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May Mauveine @maymauveine.com · 1d

🟣 It’s hard to understand how a peer-to-peer platform that relies on users to create listings, upload product photos, and ship packages to each other is operating at such a loss financially.

It’s tempting to wonder where all their capital is being squandered. A.I.?

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May Mauveine @maymauveine.com · 1d

🟣 “Rushed to churn out new content, journalists often report on a brand's sustainability initiatives based solely on the press release they receive from the brand that cherry-picks which information to share and sometimes exaggerates claims to paint the brand in the best light.” ⬇️

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Media’s Role in Cracking Down on Greenwashing — The Sustainable Fashion Forum

In this episode of Crash Course Fashion , hear SFF founder Brittany Sierra in conversation with Julia Gall, Marie Claire style, to discuss the responsibility of media to do their due diligence and ...

www.thesustainablefashionforum.com

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May Mauveine @maymauveine.com · 1d

🟣 “And because our mainstream media is under corporate control, and because their business model needs advertising revenue to stay afloat, it has also become harder and harder for news to remain separate from promotional content.” ⬆️

➡️ “Article” ads for polyester products: bsky.app/profile/wire...

WIRED @wired.com · 1d

This mask has had a profound impact on my sleep routine, and it's on sale for Amazon Prime Day. www.wired.com/story/manta-...

I Review Beds for a Living—None Have Helped Me More Than This Sleep Mask That's on Sale for Prime Day

This mask has had a profound impact on my sleep routine, and it's on sale for Amazon Prime Day.

www.wired.com

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May Mauveine @maymauveine.com · 3d

AI trend forecasting:

🟣 “…will inevitably only increase the speed at which micro-trends appear. That’s a worrying development from a sustainability standpoint, since the faster trends fall into and out of fashion, the faster clothes are bought and discarded.” ⬇️

www.wallpaper.com/fashion-beau...

Is AI the future of fashion trend forecasting?

Trend forecasting agencies like Heuritech are using AI technology to scan over three million social media images a day, helping brands predict what you’ll want to wear. But what does this mean for cre...

www.wallpaper.com

May Mauveine @maymauveine.com · 3d

🟣”"Our models track everything from runway shows to social media," said Noémie Voyer, the fashion expertise lead at Heuritech… "We have a massive scale of data that allows our AI to detect early signals of trends – sometimes months before they become visible on the mainstream market."” ⬆️

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May Mauveine @maymauveine.com · 3d

🟣 “The attempt to integrate far-right aesthetics into mainstream fashion is not just a branding exercise, it is a deliberate political strategy aimed at normalization.” ⬇️

globaldialogue.isa-sociology.org/articles/the...

The Weaponization of Fashion by the Far Right

Fashion has emerged as one of the far right’s most effective tools in this battle for the cultural hegemony.

globaldialogue.isa-sociology.org

May Mauveine @maymauveine.com · 6d

🟣 “The value of cloth was such, in the past, that recycling was a regular feature of sartorial life.”

An important lesson we should take from the past. Unfortunately, much less of our fabric today is valued very highly.

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May Mauveine @maymauveine.com · 6d

🟣 Ralph Lauren is really killing it with the collabs lately.

May Mauveine @maymauveine.com · 7d

🟣 A company like Walmart pushes everyone else out of business and then uses its stranglehold on suppliers to reduce the quality and durability of everything it sells — delivering inevitable environmental disaster to all of our doors:

grist.org/business-tec...

Is your stuff falling apart? Thank Walmart

Forever in blue jeans, babe? Not anymore.Photo: bburkyMy friend Tony’s closet is as good a place as any to begin an investigation of Walmart’s environmental impact. Tony has a pair of Levi’s that date...

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May Mauveine @maymauveine.com · 7d

🟣 How high one can rise while destroying the economic prospects of everyone else:

inequality.org/article/reta...

Walmart and Amazon Are Exploitative and Destructive; There’s an Alternative

Both companies are far too dominant in their industries — cooperatives present a more egalitarian alternative.

inequality.org

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May Mauveine @maymauveine.com · 7d

🟣 “We have really destroyed the planet. And we’re getting to a point of no return, but we still have a window of time. Why do you think I’m rushing around the world? Because if people lose hope, then you take no action. And then we’re doomed.” ⬇️

www.vogue.com/article/jane...

On Her 90th Birthday, Jane Goodall Tells Us Her Wish

“We’re getting to a point of no return, but we still have a window of time. Why do you think I’m rushing around the world?”

www.vogue.com

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May Mauveine @maymauveine.com · 7d

🟣 “On the occasion of her 90th birthday last year, Goodall—who was still reportedly traveling 300 days out of the year for work—shared with Vogue her real and present concerns about the state of the environment, remarking,

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May Mauveine @maymauveine.com · 7d

How exciting!

May Mauveine @maymauveine.com · 7d

🟣 “We have economies that need to grow, whether or not they make us thrive; what we need are economies that make us thrive, whether or not they grow.”

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May Mauveine @maymauveine.com · 8d

A beautiful project about reclaiming public places considered unsafe for women:

🟣 “Using police data I identified streets in Cecilia’s neighbourhood where women had been harassed or attacked, and staged symbolic reopenings, where Cecilia was the “celebrity” who cut the ribbon. Crowds would gather.”

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May Mauveine @maymauveine.com · 8d

🟣 “She has always dressed in bold and unconventional ways – often poking fun at my more restrained dress sense. Her style, humour and sheer presence bring a vibrancy that cannot be fabricated.” 💜

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May Mauveine @maymauveine.com · 8d

🟣 More on PURE.TECH for those who have an interest.

It does seem interesting but it also seems like pollutants could be reduced by just manufacturing less denim and incorporating existing denim into new designs.

www.stellamccartney.com/us/en/pure-t...

PURE.TECH: Delivering a zero-carbon society.

PURE.TECH’s advanced technology transforms almost any surface into a carbon negative force. For COP28, PURE.TECH has developed the material for Stella McCartney’s Pavilion.

www.stellamccartney.com

May Mauveine @maymauveine.com · 8d

🟣 Good looks though:

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Women’s Summer 26 by Anthony Vaccarello

YouTube video by Saint Laurent

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May Mauveine @maymauveine.com · 8d

🟣 “Collection of the full sum is unlikely, but the ruling underscores courts’ willingness to impose penalties on landlords and marketplaces that profit from fakes.”

May Mauveine @maymauveine.com · 9d

🟣 The ‘80s are an optimal reference for this moment as the Trump administration turbocharges another decade of greed.

www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/0...

Robin Leach Defined the Wealth-Obsessed 80s, and We Never Got Over It

Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous may be emblematic of its era, but the American fixation on money has only gotten stronger since Leach celebrated “champagne wishes and caviar dreams.”

www.vanityfair.com

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May Mauveine @maymauveine.com · 9d

Good. Stay out.

“The revenue going into casinos, by and large, comes locally, so it’s not benefiting local businesses, it’s taking away from local businesses, and the money casinos depend on comes primarily from people who are addicted.”

www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2025/...

Examining the economic impacts of new casinos

Economists say casinos may help rural areas more than city centers.

www.cityandstateny.com

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May Mauveine @maymauveine.com · 10d

So many beautiful monarch butterflies out lately!

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May Mauveine @maymauveine.com · 10d

🟣 “As soil loses nitrogen more quickly, fertilizer becomes less efficient; an increase in production of nitrous oxide could also exacerbate climate change…”

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May Mauveine @maymauveine.com · 10d

🟣 An unfortunate sign of our times.

May Mauveine @maymauveine.com · 10d

Beautiful!