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.
"Kering's Latest Luxury: A Generous Parental Leave Policy" (The New York Times)
"Last week, the conglomerate announced a new parental-leave policy that, to many, might seem like a luxury itself: a minimum of 14 weeks of paid maternity or adoptive leave and five days of paternity or partner leave."
"Startups Are Now Pitching Mental Wellness Like a Perk" (Quartz)
"To attract talent, early-stage startups are now differentiating themselves by highlighting mental-wellness as a perk."
"2016 Was the Year Real People Took Over the Runways" (Vogue)
"You couldn't have a fashion show this year if it didn't include a non-model or one of the dozens of cool kids whose appeal lies in authenticity."
"Is the Fashion Industry Really More Diverse — or is it Hollywood?" (Racked)
"Citing magazine covers as evidence of fashion's racial diversity may be letting Hollywood take a bit too much credit."
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"How H&M is Trying to Balance Fast Fashion With Revolutionary Recycling" (Fast Company)
The company's giant recycling facility in Germany receives hundreds of tons of old clothes a day. Can it find a way to turn those old clothes into new garments and make its business model sustainable?
"Retailers Rethink the Holiday Shopping Experience for Customers With Autism" (Racked)
"With a few simple accommodations, brands can make their stores a lot more inclusive."
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.