Journal

ENGRAINED SEXISM INFORMS EVERY ASPECT OF OUR INDUSTRY

Normally, we keep this topic back for International Women’s day in March. But this year, as we finally start to move forward (all be it very slowly) with new laws and regulation around sustainabil...

ARE WE READY TO PAY A FAIR PRICE FOR IT?

It’s Fashion Week 2022 next week, and we at Kalopsia have as a business taken part in this annual campaign for the last 7 years as we believe that the people in our industry deserve a living wa...

WHY WE SHOULD BE MORE EDUCATED ON OUR CLOTHES

Clothes...we wear them every day but do we stop and think about their importance. They protect us from the elements, allow us to express ourselves, they can help to boost our confidence and mak...

ARE YOU BUYING A GREEN LIE?

Greenwashing is the practice of making an unsubstantiated or misleading claim about the environmental benefits of a product, service, or company practice and can make a company appear to be mo...

COP26

The United Nations Climate Change Conference 2021 is set to start on 31st of October 2021 in Glasgow. With so many of the worlds leaders coming together so close to home it's time for us all to as...

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT TEXTILES WASTE.

Recently we posted about how all of our future textiles waste was going to be recycled! (Or at the very least be burnt for energy). We were excited about this, very excited. For years we had been ...

IT'S GOT POCKETS!

POCKETS ARE A FEMINIST ISSUE AND SOMETHING WE FEEL VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT! We are tired of decorative rather than practical clothing, and we, together with our clients are demanding deep and plenti...

THE ART OF PERFORMANCE WEAR

It has almost been 5 years since we at Kalopisa got invited to help develop, design and produce the costumes for CIRCUS FEMALE INTELLIGENTSIA. A Canadian, sci-fi circus performance that bent the t...

HAPPY EARTH DAY!

So the 50th anniversary of Earth Day happens during a pandemic, at which time the planet appears to be enjoying the respite from our own “interference”.Perhaps if anything positive can come from t...

DO YOU CONSIDER YOUR MODEL(S) TO BE PART OF YOUR TEAM?

  During this week when we look more closely at the people that make our clothes, we think it’s also important to take a moment to think about those that wear them too. It goes without saying that...