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Mariette Hoitink: “Lichting has been the debutante ball for young fashion designers for twenty years”

Twenty years ago, Lichting began as a platform for the best graduate collections from Dutch fashion academies during Amsterdam Fashion Week. It has since grown into an important launchpad for a new generation of designers. Former participants have started their own labels or gone on to work for fashion houses such as Louis Vuitton, Dries Van...

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Cotton route, destination Uzbekistan: is China seeking a new gateway to supply Europe?

The news went relatively unnoticed. It deserves, however, to be examined closely. China and Uzbekistan want to strengthen their cooperation in the textile industry. The agenda includes raw material supply; technology transfer; blended fabric production; dyeing and finishing technologies; automation; and the creation of joint production...

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“Fewer adjectives, more evidence”: Hohenstein Americas MD on the future of clothing tags

Do terms like “performance,” “breathable,” “durable” and others on clothing tags actually mean anything? And how can consumers know from the label itself which claims are fake and which ones are based on scientifically proven facts? FashionUnited spoke with Ben Mead, managing director at Hohenstein Americas about ‘safe’ claims for brands, red...

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Joshua Samuels' answer to fashion waste: 'Wear them. Fix them. Cut them up'

In London, designer Joshua Samuels made a business out of not making anything new. For years, he and his team have been rescuing discarded textiles from being landfilled and transforming them into streetwear pieces that have found consumers all over the world. “Our pretty conservative estimate is that we’ve rescued around 18,000 garments from...