Articles by Anna Roos van Wijngaarden
Fashion professionals puzzle at the Global Fashion Summit: How do we unlock the next level of sustainability?
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What was Global Fashion Agenda's (GFA) intention with the theme of the 15th Global Fashion Summit (GFS), ‘Unlocking the Next Level’? The promise was a balanced, evidence-based overview of successful and less successful experiments for a more sustainable fashion sector to learn from for the crucial years ahead. But as often happens with ‘...
How does the fashion industry justify 15 years of Global Fashion Summit?
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"We can't go on talking about this topic for another 15 years," was undoubtedly the most frequently uttered phrase at the latest edition of the Global Fashion Summit (GFS). Yet that is mainly what the sustainable fashion gathering is: a place for fashion professionals from the top of the industry to engage in the conversation about...
Sustainable fashion materials in 2050: a business challenge based on trust
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Fashion for Good opened its doors last week to a selection of innovators to present their materials to over 150 visitors. Collectively, they are set to drastically make the textile and fashion industry more sustainable - with equivalent qualities, at a competitive price, and at scale. It was an occasion that had to happen at some point from the...
Denim Deal successfully concludes: 'Appetite' for international expansion
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The goal of the Dutch Denim Deal was to increase the share of post-consumer recycled cotton (PCR) in denim, especially in jeans. After three years of collaboration, the project concluded successfully in a closing event in Amsterdam. The achievements, challenges, and next steps were explained by the six-member steering committee of the Deal. The...
Best of Bangladesh (BoB) tells positive stories of textile production, but not without controversy
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The first edition of Best of Bangladesh (BoB) came to fruition this month. On September 4-5, the Gashouder Westergas in Amsterdam flooded with professionals from different sectors to celebrate five decades of trade between Europe and Bangladesh. The event, organized by the Bangladesh Apparel Exchange (BAE), looked to revolutionize the image of...
How 10 million euro EU project Cisutac aims to remove barriers to a circular textile industry
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A new consortium, Cisutac, wants to remove the barriers that European fashion brands and textile suppliers face on their journey to become circular. Co-funded by the European Union (EU) and supported by 27 partners, the project aims to increase reuse, repair, and recycling capacities for discarded clothes with affordable tools. “The European...
Sustainable textile innovations: Shrimp fabric is diverse, sustainable and has already been spotted on the catwalk
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A shrimp pack, bag or sneaker on the shelves is not unrealistic, researchers from TômTex have discovered. They are one step further in the development of their sustainable fabric and are able to manipulate the leather-like material very accurately. It has even appeared on the catwalk. Engineer Nicole Sved gives FashionUnited her perspective from...
How could fibre recycling become mainstream? In conversation with Lenzing’s veteran Michael Kininmonth
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Fibre recycling technologies don’t grow overnight, but the fashion industry needs them as soon as possible to meet the ambitious climate goals of 2030. For the Lenzing Group, one of the oldest companies in regenerated cellulose fibres, ‘Refibra’ is the focal recycling innovation. The fibre blend consists of cellulose pulp made from wood and...