Cotton USA news and archive

"It always comes down to price:" Liz Hershfield on the real barriers to US cotton

There are countless sustainability initiatives across the global fashion industry, but who is truly driving that transition? Are their efforts visible to the public or not? In this series, we interview changemakers, consultants, sustainability experts, and activists in fashion to see what we can learn from their work. In this edition of...

Fashion

Cotton USA to launch in India

Cotton Council International (CCI), the international division of the National Cotton Council of America, is all set to introduce its flagship brand Cotton USA to India. CCI's mission is to increase exports of US cotton, cottonseed and cotton manufactured in the US. Under its Cotton USA brand, it promotes US cotton fibre and manufactured cotton...

Design

Turkey overtakes China as top importer of US cotton

Turkey has overtaken China as the number one customer for raw cotton exported from the United States, as Chinese buyers have lowered their import of raw cotton for lower-taxed yarn. Since August, the start of the 2013/4 crop marketing season, Turkey has bought 83,400 bales of cotton from the US, which is double the amount of China. Overall in...

Fashion

Design duo awarded Cotton USA sponsorship

Emerging fashion design duo Levi Palmer and Matthew Harding are the latest recipients of the Cotton USA London Fashion Week sponsorship. The sponsorship scheme, which is entering its ninth year, recognises emerging talent in the fashion industry, and has previous supported Louise Gray, Richard Nicoll, Meadham Kirchhoff, and PPQ. As part of the...