This International Women’s Day delve into the world of renowned wellness entrepreneur and writer Ifat Hindes. Ifat is the founder of Project Wellness and HER Magazine Asia, an exciting new publication that inspires and empowers further pursuits of women - we can’t wait to get our hands on the first issue! 

Find out more about Ifat’s entrepreneurial journey from pioneering Hong Kong’s first entirely gluten-free restaurant and bakery to launching this new publication, her top tips on finding wellness in a hectic city and how she made sustainability central to her life. 

This season, we proudly launched our upcycled collection exclusively for NET-A-PORTER! Proving the power of positive fashion, we’re excited to share with you our story, joined by Fashion Journalist Susie Lau, Singer Mint Pattarasaya and Fashion Stylist Justine Lee. 

Follow our sustainable design process as we rescue excess luxury fabrics, reuse these through upcycling to reimagine fashion as we create this exclusive upcycled collection. 

Introducing style aficionado Zaneta Cheng, fashion and features editor at Hong Kong’s leading luxury lifestyle magazine Prestige. Zaneta honed her eye for unearthing emerging talent at uber cool Tank Magazine, and now she is exploring her passions for design, craftsmanship and global trends across the glossy pages of Prestige. 

Read more to learn about Zaneta’s journey from tie-dying old T-shirts to finding her niche in fashion journalism, her best advice for embracing an eco-friendly lifestyle and the role fashion magazines can play in the global sustainability movement. 

Do you have what it takes to cut waste out of fashion? The Redress Design Award 2020 launches - and we’re a big part of it!

The New Year just keeps getting better for us!  Not only did we kick off 2020 in style with our exclusive retail partnership with NET SUSTAIN, we’re now excited to share our partnership with the world’s largest sustainable fashion design competition, the Redress Design Award 2020, run by our sister charity, Redress.

Read more to learn about this exciting partnership.

What a way to start the new year! We’re so excited to announce that The R Collective is now part of NET SUSTAIN, the pioneering platform from luxury fashion retailer Net-a-Porter. NET SUSTAIN showcases an enviable edit of the world’s best sustainable brands, so we feel especially honoured to be recognised and supported for all our work towards minimising waste in the global fashion industry and championing circular design techniques. 

Read more to see which of our favourite modern and seasonless pieces are featured on NET SUSTAIN.

Introducing Antonia Da Cruz, travel and fitness maven and VP of Brands & Advocates for Kindred Hong Kong. Antonia embraced her passion for health and fitness as former manager of Guava Pass, and now she is championing ethical consumerism working with Kindred Hong Kong, an online marketplace that gives consumers access to a vast array of global brands, and enables them to do good by giving back with their daily purchases.
 
Find out more about Antonia’s top tips for living a more eco-friendly life, her sustainable travel habits and what she likes to wear when she travels.  

Our founder and CEO, Christina Dean, highlights her concerns surrounding the scope of fashion waste and challenges us all to reduce our fashion footprint in the coming year by encouraging us to be conscious consumers.

Originally published in Fashion Revolution, read her insightful article to find out how you can help to overcome the challenge of fashion waste. 

"I can’t wait to make January a month of new beginnings, and place sustainability not only at the center of my wardrobe, but at the heart of my 2020 lifestyle for another year." - Christina Dean, Founder and CEO, The R Collective

Read Christina's op-ed to reinvigorate your motivation to lead a better sustainable lifestyle and feel encouraged to make some changes that can help transform the planet as well as our wardrobes.

Planning your next getaway? If you’re yearning for a digital-detox and relaxing, pristine beaches or if you prefer discovering cultural spots on a city break, deciding what to pack and wear can always prove a bit tricky.

Feel inspired by some of our most popular pieces that travel well and are guaranteed to look great no matter the occasion. Read more to see our top picks.

The festive season is now here and in the spirit of gifting, we’re entering the season with a giveaway in collaboration with the British sustainable fashion brand BOTTLETOP! 

We think our The R Collective pieces go perfectly with BOTTLETOP’s sustainable, upcycled accessories and so if you’re keen to embrace sustainable design, be sure to enter our giveaway for a chance to WIN your favourite BOTTLETOP bag and The R Collective featured outfit.

Introducing Coco Chan and Valerie Ho, wellness warriors and founders of OMSA, a modern mystical e-store and a lifestyle portal enabling a deeper spiritual awakening. After a work-hard-play-hard mentality led both Valerie and Coco to suffer from signs of burnout, these two spiritually-focused creatives discovered the benefits of living a more balanced and calm life, and placed wellness and mindfulness central in their lives.  

Find out more about how the duo maintain a balanced life in a hectic city like Hong Kong, their favourite clean-beauty products and helping others explore self-care, self-love and spiritual wellbeing. 

It is estimated that around 80% of a product’s environmental impact is locked in at the design stage. As circular fashion designers, we are guided by our mission to reduce textile waste and pollution in the fashion industry, so naturally, we take to the drawing board seriously. 

Find out more about how we follow our three design strategies - Rescue, Reuse, Re-Imagine - to design out waste and transform the way clothes are designed.