Social Goods | Kanye's Multiracial Casting, Fast Fashion Waste, Bigger Sample Sizes

"Was Kanye West Wrong to Seek to Cast 'Multiracial Women Only'?" (The Guardian)
"The rapper's casting call for Yeezy Season 4 show is merely an accurate extension of the brand: hip but economically driven."

"Fast Fashion Is Creating an Environmental Crisis" (Newsweek)
"Only 0.1 percent of all clothing collected by charities and take-back programs is recycled into new textile fibre."

"CFDA Strengthens Its Diversity Guidelines in the Days Leading Up to New York Fashion Week" (Mic)
"We are less than a week away from New York Fashion Week, and already signs indicate we might be treated to one of the most racially diverse fashion weeks in history."

"Under-Fire Sports Direct Opens the Door After Criticism" (Reuters)
"Sports Direct takes another step in its attempted rehabilitation next week when it hosts members of the public and the media at its headquarters in northern England, slated for working conditions akin to a Victorian workhouse."

"Fashion Designers 'Must Make Sample Sizes Bigger'" (BBC News)
"Designers at London Fashion Week should show at least two sample sizes, one of which should be a UK size 12 or above, the Women's Equality Party has said."