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.
"Can Ethics Help Your Luxury Business Live Forever?" (BBC News)
"How realistic are Brunello Cucinelli's ambitions, and what are his chances of building a fashion business that will thrive for hundreds of years?"
"Fashion Week's Shift Toward Diversity" (The New York Times)
"In this latest round of shows, which ended on Thursday, many designers appeared to have taken a hard look at the highly charged issue of casting, stepping up their efforts to hire racial and ethnic minorities and sounding a chord for inclusiveness."
"Rip Curl's Use of North Korean Factories Leads to Calls for Industry Transparency" (The Guardian)
"Australian surfwear brands have been urged to publish a list of every factory they use after an investigation revealed some garments being made for the Rip Curl brand had been manufactured in North Korea."
"Why Sweden Wants You To Share Your Clothes On Instagram" (Fast Company)
"The country's #ShareWear campaign is designed to start conversations about sustainability in its growing fashion sector."
"Marie Kondo Tells Us to Ditch Joyless Items but Where Are We Sending Them?" (The Guardian)
"Where are we sending all these joyless garments once we're done with them? And alongside our fervour to rid our lives of excess, are we addressing our patterns of accumulation at the source?"
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.