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Simply Suzette is a storytelling platform exploring the intersection / juxtaposition of sustainable fashion with a denim focus.

We believe in the democratization of information and encouraging informed purchasing decisions through .

06/01/2026

You know that feeling when you’re deleting marketing emails so quickly that you accidentally delete something real?

That tiny panic was the starting point for my new article.

The problem is that we’re overstimulated, overmarketed, and moving through the world half-present.

In the piece, I’m looking at fashion, attention, consumption, and why “stupidity” might actually be disconnection from consequence, not a lack of knowledge.

From inbox urgency to micro trends, outsourced taste, impulse buying, and the weird little zombie walk of modern consumption, this is an invitation to slow down enough to notice again.

Because that's how we get our agency back.

Read the full piece on Simply Diligent 🌀

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05/28/2026

In awe of what nature can give us and how humans create with it :)

📷 By : the oya glass beaded bra top in off white with dark brown beads and the silk carré 60 in black with 100 percent cotton embroidery in beige- embroidered in Trabzon, Turkey by Kumru Mısırlıoğlu.

05/25/2026

I always think walking through galleries is such a good reminder that new ideas are not always easy to understand at first.

Sometimes you stand in front of something and think, wait, what am I looking at?

And I kind of love that.

Art gives us permission to try things before they are fully explained and to experiment. To make something strange, imperfect, surprising, maybe even a little confusing, before it becomes part of the culture.

I think biomaterials need that same kind of space.

Not every experiment is going to become a scalable solution tomorrow or ever. Not every material exploration needs to arrive perfectly polished. But we do need people willing to test, grow, dye, stitch, fail, repeat, and ask different questions about how fashion is made.

That is why I love the work of .and.sliime. Her practice sits somewhere between art, material research, and living systems, exploring colour, algae, bio-based ingredients, and the weird beauty of experimentation.

Keep an eye out for workshops by .and.sliime if you can!

05/19/2026

good denim by .simond

05/15/2026

I saw this quote and immediately thought about fashion.
Because responsibility in this industry cannot only belong to the sustainability team.

It belongs to the designer choosing materials.
The buyer setting timelines.
The merchandiser reading the numbers.
The marketer shaping desire.
The sourcing team building supplier relationships.
The educator teaching the next generation.
The founder deciding what growth means.
The consumer asking what they really need.

Every choice may not change the whole system on its own, but every role touches the system somewhere.

That is why our manifesto comes back to one simple belief:
Every fashion job is a responsible fashion job.

Not because everyone needs to become a sustainability expert overnight, but because everyone has influence. Everyone has a place where they can ask better questions, slow down a harmful pattern, support a better decision, or make care part of the work.

Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the places you can.

In fashion, that might mean starting exactly where you are.

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05/09/2026

What does smart design look like in 2026?

In Simply Diligent’s latest article, reflects on as both an extraordinary design event and a revealing snapshot of the industry’s contradictions.

Milan opens itself up in a way few cities do. Palaces, abandoned buildings, monasteries, courtyards, and former military sites become spaces for material research, craft, experimentation, and spectacle.

As fashion continues to take up more space at Design Week, it also asks a bigger question: what do we want design to do?

Some projects create a mood. Some tell a story. Some push material thinking forward. Some offer real proposals for how we might live, dress, build, repair, and produce differently.

The projects that stayed with us were the ones that proposed a different relationship with materials, bodies, waste, place, and time. Adaptive weaving that could move with different bodies. Textile waste turned into furniture through Davide Balda’s Archeo Materico. Algae and biopolymers by Beatrice Spadea. Claudy Jongstra’s biodynamic, farm-based textile practice. Frans Dijkmeijer’s archive of slow, precise weaving experiments.

Maybe smart design in 2026 is not about choosing between beauty and function.

Maybe it is about asking beauty to carry more meaning.
Read Virginia’s full reflection on Milan Design Week on Simply Diligent.

05/08/2026

What is design supposed to do in 2026?

After wandering through Milan Design Week, Virginia came back sitting with that question.

Milan opens itself up in a way few cities do. Palaces, abandoned buildings, monasteries, courtyards, and former military sites become spaces for material research, craft, experimentation, and spectacle.

As fashion continues to take up more space at Design Week, it also asks a bigger question: what do we want design to do?

Some projects create a mood. Some tell a story. Some push material thinking forward. Some offer real proposals for how we might live, dress, build, repair, and produce differently.

The projects that stayed with us were the ones that proposed a different relationship with materials, bodies, waste, place, and time. Adaptive weaving that could move with different bodies. Textile waste turned into furniture through Davide Balda’s Archeo Materico. Algae and biopolymers by Beatrice Spadea. Claudy Jongstra’s biodynamic, farm-based textile practice. Frans Dijkmeijer’s archive of slow, precise weaving experiments.

Maybe smart design in 2026 is not about choosing between beauty and function.

Maybe it is about asking beauty to carry more meaning.

Read Virginia’s full reflection on Milan Design Week on Simply Diligent’s Substack.

04/15/2026

This mill has a flower competition 🌼

After visiting Group in Lahore, I kept thinking about what it looks like when a mill takes responsibility seriously, not just in theory, but in the everyday details.

The spaces were calm, bright, and intentional, the kind that quietly signal what a company believes people deserve. There was a sense of continuity too, with people who had stayed for years, even decades, carrying a kind of pride that you don’t often feel in an industry known for turnover.

What stayed with me wasn’t just the machinery but their mindset. It’s a different picture of what a denim mill can be.

If you’re curious about where denim is heading next, come see them at !👖

04/11/2026

Wool isn’t outdated, it’s been designed out of the system. Traditional shepherding systems that support ecosystems and landscapes are disappearing. Did you know that it is often discarded or burned by farmers when its low market value doesn't cover shearing costs, its use of poor quality, or processors have full warehouses, leading to waste? Luckily, movements like the Wool March are working to reconnect farmers, land, and designers. Our new article explores why designing wool back into our systems matters now more than ever. Find it at the link in bio.

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