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PEOPLE & ARTS Saturday 28 december 2019
Innovative fashion designers lead the way on sustainability

By LIZZIE KNIGHT obsessive about - vintage
Associated Press clothing for my whole life
LONDON (AP) — and I feel like it's really an
Innovative fashion design- important thing to recycle
ers are turning to such and re-use, not just be-
things as horseradish and cause the ideas in my view
nettles to make sustainable were better from the past,
clothing and accessories but also because we can't
to the delight of a growing just keep contributing to
number of buyers. the landfill, and we have to
While more consumers are take a bit or more responsi-
paying closer attention bility," she said.
to how the production of For more than a decade,
goods impacts the environ- designer Stella McCartney
ment, old habits die hard. A has been in the sustainabili-
buy-and-toss mentality per- ty fight. Her latest collection
sists despite a boost from This combination of photos show models wearing creations from the Stella McCartney Ready To was her most sustainable
celebrities helping to drive Wear Spring-Summer 2020 collection during Paris Fashion Week on Sept. 30, 2019. yet, using organic cotton,
the upcycle and vintage Associated Press recycled polyester, sustain-
movements. able viscose and traceable
Actress Maggie Q, who English countryside, they cycling plastic bottles, can break it down into the wool.
created an activewear grow a range of crops and car dashboards and re- fibers and turn that back "It's really important to me
line from recycled fabrics, plants for textile develop- frigerators for sunglasses into a raw material to make that you shouldn't notice
is among activists who see ment, including chestnuts for his brand, W.R.YUMA. clothing." that what I do is more ethi-
plenty of room for improve- and horseradish. Their lat- Plastic waste is collected More celebrities are also cal than other houses," she
ment. She says she feels est collection features gar- and shredded to make playing a role, with some said. "You should just love it
"sick about fast fashion.'' ments made from nettles, 3D printer filament. Trans- turning to vintage. and want it and then the
"You hear people say, 'Well, alpaca fleece and re- parent frames are made Amal Clooney, the Duch- desirability means it comes
it was cheap and you need cycled plastic from paint from soda bottles, white ess of Sussex, Meghan into your life, and it means
to wear it once, you throw tubes. English designer Zoe ones from refrigerators and Markle and Kim Kardashian that other businesses have
it away,'" she said. Corsellis keeps the carbon black ones from car dash- West have been wearing to change."
The British design duo be- footprint of her garments boards. more vintage pieces and Brands that have heavily
hind Vin + Omi, a brand low by manufacturing "Waste, I believe, is design re-wearing outfits, some- used fur in the past have re-
worn by Michelle Obama, them in London, with fab- failure," he said. Fee Gilfea- thing unheard of among considered. Burberry, Guc-
Beyonce and Lady Gaga, rics sourced in the U.K. and ther, sustainability expert at many celebrities. Billie Eil- ci and Versace are among
is forever on the hunt for Germany. She makes them the nonprofit Oxfam, said ish recently wore a custom high-end houses opting for
creative solutions to sustain- from wood pulp, sea waste there's hope on a larger upcycled outfit from Burb- faux fur. Many others, in-
ability. They sourced latex and peace silk, considered scale. erry to the American Music cluding Chanel and Victo-
from Malaysia, for exam- more humane to silk worms "The textile industry is get- Awards. ria Beckham, will no longer
ple. However, they found than traditional production ting close to working out "I'm trying to like waste less use exotic animal skins.
the conditions for planta- processes. A wood pulp how to do fiber-to-fiber re- resources," the teenage Burberry destroyed millions
tion workers appalling and gown feels like jersey to the cycling," she said. "So what singer said. of dollars' worth of clothes
bought the operation. touch. that means is that when Singer Paloma Faith is an and accessories every year
At their studios in the Cots- Belgian designer Sebas- you take a garment that's old hand at vintage. to prevent the products
wolds, in the heart of the tiaan de Neubourg is re- no longer needed, you "I've been wearing - and being sold cheaply.q

Eddie Murphy’s “Saturday Night Live” return is a ratings win

By LYNN ELBER on last Saturday’s show, Nielsen said. Fox had 4.3
Associated Press including Mr. Robinson, million, ABC had 2.9 mil-
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eddie Gumby and Buckwheat. lion, ION Television had 1.3
Murphy delivered an early The actor-comedian was million, Univision had 1.24
holiday gift to “Saturday joined during his open- million, Telemundo had
Night Live.” ing monologue by Dave 790,000 and the CW had
With Murphy aboard as Chappelle, Chris Rock and 700,000.
host after a decades-long Tracy Morgan. Fox News Channel was
absence, the NBC show Pop sensation Lizzo was the the week’s most-watched
earned its biggest audi- night’s musical guest. cable network, averaging
ence since 2017. Just shy of NBC also earned bragging 3.1 million viewers in prime
10 million viewers tuned in rights for its prime-time per- time. ESPN had 2.2 million,
to see Murphy back on the formance last week with an MSNBC had 1.8 million, Hall-
late-night comedy show average 6.2 million view- mark had 1.7 million, and
that helped launch his ca- ers, powered by its Sunday CNN had 1.5 million.
reer. His last appearance night NFL telecast. The net- ABC’s “World News To-
was in 1984. work is No. 1 for the season night” led the evening
In May 2017, an episode to date, the first time since newscasts with an aver-
hosted by Melissa McCar- 1999 that it has led in total age of 8.8 million viewers.
thy attracted 10.4 million viewers at this point in the NBC’s “Nightly News” was This Dec. 21, 2019 photo shows Eddie Murphy in a sketch from
viewers. TV year. next with 7.9 million and the "Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood" on "Saturday Night Live" in New
Murphy reprised some of his CBS was second with an “CBS Evening News” had York.
landmark “SNL” characters average of 4.95 million, 5.8 million viewers.q Associated Press