The Business of Fashion
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
"Dresses to degrees: University Opens Its Doors to Bangladesh Garment Workers" (The Guardian)
"A new scheme offers free degree courses at the Asian University for Women to improve the prospects for workers in Bangladesh's clothing factories."
"NFPA Releases Bangladesh RMG Fire Safety Review Report" (Fibre2Fashion)
"The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has released the Bangladesh Readymade Garment (RMG) Industry High-Level Assessment Report, an appraisal and gap analysis of Bangladesh fire and building safety standards, protocols, inspection procedures and training programmes."
"Meet the Pioneering Plus-Size Male Models and Agents Spearheading the Male Body Positivity Movement" (The Independent)
"The body positivity movement is picking up steam in men's fashion. In the same way that we have seen increasing numbers of female curve models break into the mainstream, their male counterparts are now doing the same."
"France Says Marks and Spencer Burkini 'Irresponsible'" (The Telegraph)
"France's women's rights minister criticised the move as kowtowing to misogynists and religious conservatives."
"H&M Expands Partnership with WWF" (Sourcing Journal Online)
"Swedish retailer H&M has expanded its existing partnership with conservation organization WWF for five more years."
France is pressing ahead with a ‘game-changing’ bill that would impose a ‘sin tax’-style penalty on fast-fashion products as high as €10 per item by 2030.
In the weeks since one of the industry’s most promising recycling start-ups filed for bankruptcy, big brands have put more money and more commitment into bringing innovations to market.
Thirty years of providing the world’s finest wool to the fashion house Loro Piana has done almost nothing for the Indigenous people of the Peruvian Andes.
The fast-fashion giant has joined Vargas and TPG to back a new polyester recycling venture following its failed bet on Renewcell.