Lululemon, the H&M Group and the H&M Foundation are among some of the leading funders of a new initiative aimed at helping decarbonise and modernize the fashion industry’s supply chains. The Apparel Impact Institute (AII), a nonprofit organization that focuses on climate action and fashion sustainability, announced on Wednesday the main funders of its $250 […]
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The June Fashion News To Know — Including Campaigns, Collabs, and Pop-Up Events
As you take a nose-dive into the summer season, brands are meeting you with exciting pop-ups, debut lines, and innovative collaborations. The fashion news for June draws on the past, present, and future with overtones of new beginnings, expansions, and discoveries. Tiffany & Co.’s “Vision & Virtuosity” exhibition, for example, pulled out all of the […]
Russian sanctions hurt small Italian fashion producers | business news
By COLLEEN BARRY, AP Business Writer BRESCIA, Italy (AP) — Boxed fine Italian knitwear bound for retailers in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kursk are stacked in a Lombardy warehouse awaiting shipment. Although not subject to sanctions to punish Russia for invading Ukraine, the garments may not be shipped soon. Late payments from Russian retailers who […]
Michigan Fashion Week Turns 10: What to Know
New York Fashion Week returns with an immersive experience NYFW Prepares for Another Season of Shows During the Pandemic with Additional Experience Newly Opened to the Public (February 9) access point Michigan Fashion Week is kicking off a week of events leading up to the 10th anniversary on the Friday of its annual showcase and […]
Long before Bean Boots, Mainers was at the forefront of fashion.
Long before Brooklyn hipsters modeled LL Bean boots and Angela Adams bags hung from the shoulders of people in Los Angeles, Mainers had a keen sense of fashion. In the 1870s, for example, fashion-conscious Maine residents knew that the voluminous style of women’s skirt known as “polonaise” was giving way to a much slimmer silhouette […]
The unexpected costs of fast fashion
On average, Americans throw away 81 pounds of clothing each year. That’s according to SMART, or the Association for Recycled Secondary Materials and Textiles. They also say that 95% of the textiles we use can be recycled, but right now only 15% is donated or recycled and the rest goes to landfill. If you’re on […]
Models ‘raped, groomed and sold by agents’ in fashion’s ‘darkest secret’ | World News
Model Carre Sutton was just 17 years old when she says she was repeatedly raped by one of the most powerful men in the industry. Gerald Marie was married to Linda Evangelista, the famous supermodel, but when his wife was out of town, Sutton says the French agent sexually assaulted her “sometimes several times a […]
Dior travels to Seville, and more fashion news that you missed
DiorThe resort’s show began not with a torrent of house music, but with the clatter of steel-soled shoes outside Seville’s Plaza de España, where two stone-faced flamenco dancers held court. As her cocks began to swell on Rosalia’s Say my name, a phalanx of high-waisted bullfighter pants, hats, Manila shawls, and equestrian uniforms made their […]
Fast-fashion giant Shein pledges $15 million for textile waste workers in Ghana | overall development
Chinese fashion giant Shein might be the least expected organization to win plaudits at an international conference on fashion sustainability, but that’s what happened at this week’s world fashion summit in Copenhagen. The industry’s largest forum for sustainable progress saw the ultra-fast fashion brand praised for making a $15m (£12m) donation over three years to […]
Botter, Lukhanyo Mdingi and Peter Do among ANDAM Grand Prix finalists – WWD
PARIS — Botter, Lukhanyo Mdingi and Peter Do are among the seven finalists for the ANDAM Fashion Award 2022 grand prize, reflecting the international reach of the competition, which aims to attract talent from around the world to set up business in the French capital. All three are former finalists for the LVMH Prize for […]