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Pakistan could be a global leader in organic cotton production

Leading agricultural scientists, academics, and policymakers in Pakistan are confident of the country's potential to become a global leader in organic cotton production. This consensus emerged during the second annual Organic Cotton Pakistan conference, organized by SAWIE, a platform facilitating agricultural monitoring in Pakistan. The...

Fashion

Jane Lushka Organic Fabrics: Eco-friendly textiles are changing the fashion industry for good!

JANE LUSHKA is driven by the mission to create luxury easy-to-wear clothing and to influence positive change in the fashion industry. We aim to create well-made everyday clothes that our customers can use and love for a long time. Therefore we invest in fabrics and materials that will last and achieve a certain level of quality and...

Business

Menswear brand Jack & Jones to prioritise organic cotton

Bestseller’s biggest menswear brand Jack & Jones is committing to securing more traceable organic cotton as it increases its direct-to-farm cotton usage. For 2023, Jack & Jones will increase its direct-to-farm cotton “significantly” to represent 25 percent of its expected total amount of cotton for the coming year. The cotton will be used for...

Business

Jack & Jones first brand to use in-conversion cotton from Pakistan

The Milliner Cotton Organic project between supplier Artistic Milliners, more than 2,000 farmers and brands and retailers, secures farm-to-fashion traceability and works in a direct-to-farm approach that focuses on more than securing the supply of cotton: through farmer trainings and improved livelihoods, the approach benefits the entire...

Fashion

Clean jeans brand HNST launches sustainable heavy-weight t-shirt

Clean jeans brand HNST is entering the market with a new heavy-weight t-shirt. The HNST-tee consists of 80% recycled cotton and 20% organic cotton. In this way, the new Antwerp jeans brand wants to counterbalance the polluting fashion industry with other types of clothing as well. Sustainable t-shirt According to the UN, the fashion industry is...

RetailFeatured

Nuhü division unveils unique plastic-free Manhattan pop-up store

A novel pop-up retail concept has arrived in New York’s Soho care of sustainable luxury loungewear brand nuhü division. The brand worked with two Spanish innovators, eco-design firm Cartonlab, and award-winning design agency Studio Animal, to create a store using zero plastics, its walls and mannequins constructed from 100 percent recycled...

Fashion

Alpha Industries ORGANICS Collection

The styles from the Alpha Industries ORGANICS collection are made of 100% organic cotton. And what does that mean? Normal cotton fibers are one of the most important raw materials for textiles of various kinds. As natural fibers, they are actually even more sustainable than synthetic fibers, because cotton is a constantly renewable raw material...

Retail

Marks & Spencer launches most sustainable back to school range to date

Marks & Spencer has launched its new back to school collection which it says is its most sustainable one to date following mounting consumer demand for more conscious options. The retailer has switched to organic cotton across all knitwear, jersey, and sweats in its new school uniforms, and is also introducing sustainably sourced viscose,...

Fashion

Esprit - Organic Cotton

Sustainable Spring Essentials Made from Organic Cotton What are we looking forward to? Finally replacing the thick winter wardrobe with fresh spring styles, especially, if they are sustainable on top of that! The production of Esprit’s collection increasingly uses products with sustainable materials, such as organic cotton, which is grown...

Fashion Featured

From farm to closet: How some brands are embracing regenerative production

When luxury companies began buying factories to keep artisan skills alive, it was a passive move into sustainability. It was also a way to stifle competition, where brands have priority ownership over their supply chains. Safeguarding craftsmanship From a craftsmanship point of view, hand-made products hold their own unique value, and remain...

BusinessFeatured

Soorty launches organic cotton initiative

Pakistan’s largest vertically integrated denim company, Soorty has launched an organic cotton initiative in partnership with WWF Pakistan and the Department of Agriculture Extension, Balochistan, along with support and input from the Laudes Foundation. The Soorty Organic Cotton Initiative (SOCI) aims to create an “organic cotton revolution”...

Fashion

Organic cotton – the question of authenticity

As the fashion industry continues its shift towards a more sustainable footing, organic cotton is becoming an increasingly popular fibre choice. Organic cotton has a plethora of benefits; it’s grown from non-GMO seeds, it eliminates the use of toxic and persistent chemical pesticides and fertilisers, and it uses natural farming practices that...