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.
Fashion's New Distance From Terry Richardson Is Too Little, Too Late (The Business of Fashion)
"While Terry Richardson has become the poster child for fashion's sexual harassment problem, photographers, editors, stylists, casting directors and others are known to routinely engage in misconduct in an industry where power dynamics disadvantage young women."
H&M Denies Burning Good, Unsold Product (Racked)
"A new report by a Danish television channel claims H&M has burned 60 tonnes of new, unsold apparel since 2013. In a statement, H&M denied that it destroys usable clothing, and suggested that the clothing was incinerated because it had been damaged by mould or contained unsafe levels of lead."
After Weinstein Scandal, a Plan to Protect Models (The New York Times)
"Assemblywoman Nily Rozic announced an amendment to the state's current anti-discrimination laws. If passed, it would extend protection to models who currently fall through the existing statutory safety net. The rule would make designers and photographers liable for abuses experienced on their watch."
How Ethical Trainers Won the Fashion Seal of Approval (The Guardian)
"Veja trainers are designed in the classic mould of minimal footwear, and made using a better supply chain and more sustainable materials than its competitors. They hold their own alongside the Célines, Guccis and the Nikes at the high church of cool, Dover Street Market."
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Stella McCartney Is Weaving a New Way Forward (Fast Company)
"McCartney's latest venture is a collaboration with Bolt Threads — a start-up that has created Microsilk — which is bioengineered to mimic the chemistry and strength of real silk created naturally by spiders. The resulting material will be a triple win if it can be produced at enough scale to be used in fashion."
How Technology Is Shaping the Future of Sustainable Fashion (Fashionista)
"From start-ups using bacteria to dye fabric to industry veterans using chemistry to separate recyclable fabric components, many new discoveries in sustainability are cropping up. Stella McCartney is not the only one looking to Silicon Valley for ideas that could help catapult her company forward."
Fashion’s biggest sustainable cotton certifier said it found no evidence of non-compliance at farms covered by its standard, but acknowledged weaknesses in its monitoring approach.
As they move to protect their intellectual property, big brands are coming into conflict with a growing class of up-and-coming designers working with refashioned designer gear.
The industry needs to ditch its reliance on fossil-fuel-based materials like polyester in order to meet climate targets, according to a new report from Textile Exchange.
Cotton linked to environmental and human rights abuses in Brazil is leaking into the supply chains of major fashion brands, a new investigation has found, prompting Zara-owner Inditex to send a scathing rebuke to the industry’s biggest sustainable cotton certifier.