Five years since the first exhibition, the public perception of ASMR has shifted dramatically. “In 2020, people laughed at ASMR. It was this sort of almost taboo thing,” he says. “It’s much less taboo now. People are a lot more open about it.” In these few years, ASMR has emerged as a subversive response to…
Sweden’s recycling centres are overflowing with clothes after an EU-wide ban this year on throwing away textiles, leaving overwhelmed municipalities eager to have fast fashion giants take responsibility. “It’s a huge amount coming in every day. It’s been crazy, it’s a huge increase,” said Brian Kelly, secretary general of the Artikel2 charity shop in the…
Sweden’s recycling centres are overflowing with clothes after an EU-wide ban this year on throwing away textiles, leaving overwhelmed municipalities eager to have fast fashion giants take responsibility. “It’s a huge amount coming in everyday. It’s been crazy, it’s a huge increase,” said Brian Kelly, secretary general of the Artikel2 charity shop in Stockholm, where…
Photo: David Neman / Courtesy of the photographer and SSON Photo: David Neman / Courtesy of the photographer and SSON In Stockholm last weekend, a pre-spring afternoon was transformed from ho-hum to huzzah with an innovative fashion show for the one-year-old label SSON. It started on the Skanstull subway platform and continued up the stairs…