on her eco-conscious startup and business journey to date As we draw to the close of our ‘Impacting Founders’ programme which saw Startacus support NI-based female founders, we are meeting and hearing the stories from some of the fantastic founders who participated to learn more about their s...
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Planning to launch a fashion brand this year? Here are a few basic tips that will help you do just that and get your business off to the right start For intrepid entrepreneurs, the Coronavirus pandemic could just be the boost you need to turn your ideas into a flourishing business. The global crisis has changed the entire corporate landscape and meant that many individuals now face an uncertai...
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Renoon is an Amsterdam-based startup that's created an innovative online tool to make sustainable fashion more readily accessible for all The fashion industry has more of an impact on the environment than you might imagine. It is actually considered by the UN Conference on Trade and Development to be the second largest polluting industry in the world, responsible for a full 10% of annual global...
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Kind Bag is a startup that's tackling plastic pollution by transforming used plastic bottles into a range of beautiful, fashionable and reusable bags... As we all know, our use of plastic has had a seriously detrimental impact on the environment. And whilst we may be more conscious of it and aiming as individuals to do our bit, anything which can in some way help to combat it, ought to be ...
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The premium fashion resale service, Cudoni, announces major £4.6 million investment to help support brand growth internationally Great news from premium fashion resale service, Cudoni which has announced the backing of key investors to secure a total of £4.6 million worth of investment for the brand. Cudoni has formally announced that the Daily Mail Group Ventures led the inves...
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Good news for fashion and the environment with the innovative sustainable fashion app Nuw expanding its services across the UK and Ireland... Previously only available in London, Dublin and Cambridge, the sustainable fashion app, Nuw has just announced the expansion of its services across the UK and Ireland to empower people to reduce their environmental impact of fashion, and give love to t...
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Maskey! The startup that's making face masks both fashionable and more accessible... Masks are the new norm, and they will be for a while. Asian countries in particular are already well known for the familiar sight of people going about their business wearing a mask; if someone feels a cold coming on, they pull on a mask to make sure they don’t spread it to the people around them. What we ...
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Lost Stock - the fashion clothing box, set up in the wake of Covid-19 to help support garment workers in Bangladesh, has nearly doubled its annual target within its first month of operation! Set up by the team behind fashion shopping app Mallzee, Lost Stock enables shoppers to buy cancelled clothing stock direct from manufacturers through a personalised fashion box, whilst supporting a garment wo...
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