Atmos

Climate and Culture

Fashion and Design

Fashion and Design

Fashion and Design

Ethical fashion, post-consumerism, upcycling, regenerative design, and biomimicry serve as pathways to a circular, non-extractive future. Moving beyond polluting industries and designs that ignore the more-than-human world, Atmos looks to innovations in material science, trailblazing designers, and bio-inspired architecture that harmonize with ecosystems.

In Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, Bedouin Life Is Guided by Generations of Mountain Knowledge

In Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, Bedouin Life Is Guided by Generations of Mountain Knowledge

In Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, Bedouin Life Is Guided by Generations of Mountain Knowledge In Kotn’s new campaign, Tefnut, filmmaker Hussein Mardini documents a young Bedouin man’s movement through the mountains of South Sinai.

Ethical Fashion Identity & Community

Bog Fashion: The Designers Collaborating with Swamps and Soil

Bog Fashion: The Designers Collaborating with Swamps and Soil

Bog Fashion: The Designers Collaborating with Swamps and Soil Working with peatland water, moss, clay, and time, a new generation of designers embraces irregular dyeing and decay.

Ethical Fashion

Vanessa Barboni holds a lamb.

Vanessa Barboni holds a lamb.

Building a Blueprint for Regenerative Fashion Another Tomorrow Founder Vanessa Barboni Hallik on rebuilding fashion from the farm up and what it takes to design a system that can scale.

The Long View Changemakers

A digital passport for a garment.

A digital passport for a garment.

The Case for Giving Garments a Passport The EU is gearing up for new regulation that requires every garment to have a digital “passport.” The initiative could provide a blueprint f

Ethical Fashion Climate Solutions

Elizaveta Porodina Traces the Inflorescence of Flowers

Elizaveta Porodina Traces the Inflorescence of Flowers

Elizaveta Porodina Traces the Inflorescence of Flowers Drawing on the delicate work of pollinators, photographer Elizaveta Porodina channels fragility, color, and creativity into high fashion.

Ethical Fashion Photography

Bars of gold.

Bars of gold.

The Long Work of Making Gold More Responsible Small-scale miners, designers, and NGOs are reimagining what extraction could look like, but even “ethical” gold carries some weight.

Art & Culture

A model wears a black dress.

A model wears a black dress.

Standardized Sizing Could Make Fashion Fairer—and Greener Fair fashion advocates say fixing sizing systems, improving fit, and pricing ethically could make sustainable fashion more inclusive.

Ethical Fashion

Achol wears Kennedy Mirema design

Achol wears Kennedy Mirema design

The World Sends Its Old Clothes to Africa. These Designers Are Sending a Message Back. Millions of unwanted garments are shipped to African markets every year. A new generation of designers is pushing back.

Ethical Fashion

A person wearing a yellow raincoat stands in front of the ocean.

A person wearing a yellow raincoat stands in front of the ocean.

Why We’re All Dressing For The End of the World The new season of Avery Trufelman’s podcast, Articles of Interest, traces how U.S. military innovations came to define luxury fashion.

Ethical Fashion

A person wearing a red drape covering their body and face stands in front of a large pile of blue cloths.

A person wearing a red drape covering their body and face stands in front of a large pile of blue cloths.

The High Price Of Circular Fashion In India’s Recycling Capital In Panipat, weak regulation at recycling warehouses means workers breathe toxic dust and families are left without protection.

Ethical Fashion Well Being

Collage of woman lying in landfill, wearing MAGA hat, with bird flying overhead.

Collage of woman lying in landfill, wearing MAGA hat, with bird flying overhead.

The New Politics of ‘Clean’ Fashion A movement once rooted in climate activism has found traction with progressives and conservatives alike.

Ethical Fashion Identity & Community

A sea creature with a pink shell stands upright on a sandy beach.

A sea creature with a pink shell stands upright on a sandy beach.

Wild Relics: How Shells, Stones, and Bones Carry Stories of Home Whatever form they take, the bits of the natural world we collect and carry with us connect us back to the landscapes we call home.

Photography Ethical Fashion

A red polo shirt is draped over a light green button-up shirt on a beige couch.

A red polo shirt is draped over a light green button-up shirt on a beige couch.

Four Steps Toward a Fairer Fashion System From waste reduction to worker-led policy, the Global Fashion Summit offered empathy-led strategies to make sustainability equitable.

Ethical Fashion Movement Building

In the Flesh—and Styled in Art—Photos Capture Humans as Animals

In the Flesh—and Styled in Art—Photos Capture Humans as Animals

In the Flesh—and Styled in Art—Photos Capture Humans as Animals In this series, photographer Dorian Ulises López Macías juxtaposes images of naked bodies with those adorned in upcycled materials.

Ethical Fashion Photography

The Massive Price of China’s Low-Cost Goods

The Massive Price of China’s Low-Cost Goods

The Massive Price of China’s Low-Cost Goods Local residents are styled in low-cost items from Guangdong, symbolizing who pays the price of environmental damage and fast fashion.

Photography Ethical Fashion

Upcycling Old Fabric Into Fashion In One West African Community

Upcycling Old Fabric Into Fashion In One West African Community

Upcycling Old Fabric Into Fashion In One West African Community A group of creatives in Togo upcycle materials from family wardrobes and materials around the home to show the beauty of community-made art.

Photography Ethical Fashion