Labour Justice

Climate Justice

Fast Forward Fashion Report: 19 imagined futures — and the seeds that could grow them

May 29, 2026

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13 min read

Fast Forward Fashion Report: 19 imagined futures — and the seeds that could grow them

We can’t change anything without a radical imagination to envision what a better system could look like. So we asked people in our orbit to picture one concrete change in 2050 and how we could help seed that future today.

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Consumer Culture

Fashion’s accountability gap is widening. Here’s what we’re doing about it

Mar 21, 2026

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6 min read

Fashion’s accountability gap is widening. Here’s what we’re doing about it

For almost five months, we’ve been publishing journalism fashion’s billionaires don’t want you to see, so here’s a reading list of the spiciest stories we’ve run so far. And we reflect on why fashion accountability and independent media is more urgent than ever.

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Briefing

Remake held fashion to account for a decade. Its closure raises alarm

Feb 20, 2026

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4 min read

Remake held fashion to account for a decade. Its closure raises alarm

The nonprofit behind the #PayUp campaign, which recovered billions in stolen garment worker wages during COVID, is closing its doors citing a sharp decline in funding for labour and climate justice work. But the seeds of its movement will not die.

JD Shadel

Labour Justice

Tech alone won’t save fashion. But what if craft could?

Jan 30, 2026

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7 min read

Tech alone won’t save fashion. But what if craft could?

Safia Minney has spent 30 years advocating that craft is the best way to slow down fashion. We asked the social entrepreneur and author why hand weaving, knitting, block printing and more are the radical alternatives we need.

JD Shadel

Billionaires

Jan 15, 2026

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16 min read

The Ultra-Rich List: Fashion’s biggest problem is billionaires. Here are all their names.

Bernard Arnault's fortune would take one garment worker on a typical salary 173 million years to earn. He’s only one of more than 80 billionaires on our first big list.

JD Shadel

Climate Justice

We sincerely hope mainstream fashion media steals our editorial policies. Welcome to anxiety.eco.

Nov 14, 2025

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15 min read

We sincerely hope mainstream fashion media steals our editorial policies. Welcome to anxiety.eco.

We aim to create a different kind of fashion media for an overwhelming world. We’re transparently publishing our editorial principles. They're a challenge to ourselves, and an invitation to you to help us get it right.

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