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GreenWalk Awards: Wheat dress propels its creator to Saint Martins

The future of sustainable fashion looks promising, driven by groundbreaking ideas and a growing environmental consciousness, as embodied by the GreenWalk Awards. The event celebrated its third edition in Madrid earlier this month and awarded designer Alejandro Merino a scholarship to attend a course at the prestigious UK institution Central...

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The future of fashion: is less more?

A confession. My original research question was, “What if the fashion industry simply made less clothes?” (Over)production, reducing speed and seasons could be the answer to almost everything?!, was my thought process. As in: for sustainability in the clothing sector and more broadly: in the pursuit of a circular economy (see text frame below)....

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Goodwill and Reju to collaborate with WM on multi-year textile recycling initiative

A new collaboration aims to develop a model for regional textile collection, sortation, reuse and recycling that intends to divert non-wearable textile materials from the waste stream across the North American continent. Non-profit organisation Goodwill and materials regeneration company Reju have partnered with WM, an environmental solutions...

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Kering and Center for Sustainable Fashion present new governance programme for luxury sector

The Centre for Sustainable Fashion at London College of Fashion, University of Arts London (UAL) today announced the launch of a new programme together with global luxury group Kering. “Governance for Tomorrow” marks the tenth anniversary of the organisation’s partnership and addresses governance in the luxury fashion sector. The three-year...

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Italian luxury brand Slowear joins Italy's B Corp ranks

The luxury fashion industry's gradual embrace of sustainable business practices has gained momentum with Slowear's B Corp certification, marking a notable shift in how premium apparel brands approach environmental and social governance. The Italian company's four-year journey to certification crystallizes a fundamental tension in contemporary...

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India's green fashion lovers switch to secondhand

India's enormous garment sector churns out billions of dollars' worth of new clothes each year, but some local fashion lovers are switching to secondhand to assuage worries about the industry's environmental impact. It is a tiny drop in a massive ocean, but hipster shoppers in the capital New Delhi say their example is slowly shifting the...

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LCF’s Centre for Sustainable Fashion wins KE award

The UK-based international knowledge exchange association PraxisAuril has announced the winners of its annual KE awards, which this year included the London College of Fashion (LCF) at the University of the Arts London (UAL). The Centre for Sustainable Fashion at LCF, UAL has been awarded the KE award for Sustainability Collaboration of the...

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How TENCEL™ is leveraging collaborative innovation for a more responsible textile industry future

As consumers, manufacturers, and retailers become increasingly aware of the importance of adopting circular practices, we have witnessed considerable growth in the development of sustainable textile innovations and solutions within the fashion industry. In recent years, the industry has seen new advancements across the supply chain, from...

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Bio-Derived LYCRA® EcoMade Fiber Samples Make Global Debut at Kingpins Amsterdam

The LYCRA Company, a global leader in developing innovative and sustainable fiber and technology solutions for the apparel industry, announced today that the first garment and fabric samples made with seed quantities of bio-derived LYCRA® EcoMade fiber will be exhibited at Kingpins Amsterdam, October 23 to 24. This highly anticipated fiber is...

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The LYCRA Company Sponsors Bodywear Collective Zone at Performance Days, Launches New LYCRA® Fiber for Improved Dyeability

The LYCRA Company, a global leader in developing innovative and sustainable fiber and technology solutions for the apparel and textile industry, is the headline sponsor of the new Bodywear Collective zone for next-to-skin garments at Performance Days, October 23-24 in Munich, Germany. Some of the world’s leading mills are providing fabrics for...

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‘A circular economy for the textile industry offers opportunities, but also needs action’

A recent report looks at the chances and challenges of a circular textile industry in the Netherlands, thus providing interesting input for other countries as well. The report titled ‘Towards a Dutch Circular Textile Industry’ was published by Invest-NL, an investment company that finances sustainable and innovative projects. While a circular...

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Visit to the sustainable Lyocell factory of fiber manufacturer Altri in Portugal

On the outskirts of Porto, in the Portuguese town of Vila Nova de Famalicão, the Centre for Nanotechnology and Engineering Materials (CENTI) and the Textile Technology Centre of Portugal (CITEVE) are located side by side. These centres work together to promote Portuguese textiles as a benchmark for a new sustainable and circular European textile...