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.
"Three Years After Rana Plaza – Bangladesh's Garment Sector Still Unsafe" (Thomson Reuters Foundation)
"Three years later, labour rights enforcement failures remain widespread, and Bangladesh is far from achieving the declared objective of a safe and sustainable garment sector."
"Fashion's Deadliest Disaster Prompts Bangladeshi Workers to Opt for University" (Reuters)
"Three years after the Rana Plaza disaster, a small miracle has emerged from the tragedy and is slowly taking shape in the southeastern corner of the country."
"For Eileen Fisher, a Leader in Sustainable Fashion, Perfection Isn't the Point" (Quartz)
"There's no clear roadmap for addressing these problems, and it's complicated enough that even a label such as Eileen Fisher, a noted industry leader in sustainability, doesn't have it all figured out."
"Why the Fashion Industry Is Out of Control" (Australian Financial Review)
"You can now buy a bikini for the same price as a cappuccino and in Tokyo, men can get suits from a vending machine. Has our obsession with fast fashion taken us into dangerous territory?"
More than a year after the ultra-fast-fashion company said it would tackle issues of unlawful overtime, 75-hour weeks remain common in its supply chain, Swiss watchdog Public Eye found.
A study published this week found traces of cotton from Xinjiang in nearly a fifth of the products it examined, highlighting the challenges brands face in policing their supply chains even as requirements to do so spread to raw materials from diamonds to leather and palm oil.
Overconsumption and fast fashion have become easy targets for brands flexing their climate-friendly attributes. Consumers may agree with the message — but take issue with a self-righteous tone.
Traces of cotton from Xinjiang were found in nearly a fifth of samples from American and global retailers, highlighting the challenges of complying with a US law aimed at blocking imports that could be linked to forced labour in China.