Inside the US Bill Pushing for Higher Factory Wages and Brand Liability
The California legislature voted to approve a bill yesterday that would increase garment workers’ wages and make brands liable for ensuring those wages. The bill will now go back to…
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H&M Canada Just Launched Rewear, a Resale Site for Shoppers
H&M Canada has launched Rewear, an online customer-to-customer (C2C) space where Canadians can buy and sell any piece of clothing from any brand. The new platform will “help to prolong the…
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Primark Goes Green, Vows to Cut Environmental Impact
Primark, one of Europe’s biggest fast fashion chains, has vowed to cut its environmental impact without increasing prices by using more recyclable materials, making clothing more durable, and improving wages…
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More Activewear Brands are Creating Innovation Labs to Pursue New Technologies
In the last three years, brands from Adidas to Pangaia to Allbirds have developed new materials that push the limits of activewear performance while looking for ways to make their clothing more sustainable. But while many…
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Customers Care More About Sustainability Post-Lockdowns. Now What?
As pandemic restrictions and lockdowns ease in some parts of the world, intent to buy sustainable fashion is increasing, but barriers such as price, availability and information still stand in…
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What Fashion Needs to Know About This Week’s UN Climate Report
Against a backdrop of deadly floods, wildfires and extreme heat waves that have made some parts of the world virtually uninhabitable, climate scientists issued a stark warning earlier this week: The planet…
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Will This Be the Season of “Climate Positive” Fashion?
New York Fashion Week begins in just over a month, and Vogue Runway’s already-full schedule suggests it’s going to be one of the busiest seasons… ever. Understandably so: It’s been…
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Allbirds Debuts First Activewear Line in Bid to Become Full Lifestyle Brand
Activewear is dominated by one material: polyester. The fabric is used in 55% of all clothing and its global production spews 700 million tons of carbon into the atmosphere every year.…
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Lululemon Invests in Sustainable Materials Company Genomatica
The fitness apparel giant announced Wednesday it will be using the company’s bio-based materials for future products. Genomatica makes plant-based nylon, which Lululuemon said will replace some conventional nylon it…
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Is Repair the Ticket to Circularity Too Few Are Paying Attention To?
When it comes to disrupting fashion’s waste cycle and shifting to more circular consumption methods, buying secondhand and renting have been heralded as the way forward. But what the industry’s…
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