"WRAP has ended the ‘Love Your Clothes’ campaign after just over nine years due to ‘a change in funding priorities’ following feedback from its Textiles 2030 Citizen Working Group. The focus of WRAP’s ...
2023
"Delegates to Planet Textiles in June will hear from apparel industry leaders about how to catalyse investments in order to support climate goals; greenwashing and the EU proposal on substantiating cl ...
"Industry leaders BESTSELLER, Inditex and Reformation have come together as a consortium to prototype Kintra’s materials in their product lines, driven by a shared goal to explore more sustainable mat ...
"Firms are turning to advanced technologies to help answer a surprisingly tricky question: Where do products really come from? At a cotton gin in the San Joaquin Valley, in California, a boxy machine ...
"Extracted particles were also examined for their colours which ranged from brown, greyish-black, to purple, possibly indicating various sources of contamination. As the authors explained in the study ...
"Keeping in perspective the upcoming holy Eid-ul-Fitr, the Industrial Police in the port city of Chittagong and the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) have decided to w ...
"Fashion for Good has launched a year-long collaborative project which allows a consortium of brands, including Bestseller, Inditex and Reformation, to road-test a prototype, bio-based and biodegradab ...
"Six months ago, outdoor clothing brand Patagonia announced it was transferring ownership to a charitable foundation dedicated to saving the planet CEO Ryan Gellert says the change has galvanised his ...
"Children’s clothing brands understand parents’ frustrations, which is why so many sell inexpensive garments you can discard after weeks or months. One study found that a third of parents throw kid’s ...
"“At this year’s UN Biodiversity Conference, we saw increased involvement from fashion brands, mainly the signatories of the Fashion Pact. Change is happening, but it is not happening fast enough,” sa ...
"Amazon labor union president Chris Smalls joined the Model Alliance’s founder Sara Ziff and other supporters Tuesday to rally for the New York State Fashion Workers Act." ...
"Jeanologia, a leading Spanish company in the development of eco-efficient technologies, has marked a new milestone in the textile industry and invented a way to create vintage-look, faded denim witho ...
"Smartwool, a manufacturer of Merino wool apparel for active living, announces the release of its first circular sock — the Second Cut™ Hike Sock. This sock delivers the same iconic comfort and perfor ...
"Materials science company Pangaia is launching on-demand 3D printed sneakers with emerging technology company Zellerfeld made from a singular material that can be melted down and used again at the en ...
"Italian chemical company Erca Group will spin out a new business unit next year which has the sole focus of supplying the textile industry with ‘green’ chemistry solutions." ...
"Ahead of the 2023 Met Gala on May 1, PETA sent a letter today to co-chairs of this year’s event—Anna Wintour, longtime furriers’ darling; fur foe Dua Lipa; Roger Federer, who created a vegan sneaker; ...
"Two friends in Western Norway are founders of a chain of a new type of swap shop for children's clothes [called Loppeliten]. The turnover has exceeded all expectations since the opening of the first ...
"Sports Direct has partnered with leading automated parcel machine (APM) service provider InPost to offer its customers a new hassle-free way of returning unwanted items." ...
"In recent years, the #bodypositivity movement has only grown stronger and calls for inclusivity have become louder. Among other things, the movement ensured that, mainly women, with larger sizes are ...
"We’ve launched our first circular product collection based on our new Circular Product Standard. [...] Introducing our first circular collection We’ve launched our first product range designed to be ...