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.
"Nike Pro Hijab Gives Important Validation to Muslim Women Athletes" (ESPN)
"This week, Nike announced the release of the Nike Pro Hijab, a lightweight, breathable head covering for Muslim athletes."
"Saint Laurent Told to Modify Ad Campaign After Uproar in France" (Reuters)
"The ads caused uproar on social media where people called on Saint Laurent to withdraw them."
"Claims of Model Abuse and Racist Casting Roil Fashion Week" (The New York Times)
"James Scully, an industry casting director, took to Instagram to accuse Maida Gregori Boina and Rami Fernandes, a prominent pair of fellow casting directors, of mistreating models and subjecting them to what he called traumatising conditions during the casting process for the fall Balenciaga show."
"H&M Factory in Myanmar Damaged in Violent Labour Dispute" (Reuters)
"Workers demanding better conditions and benefits have destroyed the production line of a Chinese-owned factory making clothes for Swedish fashion retailer H&M, in one of the most violent labour disputes in Myanmar in years."
"Fashion Chains under Pressure to Smarten up Their Image" (The Daily Telegraph)
"Negative coverage has heightened fears in the retail sector that the public sees its factories and warehouses, the overseas ones especially, as nothing more than modern-day sweatshops."
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.