Brooke Glasford A young designer reached out to me this week to ask some advice on starting a clothing line here in Guyana.

By Brooke Glasford Mass production and fast fashion have created for buyers a slavish addiction to cheap clothing.

According to Thorstein Veblen’s theory, conspicuous consumption can be described as “tangible evidence of the cost of one’s apparel, indicating ability to spend freely on clothes”.

I remember taking one of my first semester courses at college, the Psychology of Fashion, and thinking what on earth did I just pay money for. 

Guyanese are notoriously shameless when it comes to copying people — or borrowing ideas.

Brooke Glasford Over this past weekend, my team and I participated in the ‘Women in Business Expo’ at Pegasus Hotel.

Brooke Glasford In my last article I posed a question that received a lot of feedback, so I thought it best to address that head on.

Given my experience in the fashion industry in Toronto as well as my current position managing a garment factory here in Guyana, I really wanted my introductory article to be focused on the fashion and garment industry in Guyana today The business of fashion is a globally recognized behemoth of an industry that was last valued at US$3 trillion.