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Danish Fashion Institute launches new platform with ECAP

The Danish Fashion Institutes and its partner ECAP, have launched a new platform aimed at helping designers, product developers and technologists design better, more sustainable products. Named ‘Design for Longevity’, the DfL platform is a new online tool created to help designers make longer-lasting better products. It features best practice...

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Danish fashion industry to launch debut health check for models

London - The Danish fashion industry is set to launch the world's first health check for models. The private sector-financed pilot, set to launched later this year, aims to test all 16 year old models to ensure they are both mentally and physically healthy and fit to work. Together with 8 leading model agencies, including Elite Model Management,...

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Danish Fashion Institute joins international coalition 'Stop the Microfiber!'

"Plastic is shit," stated Cyrill Gutsch, founder of Parley for the Oceans during breakout session 'Will Technology save Fashion?' at Copenhagen Fashion Summit. "The oceans are dying on our watch...You can blame everyone you want, but we need to change the material in the long run." By 2025, there will be 1 ton of plastic for every 3 tons of fish...