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.
"Armani Pledges to Go Fur-Free" (Associated Press)
"Giorgio Armani has agreed to stop using fur for all its products, following years of lobbying by animal rights activists."
"Despite Gains, the Fall 2016 Runways Were Still Less Than 25 Percent Diverse" (The Fashion Spot)
"As this year's Diversity Report proves, change is coming ever so slowly with New York leading the charge."
"Fur-Free Coats and Wood Heels: Study a Master's in Sustainable Fashion" (The Guardian)
"The shift is towards more ethical and sustainable practices in the manufacturing process, and a number of postgraduate courses are setting the trend."
"Ethical Shoppers Don't Inspire Us — They Bug Us" (Harvard Business Review)
"When you decide not to seek out ethical information about a company but then see another person doing it, how does that make you feel?"
"Lush Sells Bath Bombs and Cosmetics. It also Gives Nearly £6 Million a Year to Far-Left Groups" (Quartz)
"How did a for-profit cosmetics company become a huge backer of direct protest both in the UK and abroad?"
Partnering with Copenhagen Fashion Week, BoF invited market leaders including Pascal Morand, Julie Gilhart, Ganni co-founder Nicolaj Reffstrup, EU Parliamentary Committee chair Dr Christian Ehler, journalist Clare Press, executives from Renewcell and Lenzing, and others from across the value chain, to work together towards actionable solutions capable of urgently altering the industry’s ecological impact.
Over the last decade, the industry has ratcheted up its spending on lobbying efforts in the US. Now, emerging sustainability regulations are drawing increased attention.
How to best spend the large sums it will take to cut the fashion industry’s carbon emissions? The Apparel Impact Institute is launching a pre-vetted portfolio of climate solutions in an effort to better direct investment.
The brand’s hyperrealistic (but fake) animal heads sparked outrage this week, highlighting the increasingly delicate balance brands must strike between provocative marketing and shifting consumer values.