Myth and morals

V&R is a book about the ethics of the fashion industry.  As such, it is a sub-species of business ethics.  I am currently reading Bad Blood, the story of Elizabeth Holmes and her fraudulent blood testing company.  Fawned over by the media and celebrated as America’s only self-made female billionaire, Holmes, almost from the inception…

Disturbing teaching at St. Martin’s

This article reports that faculty at the prestigious fashion school Central Saint Martins turn a blind eye to students who have their collections made by professionals (https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/vbjv89/how-do-you-really-measure-the-success-of-a-fashion-degree).  The work load and the pressure to excel tempts students to pay others to do the handcraft part of clothes construction.   Getting such help can run as…

John Paul II’s linguistic turn to non-ego psychology

Tolkien-inspired tattoo design by up-and-coming Baltimore artist: https://www.instagram.com/jaynejezebelle/   ~~~~~~~~~~~   Personalism is the root philosophy of CST.  Applications of CST to fashion, or any other industry, will have personalism in play.   My previous post on the topic (http://www.ethicsoffashion.com/catholic-personalism-and-non-ego-psychology/) argued that Karol Wojtyla’s personalism affirms ego psychology.  Before we point to a turn in his…

Tight connection between luxury and tax havens

This long, but clever, assessment of the FT’s luxury drooling magazine How to Spend It (https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jul/19/how-to-spend-it-the-shopping-list-for-the-1-percent) includes the interesting details that not only has the British sense of luxury shifted from the origins of the magazine back in the `60’s but most of the FT’s sales are now overseas.   A significant reason is because…