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.
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The coronavirus pandemic has shone a spotlight on vast inequalities within fashion’s supply chain. Many of them stem from the way brands develop, source and produce garments, as well as the payment terms, and how they manage distribution calendars.
In the fourth masterclass in #BoFLIVE’s How to Build a Sustainable Fashion Brand series, Senior Correspondent Sarah Kent is joined by Marsha Dickson, president and co-founder of Better Buying, and Ayesha Barenblat, founder and chief executive of Remake, to talk about why brands need to examine and improve their purchasing practices in order to establish a more equitable industry and boost business.
Key Lessons from Masterclass 4: Buying Better
Also, stay tuned for the next monthly episode of BoF’s online learning series How to Build a Sustainable Fashion Brand.
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Masterclass 5: The Case for Culture
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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.