The global luxury goods market, which was massively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, is expected to recover to the pre-pandemic level in 2022, reaching USD 1,096 billion at constant 2020 prices. Sustainability is an increased focus area particularly for luxury players to engage with consumers moving forward. The expansion of the circular...
15 Sep 2021
UK-based hosiery brand Hēdoïne has launched the world’s first biodegradable tights collections, which they also claim are ladder-resistant, in a quest to tackle throwaway fashion and make hosiery more sustainable. Hēdoïne will add new 30 denier sheer black tights as part of its first biodegradable collection, combining its signature...
7 Sep 2021
With nearly 20 percent of the world’s population and a fashion industry revenue expected to be 383 billion USD in 2021, or 44 percent of the global total, China offers incredible opportunities to those looking to invest in its rapidly growing markets. Not only are these markets growing quickly, but they are full of consumers that are evermore...
19 Aug 2021
Brands and retailers alike have embraced the resale market, from fast fashion labels launching their own platforms to luxury houses setting their goals toward a more conscious future. Their common point? Using resale initiatives to boost their sustainability credentials - H&M being the latest to do so with a marketplace launching 7 September in...
13 Aug 2021
In April 2021, the Council of Fashion Designers of America hosted a webinar series in recognition of Earth Month. Three leading experts in circularity and sustainability talked about practices and practical guidance for brands that are looking to begin their circularity journey. In the second part of the webinar series, three brand leaders...
13 Jul 2021
Continuing from April, there were sustainable efforts galore in May too. Now, even rivaling brands like Adidas and Allbirds shake hands when it comes to circular innovations that are best tackled together. Brands and retailers continue offering consumers more sustainable choices and it is heartening to see that young designers have more choices...
10 Jun 2021
How the rise of reuse and repair models will change the landscape of the Dutch clothing industry. Countries around the world are racing to make plans to curb climate breakdown by 2050—with some spotlighting the circular economy as a means to this end. Let’s imagine a scenario thirty years in the future where circularity, supported by government...
3 Jun 2021
At the recent ChangeNOW Summit, which took place virtually from 27th to 29th May, Antoine Arnault, responsible for image and environment at LVMH, presented the French luxury group’s commitment to supporting a circular economy. Its approach, known as “creative circularity”, is one of the four strategic pillars of the Group’s environmental...
31 May 2021
For H&M’s latest installment of its Innovation Stories capsule collections, the brand plays with pops of colors for spring. ‘Colour Story’ focuses on more sustainable methods of working with color by using new dyeing and printing processes and techniques that have less impact on the environment. Through biotechnology, plant-based pigments, and...
29 Mar 2021
For quite a few years, fast fashion brand H&M has been collecting discarded garments in its stores worldwide. However, questions arose as to what H&M was doing with all these garments (29,005 tons in 2019 alone) as it was not possible to turn all of them into new clothes. Mixed materials, like cotton and polyester blends, which is what many fast...
19 Feb 2021
Sustainable fashion is now front and center in customer’s minds and purchase behaviors, as well as business logistics and planning. It’s been a precipitous philosophical shift over the past 20 years, as the impact of the industry on the environment and the people it employs has become more visible to the public. Talk has turned to practice, as...
16 Feb 2021
The shift to a fully circular business model can be daunting to companies as sustainability encompasses so many different moving parts in a complex supply chain. Sustainability expert and founder of The Knew Purpose, Sydney Price recommends that companies adopt a circular economy model. “This model is quite literally a supply chain that operates...
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