A recent conference organised by Fashion Council Germany titled “The New European Bauhaus – Werkstatt der Zukunft” brought together international experts in the context of Frankfurt Fashion Week to redefine the future of the European fashion and textile industry. The conference was inspired by EC president Ursula von der Leyen‘s initiative “The...
8 Jul 2021
Amsterdam-based sustainable fashion initiative Fashion for Good has announced the first beneficiary of the Good Fashion Fund, which aims to drive sustainable manufacturing practices. Indian manufacturer Pratibha Syntex Limited, which supplies textiles and garments to fashion giants like C&A, H&M, Patagonia and Zara, has received the 4.5 million...
29 Jun 2021
Global sustainability initiative Fashion for Good reported the successful completion of its Viscose Traceability Pilot in time for World Rainforest Day on 22nd June 2021. The pilot is a consortium project with partners Bestseller and Kering and supported by Zalando to trace sustainable viscose in garments using innovator TextileGenesis’...
24 Jun 2021
Sustainable fashion initiative Fashion for Good has launched a project to accelerate the development of Polyhydroxyalkanoates or PHA polymer fibres, a biosynthetic alternative to fossil-based fibres. The production of virgin fossil-based polyester fibres contributes to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions. Biosynthetics made from renewable...
11 Jun 2021
Fashion for Good has announced the Sorting of Circularity project that aims to drive textile recycling through the use of technology. The initiative will carry out a comprehensive textile waste analysis using improved Near Infrared technology and will also map textile recyclers’ capabilities. The project then ultimately aims to lead to the...
20 May 2021
As announced at the beginning of the year, global sustainability initiative Fashion for Good has been looking for creatives for itstalent project Grow, a three-month program that will start in July 2021. Now, six young creatives have been selected and presented to the public: four fashion designers - Frederieke Broekgaarden, Charlotte Bakkenes,...
19 May 2021
AMSTERDAM - The growth of e-commerce in the fashion industry, already the largest e-commerce market segment, is accelerating, spurred on by the closure of brick-and-mortar stores due to the pandemic. As such, the demand for single-use packaging, and waste generation, is increasing. However, reusable options, which aim to transform packaging from...
22 Apr 2021
The Fashion for Good Museum in Amsterdam has launched a new year-long exhibition shining a spotlight on biomaterials. The Grow Expo showcases a selection of innovations, designers and brands that are reimaging the materials used in the notoriously polluting fashion industry, from fruit skin fabric and mushroom ‘leather’ to spider-silk and algae...
21 Apr 2021
The denim industry, as a part of the wider textile industry, which is one of the most polluting industries in the world, has come a long way since Levi Strauss developed its first pair of blue jeans for gold miners in the San Francisco area in 1873. Note that the first Levi’s blue jeans were reserved for men. Women had to wait until the next...
14 Apr 2021
Fashion for Good has started the talent project Grow, a three-month program that starts in July 2021, the organization reports in a press release. At the core of the program are innovative biomaterials, to depict the future of sustainable fashion. The pieces will be presented afterwards, in an exposition at the Fashion For Good museum in...
26 Jan 2021
Organic, bio-based, biosynthetic - the terms for so-called biomaterials vary so greatly that not only clothing brands and retailers get confused, but also many consumers. That is why the global sustainability initiative Fashion for Good, together with the platform for biomaterials and their manufacturers, Biofabricate, has published a handbook...
15 Dec 2020
Fashion for Good is joined in conversation with Indian fashion experts Naresh Tyagi - CSO, Aditya Birla Fashion Retail Limited (ABFRL), Arjun Bajwa and Vaishali Kulkarni - Co-founders, KB cols, Abhishek Bansal - Head of Sustainability, Arvind Mills and Amit Gautam - Founder, Textile Genesis. Together with the speakers, Fashion for Good and...
19 Oct 2020
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