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.
"Most Big Users Failing on Cotton Sustainability" (Reuters)
"Most companies using cotton do nearly nothing to improve environmental sustainability in its supply, environmental groups have announced."
"The Hidden Dangers of Male Modelling" (Newsweek)
"Men and boys are increasingly at risk in the odd, unregulated workplace that is the fashion world."
"Inventively, PETA Became a Shareholder in Hermès to Confront It About Its Use of Exotic Skins" (Quartz)
"PETA representatives attended the Hermès annual shareholders' meeting in Paris, and the animal rights group used the opportunity to publicly confront Hermès CEO Axel Dumas."
"Sports Direct's Mike Ashley Admits Paying Staff Less Than Minimum Wage" (The Guardian)
"Mike Ashley has admitted that Sports Direct effectively paid staff less than the national minimum wage and is in talks about compensating warehouse employees."
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.