Darling Magazine

by Leah Massingham November 20th was Equal Pay Day in the UK. This is the day that marks, based on average pay, women no longer being paid for the year.  In comparison to male counterparts, the final month and a half of the year total to the difference between genders.  While many people think the gender pay gap is an old obstacle, and surely no longer a western issue, this is a misguided belief.  Essentially, for 6 weeks women are working for free. Socially there is the belief that we have moved away from the pay gap because of all the work we have done to combat it. When it’s mentioned now it’s often batted off as a thing of the past.  Yet, The Fawcett Society, a UK based charity that campaigns for women’s rights and gender equality, have found that the gender pay gap has actually increased to 11.3% this year from 10.7% last year.  A scary statistic that shows us we’re actually going backwards on this issue. The pay gap is calculated as the average amount that...

by Antonia Cortes Acknowledging environmental impacts in the modern fashion world has become a well-known matter that only continues to grow.  Sustainability in fashion is the ability to take our already plentiful resources and turn them into new creations through creativity and upcycling.  While many fashion houses have found themselves incorporating this into their collections in recent years, Maison Martin Margiela has always been a pioneer for sustainable creative design. Maison Margiela stood out from many designers during the ‘90s because this upcycling approach had never used by high end brands. Unlike Margiela, other luxury brands used exclusive textiles and materials. The brands founder, Martin Margiela, made the decision to rework pre-existing materials because they were significantly cheaper than brand new ones. Now in the 21st century, we see a lot of the same movements due to environmentally conscious decisions. Many brands in the fashion industry release collecti...