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.
Is Fast Fashion a Class Issue? (Refinery 29)
"Should people with limited disposable income really be expected to pay more for clothes just to avoid buying cheap stuff that's bad for the planet?"
This Startup's Plasma Reactors Create Conflict-Free Diamonds for the Millennial Market (Fast Company)
"Diamond Foundry makes diamonds using a machine that heats carbon to temperatures as high as the outer layer of the sun."
Plastic-Eating Caterpillars Could Save the Planet (The Economist)
"A wax-moth caterpillar took about 12 hours to consume a milligram of shopping bag; 100 larvae might consume one bag in a month."
Brands Are a Lot More Responsible for Terrible Factory Conditions Than They Want You to Think (Racked)
"Undocumented workers in Los Angeles's garment-manufacturing industry are particularly vulnerable to unfair wages, and poor health and safety conditions."
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Improving Gender Equality in the Beauty Industry (Entrepreneur)
"A study revealed that making the jump from zero to 30 percent female leadership share is associated with a 15 percent increase in profitability."
The Problem With Fashion Brands That Call Themselves "Sustainable" (Fashionista)
"One brand can claim itself as sustainable for sourcing organic cotton or recycled materials, even as a fast-fashion giant."
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.