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Podcast: The impact of COVID-19 on the garment

How does the corona crisis factory workers in the fashion industry? And what are the long-term prospects for a sustainable fashion industry? In the podcast fashion industry are called upon to take responsibility. Speaking includes Ayesha Barenblat, founder Remake - a storytelling platform that is committed to building a conscious consumer...

20 Apr 2020

Fashion |LONGFORM Featured

Future of Fashion: Production - sustainable, high-tech and on-demand

The process of producing clothing in the fashion industry is for the most part hidden away from the public eye. While it is easy to see the leaps and bounds that are taking place every day in the retail industry for example, which we can experience with a few taps of our phone or a quick trip to the store, production is usually done far away...

3 Oct 2019

Fashion Featured

Saitex revamps impact of denim with U.S.-based production

Responsible for the production of denim lines for 18 brands including Everlane, G-Star Raw, Polo Ralph Lauren and Target, Vietnam-based factory Saitex recently made headlines when J.Crew and Madewell announced its introduction of fair trade lines produced through the facility. The “world’s cleanest denim factory,” as Everlane describes Saitex on...

18 Feb 2019

Fashion

Quiz: Jeans & Pants, What's the difference?

Jeans are the quintessential clothing of the modern world. How much do you know about it? Test out your knowledge on the legendary garment with this quiz. Sources: Encyclopedia.com, History Of Jeans Website, Wikipedia Photo Credit: Bruno Mascimento, Deak Adorjan, Thor Alvis

23 Oct 2018

Fashion

Louis Vuitton to open new factories in France to meet demand for leather goods

London - Luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton is set to open at least two new leather workshops in France in order to keep up with the growing demand for its goods and cut down on production time. The French fashion house aims to hire 500 new people for its new production sites in western France. The first of the new factories is set to open this...

28 Mar 2018

Fashion |INTERACTIVE TIMELINE Featured

The industry is coming home - how after 3 centuries shoe production has come full circle

The shoe industry has reinvented itself over the last 3 centuries. The production process of shoe making started with tailor-made pairs, with shoemakers producing shoes by hand until the early 19th century. Almost a century later, the production process had become less customised and almost completely automated. In the 20th century, the...

29 Mar 2017

BusinessFeatured

Uniqlo's Factory Worker Empowerment Project yields first results

Washing our hands with soap, cleaning fruits and vegetables before consumption and making sure water is clean and fit to drink are habits that have become second nature to us. We even teach our children these basics from a young age onward to make sure they remain healthy and happy. But what if this knowledge is missing due to a lack of basic...

15 Jun 2016

Fashion

Vietnam garment workers go on mass strike

London - More than 17,000 workers in Vietnam have gone on strike at a garment and footwear factory that counts adidas and Nike as clients, over new company policies that cut down their salaries for missing work. The factory, owned by Taiwan-based garment maker Pou Chen Corp, recently impose new penalties that deduct worker salaries and bonuses...

26 Feb 2016

Fashion |OPINION Featured

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...

5 Jun 2015

Fashion Featured

Fashion problems? It will be fixed in production

The first lesson in retail is that what you see on the runway is not the same as what the buyer sees in the showroom, which may also differ from what is delivered to retailers six months later. Catwalk collections are a series of looks that best portray the image of the brand for the season. A commercial collection is then created as an...

26 Mar 2015

Fashion

Bargain hunting weighs on consumer conscience

One doesn’t have to hunt high and low on any high street or the internet to find them: T-shirts for three, four or maybe five euros. But many consumers do not snap up bargains as readily as before. Reports about often inhumane working conditions in Asia’s apparel factories have shakenquite a few consumers. Almost nine out of ten consumers said...

22 Aug 2014