Make a difference: join “Fashion Revolution Week” 2017.

Apr 22, 2017 | 0 comments

Hi! Hello! How are you all doing? I’ve not been putting a lot of effort into my blog for the past couple years which I am actually super sad about. Afterall this is where it all started when I pubilshed my very first post back in 2015! I’ve been thinking about picking back up on writing so many times, but with the rise of short-form content (hello TikTok, Shorts and Reels) it’s just harder to have time for it all these days. As much as I love creating snappy little styling reels I do also miss long-form and slower content, and I’m secretly hoping that we’ll start seeing a slow shift back to that in the near future. I mean, am I the only one feeling super fatigued by the AMOUNT of content out there some times? Everything is so high speed; similar to our consumption habits. I know everyone seems to love TikTok, I’ve given it a go myself and I do kind of like it too, but man. From a content creator perspective (even not just that, from a social media user perspective too), I’m so tired of feeling like you have to be “in it” and that you need to be onboard with all the newest social media trends alive to keep up. Anyway… moan over.

I wanted to check in here with a bit of a life update (for those of you old-school enough to enjoy the written format) as I feel like we’ve not chatted in ages!

 

(Trigger warning: infertility)

One major thing I have been considering openeing up about for a while is infertility and how this has been affecting our lives for the past 2 years. I’ve been going back and forth about sharing this for so long because well, it’s private and intimate and while I do like keeping things real on here some things are just better kept private. Having said that I’ve felt so incredibly alone in this whole process, and actually, after deciding to just be honest about it I’m amazed of how many other people we meet are actually going through the same. According to WHO 1 in 6 people are affected by infertility on a global scale, so really this is something we should talk way more about, yet there seems to be a lot of shame and taboo evolving around it. It’s something you always think happens to the next person and it’s never something I pictured would happen to me. But as this article states “infertility does not discriminate”, and it can happen to anyone.

As you know if you’ve followed me for some time we were blessed with a beautiful daughter back in 2020. When we decided we wanted children at the time, it didn’t take long from making that decision until I actually had a positive pregnancy test in my hands. Not long after that we felt ready to expand the family again, but as it turns out fate had other plans for us. It took a long time for us to even feel sure and ready to become parents the first time around, but once we did (it’s true what everyone always tells you) there was nothing else we rather wanted. That was it. Wanting to experience it all again so bad and then not being able to conceive has been no less than heartbreaking. At some point it becomes part of your life – you kind of get used to the fact that it’s just not happening. I don’t want to go into too much detail, but we were ultimately left with no other option (if we ever wanted more kids) than to go through IVF. I’m currently on my second round of IVF after one unsuccesful attempt back in fall 2023. Full of hormones and super (!) tired, but feeling okay despite it all. Having spring around the corner and generally experiencing lighter days at the moment helps a lot.

I’m very grateful for where we are and what we have, please know that. So we will have to see what the future brings. I just wanted to open up about this so that maybe if you’re going through the same thing; please know that you’re not alone and I know exactly how you feel <3 And maybe also so you guys know why I might be a little absent sometimes. 

Fashion Revolution Week is our #whomademyclothes campaign in April, which happens at the time of the Rana Plaza factory collapse, where 1,138 people were killed and many more injured on 24th April 2013. We use this week to encourage millions of people to ask brands ‘Who made my clothes’ and demand greater transparency in the fashion supply chain.

/ As a single individual, it may sometimes feel like a very lonely and perhaps hopeless struggle to try an change with the way we consume today. Whether you support ecology, recycling in all shades or generally consume less, you can not overlook that the effect is greatest if we are many who stand together in this fight. Fashion Revolution gives us all the opportunity to do this together each year: get more transparency into the textile industry and its supply chain. Fashion Revolution is a non-profit organization that wants to change the whole way we manufacture clothes today: better working conditions, fair pay and more eco-friendly production. Fashion should no longer exist at the expense of our environment and the people who produce it. It should be fun in new creative ways, and that’s all I’m trying to practice here in my online universe as well! You can read more about how to support the campaign right HERE.

This is the first time I participate in the campaign, and I do by using the hashtag #whomademyclothes on Instagram. Here I will upload a picture next week of a piece of clothing with the label facing outwards, so you can see which brand it comes from and then I ask the brand who has made this piece of clothing. And I hope to get an answer, or at least help put pressure on the industry in the struggle to get more transparency into the supplychain.

Besides that, I have made two videos. One under the theme Fashion Love Story, where you are invited to share some kind of product (a movie, a picture, a poem or the like), telling a little love story about a favourite product from your wardrobe. You can see my film which is about one of my best and oldest secondhand purchases ever on my Instagram.

The other video is under the theme of Fashion Fix. It goes without saying what this is about, and it’s actually a topic I’ve dedicated a whole category to both hereon my blog (handle with care) and on my Youtube channel (fix it – don’t toss it). It’s about taking some time to care, repair or update the things you already have. Whether it’s adding some bling (ironing a cool batch on an old denim jacket, for example), refresh the color of your favorite bag or fix a product that may be missing a button or similar – well,  this is where you can share your best tips. In my video, I fix one of my favourtie occasional wear tops, so I can put it to use it again. Watch it on my Youtube channel.

See all the ways you can participate right here – I hope you want to join the revolution! Even though you might not want to put a video together, then simply use the hashtag #whomademyclothes or share things you see other people make, like fx my videos and posts. Everyone can join!

Som enkelt individ kan det somme tider føles, som en meget ensom og måske håbløs kamp, at gøre op med den måde vi forbruger på i dag. Hvad enten du støtter op om økologi, genbrug i alle afskygninger eller generelt at forbruge mindre, så kan man ikke komme udenom, at effekten er størst hvis vi er mange der står sammen i denne kamp. Det giver Fashion Revolution os hvert år mulighed for, at gøre: stå sammen om, at få indarbejdet mere transparens i tekstilindustrien og dennes forsyningskæde. Fashion Revolution er en non-profit organisation, som gerne vil ændre hele den måde vi fremstiller tøj på i dag: bedre arbejdsforhold, fair lønninger og mere grøn produktion. Mode skal ikke længere eksistere på bekostning af vores miljø og de mennesker der producerer det. Det skal være sjovt på nye kreative måder, og det er jo alt det jeg selv forsøger at praktisere her i mit online univers! Du kan læse meget mere om, hvordan du kan bakke op om kampagnen HER.

Det er første gang jeg deltager i kampagnen, og jeg gør det bl.a. ved at bruge hashtagget #whomademyclothes på Instagram. Her uploader jeg næste uge et billede af et stykke tøj med label’et vendt udad, så man kan se hvilket brand det kommer fra, og spørger, hvem der har lavet dette styke tøj. Og håber så på jeg får svar, eller i det mindste er med til at lægge pres på industrien i kampen om, at få indarbejdet mere transparens i værdikæden.

Udover det har jeg lavet to videoer. Én under emnet Fashion Love Story, hvor man opfordres til, at dele et eller andet form for produkt (en film et billede, et digt eller lign.), hvor man fortæller en lille kærlighedshistorie om et favorit produkt fra sin garderobe. Du kan se min film, der handler om ét af mine bedste og ældste secondhand køb nogensinde på min Instagram.

Den anden video er under emnet Fashion Fix. Det siger næsten sig selv hvad dette omhandler, og det er faktisk et emne jeg har dedikeret en hel kategori til både herinde (handle with care) og på min Youtube kanal (fix it – don’t toss it). Det handler om, at man giver sig lidt tid til at pleje, reparere eller opdatere de ting man allerede er i besiddelse af. Hvad enten det er at tilføje noget nyt bling (stryge en sej lap på en gammel denimjakke fx), opfriske farven på sin yndlings taske eller ordne et produkt der måske mangler en knap eller på anden vis gør, at man ikke får det brugt – ja, så er det altså her man kan dele ud af sine bedste tips. I min video ordner jeg én af mine yndlings gå-i-byen toppe, så jeg igen kan tage den i brug. Se den på min Youtube kanal, under Fashion Revolution week.

Se hvordan du ellers kan deltage lige HER – jeg håber, I har lyst til at deltage! Også jer, der måske ikke lige har lyst til at smække en video eller et andet større produkt sammen. Brug i stedet hashtagget #whomademyclothes eller del alle de produkter der bakker kampagnen op (såsom f.eks. mine videoer eller billeder), det kan alle være med på!

 

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