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.
"Nike Pro Hijab Gives Important Validation to Muslim Women Athletes" (ESPN)
"This week, Nike announced the release of the Nike Pro Hijab, a lightweight, breathable head covering for Muslim athletes."
"Saint Laurent Told to Modify Ad Campaign After Uproar in France" (Reuters)
"The ads caused uproar on social media where people called on Saint Laurent to withdraw them."
"Claims of Model Abuse and Racist Casting Roil Fashion Week" (The New York Times)
"James Scully, an industry casting director, took to Instagram to accuse Maida Gregori Boina and Rami Fernandes, a prominent pair of fellow casting directors, of mistreating models and subjecting them to what he called traumatising conditions during the casting process for the fall Balenciaga show."
"H&M Factory in Myanmar Damaged in Violent Labour Dispute" (Reuters)
"Workers demanding better conditions and benefits have destroyed the production line of a Chinese-owned factory making clothes for Swedish fashion retailer H&M, in one of the most violent labour disputes in Myanmar in years."
"Fashion Chains under Pressure to Smarten up Their Image" (The Daily Telegraph)
"Negative coverage has heightened fears in the retail sector that the public sees its factories and warehouses, the overseas ones especially, as nothing more than modern-day sweatshops."
This week, Sephora announced plans to double down on ‘green’ and ‘clean’ product labels, leaning into an increasingly risky marketing tactic even as a greenwashing crackdown has prompted other brands to pull back.
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.