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?"
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.