
Emily Chan
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Senior Sustainability & Features Editor @BritishVogue. Views are my own
Cambridge, England
Joined November 2010
I had the privilege of interviewing @EmmaWatson for @BritishVogue’s sustainability-themed January 2024 issue – my first cover story! Read the full interview here:
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As Emma Watson – a champion of sustainability since child stardom – embarks on a personal and professional reset, she tells Emily Chan why the environment remains front and centre in her mission.
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RT @EarthshotPrize: We're thrilled to see Earthshot Prize Finalist @colorifix.featured in @BritishVogue by the brilliant @em_chan. With Pri….
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“We can’t keep consuming the way we’re consuming,” the actor told Vogue during a visit to a sustainable dye start-up with Prince William.
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RT @BritishVogue: Is Wearing Vintage Fur Socially Acceptable Now?
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Just look to the slopes of Aspen, and the likes of Kendall and Kylie Jenner have been spotted in a parade of teddy-bear coats.
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RT @BritishVogue: Why Is Everything An Archive Sale These Days?
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The end-of-season sale has undergone a subtle rebrand.
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Episode 2 of The Closet Digest is out now! I spoke to Sheila Atim about her approach to a capsule wardrobe, the Versace shoes that transform her into her alter-ego, and the Tom Ford Gucci dress she bought after being invited on the podcast. Listen here:
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Podcast Episode · The Closet Digest by Vogue · 10/15/2024 · 40m
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Very excited that The Closet Digest, @BritishVogue’s new podcast that digs into the stories behind our clothes, is out now. I had the pleasure of speaking to @LaverneCox, an avid vintage collector, for the first episode – listen here!.
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Fashion & Beauty Podcast · Updated Weekly · Our favourite fashion obsessives share the most precious, meaningful and hard-working items in their wardrobes with Emily Chan, British Vogue’s senior...
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Wrote about why I’m always wearing my @AncientGreekSan clogs:
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Vogue’s sustainability editor Emily Chan on why she’s been wearing her clogs all summer long for the past three years.
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RT @BritishVogue: Meet The Michelin-Starred Chef Bringing Farm-To-Table Dining To Life In Somerset
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Merlin Labron-Johnson is relaunching his popular restaurant, Osip, in a converted 16th century inn, just outside of Bruton.
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We’ve had all sorts of new-gen materials crop up in the fashion industry in recent years, but what about human hair? Here’s why it could potentially be a more sustainable material than wool, if you can get over the yuck factor
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It has up to 99 times less impact than cotton, making it a potential game-changer for the industry.
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Thanks to @Sebastien_Kopp @VejaProject, Kathleen Talbot @Reformation, Maggie Hewitt, and Karl-Hendrik Magnus @McKinsey for speaking to me about this issue.
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We can track our air miles, our food miles, but what about our fashion miles? If you’ve ever ordered an item online, only to discover it’s been sent from half way around the world, you may have wondered about the hidden carbon impact of shipping.
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We track our air miles, food miles... but what about the hidden impact of shipping our newly bought clothes around the world?
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I had the pleasure of speaking to #NemonteNenquimo about her new book, We Will Not Be Saved. “After many years of struggle, working to protect our lands and our way of life, I realised it was necessary to tell my story to the entire world,” she told me.
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Nenquimo, who grew up in the village of Toñampare in the Amazon rainforest, is telling her story in a new memoir, entitled ‘We Will Not Be Saved’.
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I also spoke to Paolina Russo about how the brand creates its signature illusion knitwear, using technology to replicate a handcraft technique
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To mark Earth Day, the London-based designers reveal how they make their popular illusion knits.
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To mark #EarthDay, @BritishVogue is highlighting the importance of craftsmanship when it comes to sustainability. I had the pleasure of speaking to Kazna Asker about how she uses Middle Eastern fabrics to upcycle pre-loved tracksuits
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“Up north, tracksuits are a very big part of the culture,” the British-Yemeni designer tells Vogue from her airy north London studio. “That’s all I ever knew.”
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As UK-based repair platform Sojo launches its Pledge To Repair campaign, I wrote about some of the main barriers to repair, including accessibility and cost, and why government subsidies (like in France) and legislation could help
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A new campaign wants to get more brands and consumers across the UK to back repair.
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RT @BritishVogue: Why Don’t More People Repair Their Clothes?
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A new campaign wants to get more brands and consumers across the UK to back repair.
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Angelina Jolie is the latest high-profile name to back the New York Fashion Act – here’s the exclusive on why she’s supporting the proposed bill, which is designed to make the industry more sustainable
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“Everyone is aware, I think, of the waste of natural resources, overconsumption and overproduction, and labour rights violations that currently take place,” Jolie tells Vogue. “These are some of the...
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Sustainability all but disappeared from the conversation this fashion month. I wrote about why it seems like the topic was just another trend for the industry, and why brands not talking about their environmental impact is a massive barrier to progress
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Back in September 2019, the catwalk was abuzz with sustainability initiatives. Fast forward to this fashion month, and almost all of that has disappeared.
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I wrote about the rise of doom spending, and why it’s (clearly) bad from both a personal finance perspective and in terms of the future of the planet
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“If buying things truly made us whole, then we’d have stopped by now.”
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RT @rianphin: because of the beat up tabis convo, i spoke to emily chan about why we don’t wear our clothes until they’re beat up anymore f….
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It’s a question posed by Seattle-based designer Elena Qiu in a now-viral TikTok, which saw her holding up her beaten-up, (not-so) white Tabi flats up to the camera.
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