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.
"The Greening of Adidas" (Bloomberg Businessweek)
"Adidas sets aside as much as $3 million a year to fund a portfolio of energy conservation projects that deliver high returns."
"Only 1.4% of Models Over a Size 12: The Truth About Diversity in Fashion Now" (The Telegraph)
"The Fashion Spot has released a study analysing the diversity of models featured in the SS16 advertising campaigns which have been released over the past few months, and the break down of casting is still rather bleak."
"The Hellish Commute of the Women Who Make Your Clothes" (Broadly)
"Cambodia exported more than $5 billion in garments last year. But despite the boom, little thought has been given to transportation of workers."
"Gucci Quits US Anti-Counterfeiting Group After Alibaba Joins" (Associated Press)
"Gucci America has quit the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition, the second defection since the Washington, D.C.-based group allowed Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba to become a member in April."
"The Outrageous Cost of Being a Model" (CNN)
"Models are often considered independent contractors. And this means that even after paying their agencies fat commissions of 20% or more, models often have to foot the bill for business expenses."
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.