Graduate Fashion Week 2022 returned to London in June to place a spotlight on emerging fashion talent from across the country, and YKK was there to celebrate the very best graduates with a modern directional approach to accessories, from shoes, bags and belts to millinery and jewellery. The YKK Accessories Award always attracts strong and...
12 Aug 2022
Sustainable and responsibly produced products are in demand by the fashion industry. Zipper and fasteners manufacturer YKK has been focusing on lowering its environmental impact since 1994, when it introduced Natulon, the first ever zipper made from recycled PET bottles and polyester remnants. As part of its long-term sustainability roadmap, YKK...
26 Jul 2022
Ahead of the 2022 Graduate Fashion Week, YKK shares the alumni experience of two of its standout winners of the YKK Accessories Award in recent years, Ella Hall from the University of Brighton and the University of Northampton’s Natasha Finlay. The YKK Accessories Award always delivers strong talent, and in 2020, Hall impressed judges with her...
22 Jun 2022
Zipper manufacturer YKK is presenting the Dazzle Collective, a group of creators from around the world who follow a zero-waste ethos to change the understanding of fashion for London Craft Week. With makers from more than 15 different nationalities, the Dazzle Collective will demonstrate how performance, fashion and technology can create a space...
9 May 2022
Graduate Fashion Foundation (GFF) has confirmed it is continuing its partnership with YKK for this year’s Graduate Fashion Week (GFW), taking place in London from June 20 to 24. For the eighth year running, YKK will sponsor the Graduate Fashion Foundation Accessories Award, which celebrates graduate talent across millinery, shoes, bags, belts...
6 Apr 2022
The YKK showroom in London, which has become a go-to resource for emerging designers and brands, highlights the innovative work of material designer Riina Õun in its latest window display. Õun, a multi-disciplinary designer and researcher, who focuses on bio-design, materials research, and development within the circular economy, has transformed...
1 Mar 2022
YKK understands Circular Fashion as a regenerative system where garments are circulated for as long as their maximum value is retained and then be returned safely to the biosphere. As a small part of the supply chain, we firmly believe that circularity is the key to building sustainability. This is our motivation when we design the highest...
7 Feb 2022
A combination of sustainability and creativity is now the pillar for development in fashion, and YKK, working closely with designers and brands for many years, recognises this very well. YKK first released an Environmental Charter in 1994 pursuing “harmony with the environment” as the highest priority of its business activities. That same year,...
15 Sept 2021
YKK Corporation’s emissions reduction targets have been approved by the independent Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) as being consistent with levels required to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement – limiting global warming to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C. The certification is...
6 Sept 2021
As talks around the circular economy are gradually taking center stage, circularity in fashion has become one of the hottest topics in the industry. A number of brands are engaging with projects to develop products that are compatible with a circular future. The first step in this journey is to increase the use of recycled materials extending...
25 Aug 2021
Graduate Fashion Week has been the hub for the next generation of fashion talent for 30 years and this year’s Accessories Award supported by YKK was won by Natasha Finlay from the University of Northampton. YKK has been supporting GFW for more than five years, and the coveted YKK Accessories Award rewards and celebrates the hard work and...
8 Jul 2021
Leading zipper and fastening products manufacturer YKK has launched a digital showroom to engage virtually with its customers around the world on the latest trends, products and innovations. The easy-to-navigate online showroom has been modelled to look like YKK’s brick-and-mortar showroom in London and features six floors which are represented...
21 May 2021
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