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Asket launches new standard, marking the end of "Made In" labels

London - As more retailers and brands become more transparent, the conventional "Made In"labeling system is no longer sufficient for consumers eager to know exactly where their clothing was made. Encouraged by global initiatives such as Fashion Revolution, slow-fashion brand Asket is launching a new standard, which discloses each step of their...

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To buy or not to buy: the lure of cheap clothes

Unless they have lived under a rock for the last few years, most people would have heard something about the production of clothes and the sometimes less than ideal conditions under which they are made: in factories with safety issues where workers slave long hours for a pittance. Though this may be the worst scenario and there is a whole range...

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Made in Europe: banking on quality and craftsmanship

In our recent series on local garment production in six European countries - Spain, the UK, The Netherlands, Germany, Italy and France – FashionUnited shed light on the production possibilities within our own backyard. We posed the question if the fashion sector still has the knowledge and technological possibilities for local production and if...

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Made in France: myth or reality

Tomatoes that seem to be identical to one another have lost their eternal appeal to the public, who now search for tasty tomatoes grown closer to home, even if they are more expensive. Children need to learn once more that milk comes from cows and not from supermarkets. The veggie and health food trend has become tantamount to local production....

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Made in Italy: luxury shoes are stepping up the pace

Tomatoes that seem to be identical to one another have lost their eternal appeal to the public, who now search for tasty tomatoes grown closer to home, even if they are more expensive. Children need to learn once more that milk comes from cows and not from supermarkets. The veggie and health food trend has become tantamount to local production....

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Made in Germany: for environment, jobs and health

Tomatoes that appear to be identical to one another have lost their eternal appeal to the public, who now search for tasty tomatoes grown closer to home, even if they are more expensive. Children need to learn once more that milk comes from cows and not from supermarkets. The veggie and health food trend has become tantamount to local...

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Made in Holland: Luxury Jeans

Being able to trust the manufacturing process and origins of a product is important to Dutch consumers. After being plagued by a series of food scandals, such as horse meat being passed off premium beef, mozzarella sold whose contents is less than half real cheese and frozen prawns that consist of 50 percent water, consumers are turning to local...

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Made in the UK: Ensuring the survival of the British leather

Being able to trust the manufacturing process and origins of a product is important to British consumers. After being plagued by a series of food scandals, such as horse meat being passed off premium beef, mozzarella sold whose contents is less than half real cheese and frozen prawns that consist of 50 percent water, consumers are turning to...

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Made in Spain: Developing slowly, but surely

Tomatoes which appear to be identical to one another have lost their eternal appeal to the public, who now search for tasty tomatoes grown closer to home, even if they are more expensive. Children need to learn once more that milk comes from cows and not from supermarkets. The veggie and health food trend has become tantamount to local...

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