Articles by Anna Roos van Wijngaarden
Anna Roos is a fashion journalist who, in a glamorous past, walked the catwalk herself. After studying business administration, she took up her pen to write about the business side of fashion, with a focus on sustainability issues. She has written for publications including ELLE, Dutch newspapers Het Financieele Dagblad and Het Parool and Lampoon Magazine, and in 2024–25 she wrote the regular column ‘Goed Gekleed’ in Trouw.
The Lycra Company appoints Alistair Williamson as VP of product sustainability
Fibre producer The Lycra Company has appointed Alistair Williamson as vice president of product sustainability, according to a company press release. In this role, he will oversee initiatives that reduce the environmental impact of products, innovations and the company's operations. Williamson has 40 years of experience in the textile fibre and...
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Producer-led projects: A gap in the sustainability market?
At the root of the sustainability crisis in fashion lies a clouded relationship between brand and supplier, which is a direct consequence of outsourcing production to low-wage countries. In recent decades, the supply chain has become so fragmented that oversight regarding who makes what—and exactly how—has been lost. Now, the industry wants to...
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‘Loi Violland’, France's anti-fast fashion law: Brussels hits the brakes again
France's ambitious ‘anti-fast-fashion law’ (Loi Violland) is in limbo. Although the French Senate approved the law in 2025, the European Commission (EC), which had already raised objections last September, vetoed it again in April. Brussels argues that the law disrupts the principles of the European single market and is discriminatory, as stated...
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Denim expert Piero Turk: ‘Nobody needs so many types of denim fabric’
Each season at the Amsterdam denim trade show Kingpins, thousands of new denim qualities are available to study, arranged in endless rows of jeans and swatches. Manufacturers effortlessly present 50 new developments. “It is actually nonsense,” Italian Piero Turk tells FashionUnited over the phone. He is speaking from his home and workplace in...
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How Kuyichi made denim sustainable in 25 years: “We were organic, but with a huge footprint”
Denim brand Kuyichi was founded in 2001 by Solidaridad, Triodos Bank, Stichting Stimulans and Oro Blanco, a collective of Peruvian cotton farmers that no longer exists. They had a clear goal: to make organic and fair-trade cotton the norm. The brand grew to become a pioneer in sustainable denim but ran into trouble in 2015 due to high overhead...
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Kingpins: networking under a blue-grey cloud
The fashion industry is facing challenges. Geopolitical tensions are creating obstacles that initially affect suppliers and ultimately impact brands. This situation also applies to the denim sector. Designers, business developers, R&D experts and even salespeople, who are expected to maintain a positive outlook, confirm this. Nevertheless, the...
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Fashion for Good launches FAE project to bridge textile recycling gap
Sustainability platform Fashion for Good is launching a new project, FAE (Feedstock Activation Europe), to address the missing link in textile recycling: sorting and pre-processing infrastructure. The organisation announced the news in a press release. The initiative, supported by major players such as Adidas, Bestseller and Inditex, aims to...
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Textile recycler Spinnova resumes trial runs at Finnish factory
Finnish textile technology company Spinnova has started test runs at its Woodspin demonstration factory in Jyväskylä, the company announced in a press release. The aim of these trials is to validate its recycling technique, which converts plant-based material into textile fibres, on a larger scale to increase production efficiency and fibre...
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Study: design choices can significantly reduce fibre shedding from jeans during washing
The way jeans are processed in the factory largely determines their environmental impact when washed by the consumer. New research, shared by The Microfibre Consortium (TMC) on LinkedIn, shows that combining mercerised yarn (treated cotton) with specific washes can reduce fibre shedding by 77 to 93 percent per wash cycle. The processes for two...
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Reju secures 135 million euro funding for textile regeneration hub in the Netherlands
French company Reju has been awarded a 135 million euro (156.6 million dollars) subsidy from the Dutch government to advance its plans for a recycling centre in Limburg. The company, which is owned by the French tech firm Technip Energies, announced the development in a press release. The funds originate from the National Investment Scheme for...
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