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Political Streetwear – Is It Making A Comeback?
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Political Streetwear – Is It Making A Comeback? by Societal Store Dec 30, 2020 Political Streetwear – Is It Making A Comeback?

In the current tumultuous political climate, particularly surrounding the 2020 election cycle, the politically engaged are enraged, and they are unapologetically incorporating their politics into their wardrobe. This type of political activism is not a new phenomenon. For decades, passionate members of politically charged movements have quite literally worn their politics on their sleeves, donning […]

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The Powerful Relationship Between Fashion and Activism
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The Powerful Relationship Between Fashion and Activism

The world of clothing and fashion goes back as far as any history book and tells a story about mankind. Many modern influential figures use the way they dress and subtle touches to send a very powerful message to their audience. In many regards, the clothes we wear say much more than what can be […]

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Pink Emerges as a Political Protest Colour for 2020
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Pink Emerges as a Political Protest Colour for 2020

Get ready for the trendy new trend in the world of fashion. No, it’s not another high street dress that leads directly to pseudo-slave labor. Instead, it is a set that symbolises, sacrifices and leads to a more ethical future and also contains a sharp political message, to the groan of some and the delight […]

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The Evolutionary Timeline of the Black Lives Matter Movement
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The Evolutionary Timeline of the Black Lives Matter Movement

Black lives matter has seen a new wave of protests and demands for justice with the recent deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery. With Black Lives Matter campaigning for justice and the elimination of systematic racism towards the Black community, the campaign has been going strong ever since 2013 when the first instance of […]

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Sustainable Streetwear
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Sustainable Streetwear

The sustainability of clothing is becoming as popular and trendy as the styles of the clothing items themselves. Sustainable clothing includes fabrics that are recycled or repurposed, reflecting the values of the designers and brands. It’s not only the ethics behind sustainable clothing that is fueling the trend, but rather the demand from consumers to […]

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What voters are wearing: A battle over dress codes

Elections now have a code of dress, too. The narrative is that polling places should be free from politicking in order for electors to cast their votes in peace so in order to encourage voters to vote without interruption, most states in the US now prohibit campaigning within a certain distance from a polling place. That could […]

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What is the Black Lives Matter Movement?

The Black Lives Matter movement may be newer in founding, but it’s name and message has spread far and wide in recent years. The movement sets out to help combat and racism against the Black community of America and the entire world. Their banner of Black Lives Matter can be seen sprawled across the internet […]

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5 Reasons to Buy Sustainable Luxury Fashion
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5 Reasons to Buy Sustainable Luxury Fashion

According to The Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) – a charity that works with governments, businesses and communities to improve resource efficiency – approximately £140m worth of clothing goes into landfill each year. But this has largely been ignored when environmental consequences of global warming or degradation are considered until now. The fashion industry emits more carbon dioxide than international […]

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Sustainability and sustainable printing seem to be the words on everyone’s lips at the moment, and with good reason. We can all make a difference to the world we live in, and print is no different. As such Societal operates a print on demand service which could be viewed as an eco-friendly practice in and of itself as it is designed to minimize fabric and ink waste. However, lets take a closer look. Print on demand Print on demand is a printing technology and business process in which designs on clothing are not printed until the team at Societal receives an order, allowing prints of single items and or small quantities. The customer prepays and the item is literally made to order – there is no making up of anything that hasn’t been pre-sold. Therefore, Societal does not hold on to any physical inventory. As such Societal doesn’t incur stock holding expenses because we are not charged for the cost of goods until someone places an order. There is an inventory of some “white goods” but not the giant number or pre-printed apparel and home décor items of the traditional model! This model helps reduce warehousing space requirements and inventory carrying costs, as well as reducing the amount of overstock going into landfills. This model is also fast and efficient, fantastically the turnaround from sale-to-delivery of items is usually between 4 to 10 days. An Environmental Friendly Approach Societal also tries to minimize waste in packaging by sourcing recycled or biodegradable packaging materials. Bubble wraps are made from a minimum of 15% recycled plastic and 10% post-consumer content. Kraft tubes are made from 70-100% post-consumer recycled content and 0-30% secondary recycled content. We aim also aiming to develop our product catalog with sustainable clothing in mind in the future. Additionally, the poly bags used are recyclable, low-density polyethylene, FDA and USDA compliant. The printing industry has been focusing on improving its sustainability factor for many years, since traditional print manufacturing requires massive quantities of such vital resources as water and trees. But Societal believes that being sustainable brand is not just a matter of focusing on paper reduction. Focusing on paper is just the obvious, first target for us. Sustainability is a process of continuous improvement and involves a lot more than a printer’s effort to reduce paper and eliminate waste, although in this industry, those are both important initiatives. To this end Societal is merely at the start of its sustainability journey and has a long way to go. From time to time we’ll be blogging about eco friendly printing: what does it really mean? In what ways is Societal and the third-parties we partner with taking care of the environment? Learn all about the useful and achievable methods, processes and techniques. A new world (or “paradigm”) has opened up for digital designers and independent artists. Best thing? It’s much more agile and environmentally sustainable than it ever was before under the traditional model. Certainly, Societal print on demand (POD) ethos is a small part of the sustainable green printing movement. Those days of overprinting should be a thing of the past – which is good for the environment. And even though on-demand production is ahead of the fast fashion brands in terms of sustainability, we don’t want to stop there. That’s why sustainable fashion—a movement that wants to advance the fashion industry towards more ecological processes and social justice—is on Societal’s agenda.
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Ethical Streetwear Is on the Rise

Sustainability and sustainable printing seem to be the words on everyone’s lips at the moment, and with good reason. We can all make a difference to the world we live in, and print is no different. As such Societal operates a print on demand service which could be viewed as an eco-friendly practice in and of itself as it is designed to […]

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