Last year, ultra-fast-fashion giant Shein generated more planet-warming emissions than any of fashion’s largest public companies for the first time. The company’s carbon footprint of …
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Shein: Fashion’s Biggest Polluter in Four Charts
Last year, ultra-fast-fashion giant Shein generated more planet-warming emissions than any of fashion’s largest public companies for the first time. The company’s carbon footprint of …
H&M’s Big Bet on Fashion’s Elusive Middle
It’s become a truism in fashion that the middle-market brand — somewhere between Shein at the low end and Hermes at the top — is …
Beware Fashion’s Sustainability Retreat | BoF
The split screen is unsettling. On the one hand, the dangerous effects of climate change are more visible than ever, with months of record-breaking temperatures …
Fashion’s Sustainability Reality Check | BoF
It started as a slow fade. Brands that once exuberantly trumpeted new “sustainable” collections or initiatives turned down the volume on the topic, or hit …
This Week: Checking in on Fashion’s Unexpected Dealmakers
VF Corp. shocked the streetwear world when it announced last month that it would sell Supreme to eyewear giant EssilorLuxottica for $1.5 billion. It was …
Fashion’s Sports Obsession Is No Accident
What’s the dollar value of being a premium sponsor of the Olympics? LVMH deemed the answer to be €150 million ($163 million), according to Reuters, …
Inside Fashion’s Biggest Olympics Ever
In 2024, the Olympics are in fashion. Brands across the industry, from the highest echelons of luxury (LVMH is the event’s premium partner) to mass-market …
Fashion’s AI Dilemma Is Getting Worse
Baggu and Collina Strada are the most recent targets of ire among young consumers who say generative AI is unethical, and they won’t be the …
At Oeko-Tex, Unpacking Fashion’s Future of Sustainability
No longer a nice-to-have, sustainability standards will soon be enforced business requirements as global political bodies move to implement regulations to combat the environmental impact …
Fashion’s Confounding Climate Math, Explained
Imagine you are the chief supply chain officer at a multi-billion-dollar fashion brand. Your company has set ambitious targets to reduce its planet-warming emissions. That’s …
Fashion’s Most (and Least) In-Demand Skills
Rima Makhoul, a recent graduate from New York University, has an eclectic résumé. An aspiring luxury brand strategist, she wants employers to know that, yes, …
Why Fashion’s Curation Problem Is so Hard to Solve
Anabel Maldonado knows what she likes. A certain e-commerce site she shops at regularly, however, does not. “I feel like I should just never see …
Op-Ed | Fashion’s Fur Debate Has Never Been a Clean Fight
Last week, designer Marc Jacobs made plain a position he said he’s held since 2018: his brand doesn’t work with, use or sell fur, and …
Indie Brands Are Making This Fashion’s Biggest Olympics Ever
For the past three years, French designer Stéphane Ashpool has been working on a design project for an unusual client. The Paris-born creative, known for …
Fashion’s Stalled Self-Checkout Revolution | BoF
NEW YORK — On a recent Thursday afternoon at Zara’s SoHo store, dozens of tourists and urban professionals shuffled along a checkout line that snaked …
Fashion’s Golden Opportunity With Older Shoppers
In June 2021, a 55-year-old shopper, headed to Europe for her first post-pandemic trip, walked out the doors of J.McLaughlin’s Naples, Florida store with a …
Miu Miu Does Denim and Jimmy Choo Fashions Crystal Slippers
Plus Balenciaga launches a moody new music collab and the Flannery sisters take on fine jewelry Words by ELIZABETH VARNELL Good JeansDenim sourced from …
Modern Synthesis’ Jean Keane Talks Fashions’ Green Transition
We hear from Jen Keane, co-founder and CEO of Modern Synthesis, to discuss their partnership with GANNI and the power of innovation in transitioning the …
What Will It Take to Tackle Fashion’s Climate Financing Gap?
It will cost the fashion industry an estimated $1 trillion to make the shift away from polluting practices to greener ones required to meet goals …