The latest news and innovations around sustainability in fashion

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Gabriela Hearst launches its first sustainably made sneaker

Luxury fashion brand Gabriela Hearst has launched its first sustainably crafted sneaker, featuring materials that have a lower impact on the environment. The Ohio, which debuted on the catwalk during Gabriela Hearst’s spring/summer 2025 show, has been designed to reflect the brand’s foundations in quality and craftsmanship while lowering its...

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For a circular economy and fashion industry, behavioural change is key

Research shows that if 25 percent of consumers change their behaviour, it can be enough to establish a new norm. This could also apply to fashion. The message from Mirella Soyer, professor of behaviour for circular transitions at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, is clear: to achieve a circular economy, we need behavioural change. The...

1 Apr 2025

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New UK legislation puts fashion’s green claims under scrutiny

As of April 6th, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has been granted significantly enhanced enforcement powers under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC) Act. This sweeping legislation represents a crucial shift in consumer protection, equipping the CMA with the ability to impose direct and severe penalties on...

1 Apr 2025

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Taipei Fashion Week: Driving sustainability through textile innovation and cross-sector collaboration

Taiwan’s textile manufacturing industry has long been prevalent. The sector is the second largest in the country, only surpassed by technology, yet the combination of the two makes Taiwan an attractive destination for global brands seeking specialised materials and technical textiles. It was therefore apt that for this season of Taipei Fashion...

31 Mar 2025

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The myth of circular fashion economics: A 450 billion dollar miscalculation?

New academic research challenges industry's circularity narrative and exposes fundamental economic flaws. Fashion's circular economy model — long championed as the solution that would simultaneously tackle textile waste, reduce carbon emissions and maintain economic growth — may be built on fundamentally flawed economic assumptions, according to...

31 Mar 2025

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A textile recycling podcast targets fashion's circular economy ambitions

Global Fashion Agenda has unveiled a new podcast series examining the technical and systemic challenges preventing widespread adoption of textile recycling in the fashion industry, at a time when regulatory pressure is intensifying across global markets. The Upstream Circularity Podcast, released to coincide with International Day of Zero Waste,...

31 Mar 2025

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The Good Cashmere Conference focuses on animal and environmental protection, transparency and innovation

For two days, experts from the global cashmere and textile industry, representatives of international non-governmental organisations and scientists met in Hamburg, Germany at the invitation of the Aid by Trade Foundation for this year's The Good Cashmere Conference 2025. Representatives from Textile Exchange, Four Paws, Zadig&Voltaire, Marc...

27 Mar 2025

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Kubix Link and TextileGenesis: Lectra’s Solution for Managing the Digital Product Passport in Europe

Are You Ready for the Digital Product Passport? The European fashion industry is facing a period of regulatory evolution with the ongoing development of the Digital Product Passport (DPP), a key initiative under the EU’s Green Deal and Circular Economy Action Plan. While the final framework is still taking shape, one thing remains certain:...

27 Mar 2025

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YKK® Publishes its Third Edition of the Sustainability Journal, Showcasing Global Innovations in Environmental Responsibility

YKK®, a global leader in fastening solutions, proudly announces the publication of Sustainability Journal Volume 3, the latest edition of its annual report detailing its worldwide efforts in sustainability. With key initiatives spanning Europe, North America, and Asia, this edition highlights YKK’s latest advancements in circular design, carbon...

26 Mar 2025

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Lululemon invests in scaling bio-based nylon with ZymoChem

Canadian athletic apparel company Lululemon has entered into a multi-year collaboration with California-based biotechnology firm ZymoChem to expand its use of sustainable bio-based nylon in its products. Lululemon said it would work with ZymoChem to sustainably transform a key building block of nylon 6,6, a foundational material used in many of...

26 Mar 2025

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Puma and Re&Up to collaborate on scaling circularity

Sports company Puma has announced a multi-year partnership with circulartech company Re&Up Recycling Technologies to scale a fully circular textile solution, where it transforms textile waste into RE&UP’s next-gen recycled cotton fibres and recycled polyester chips. In a statement, Puma said the move was aligned with its Vision 2030...

26 Mar 2025

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EU Environment Agency: Europeans are buying more clothes than ever before

People in the European Union are consuming more clothing, shoes, and other textiles than ever before. This is what the European Environment Agency (EEA) says in a new report, which it plans to officially present on Wednesday. According to the report, in the most recent comparison year, 2022, EU citizens bought an estimated average of 19...

25 Mar 2025