Nathalie Kelley Instagram – Could fashion come to the rescue of communities, ecosystems and ancestral knowledge… in the near future? That was the theme of @mrspress new book Wear Next that I was most excited to explore. Vogue’s first sustainability editor and host of one of my favorite podcasts Wardrobe Crisis, Clare’s book looks at the fashion innovators looking to “craft new satirical identities that don’t wreck the planet.” When it comes to innovation I like to look towards traditional communities and the ways in which their raw materials and fibers regenerate rather than pollute their landscapes. From the alpaca farmers and weavers in the Sacred Valley that create @moonrising.co’s beautiful ponchos, to the way @madeforawoman uses raffia palm from biodiverse forest systems in Madagascar to create beautiful and biodegradable clothes, bags and shoes. I am inspired by designers like @zazi.vintage who centre the makers of the clothes and much as those who model them. This is just a sliver of the future that @mrspress lays out for us in her fabulous new book. I highly recommend it – that’s why I offered my quote for the cover! I’m dreaming of the day we can be clothed in seeds rather than SKIMS (speaking of which – my top in the first photo is made entirely from Acai seeds and the Tucum fiber by artisans in the Amazon. It is sold by the lovely @yanciamazonia ) Who is with me? Seeds not Skims? Materials that come from standing forests not from dead trees! Clothes connected to ancestral ways of farming and stewarding the land! Fashion could return to its roots and be a source of inspiration for true beauty and justice… can we collectively dream and weave this future into being?