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.
"Gap Accused of Sexism over 'Social Butterfly' Children's T-Shirt Ad" (The Guardian)
"Girls' 'g' top is featured in poster in which a boy – labelled 'the little scholar' – wears a shirt bearing Albert Einstein's face."
"How Diversity Changed Fashion" (Elle)
"The fashion industry has historically had a poor record when it comes to booking models that don't meet a type."
"Zara Workers Unionise For First Time In US" (Buzzfeed)
"Store workers at Zara, the flagship brand of Inditex, the world's largest fashion retailer, have voted to form a union in New York City."
"India's Fashion Industry Finally Gets Real About How Indians Look" (Quartz)
"The Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) — India's marquee fashion event that will take place in the first week of August — will for the first time have plus-sized people walking the ramp."
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.