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.
"Vogue's Race Problem Is Bigger Than Karlie Kloss"(Buzzfeed)
"Vogue's diversity problem isn't Karlie Kloss but rather the geisha image itself, and the persistent desire to exoticize otherness in its storied pages."
"Lawsuit: Tiffany Pushed Out Employee with Cancer Mutation" (Associated Press)
"Lisa O'Rourke alleges in a federal lawsuit that the New York-based company discriminated against her because she carries a gene mutation that put her at high risk for developing cancer, and she was compelled to have surgeries that her lawyer says were life-saving."
"The Hidden Cost of Cashmere" (Forbes)
"The price of cashmere needs to account for its future supply. We can either pay a fair price for it today and enjoy one of nature's finest products for the long term, or consign producers and aficionados of cashmere to a fading existence and waning wildlife legacy."
"How Fashion Became a Political Soapbox for Anti-Trump Protesters" (Evening Standard)
"Fashion is populated with liberal creatives, but while their protest messages are likely to be sincere it's relevant to note that designers are also operating businesses."
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.