Fashion brands are sourcing more recycled polyester, certified cotton and deforestation-free viscose than ever, but emissions from the industry’s raw material supply chain have bounced …
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Uniqlo’s $20 Shoulder Bag Tops Lyst Index of Fashion’s Hottest Products
Usually fashion’s It bags come from top luxury brands like Dior, Prada or Gucci — but not this season. Uniqlo’s sell-out $20 shoulder bag was …
Fashion’s Future at Auction Houses
As a former style editor at Vogue and the New York Times’ T magazine, Edward Barsamian has long been acquainted with auction houses like Christie’s, …
Protecting Fashion’s DEI Efforts During Market Disruption
In recent years, a pandemic, cost of living crisis and on-going economic instability are just some of the global forces that have shaped and reshaped …
Aurora James Is FASHION’s April 2023 Cover Star
Dress, $830, Theophilio. Shoes, $525, Brother Vellies. Earrings, price upon request, Oma the Label. Bracelets, $620 each, Third Crown. Ring (right), price upon request, and …
Paradise Now: The Extraordinary Life of Karl Lagerfeld by William Middleton review – planet fashion’s caped crusader | Biography books
Costume historians will doubtless look back on the day Karl Lagerfeld died in February 2019, leaving in his will lavish instructions for the ongoing care …
The Companies Behind Fashion’s Biggest Fragrances
The fragrance business is booming. In the US, the category is still growing steadily, following its pandemic-era jump. Already in 2023, sales are up 19 …
Inside the Battle to Run Fashion’s E-Commerce
When Glossier laid off more than 80 employees last year, mostly from its technology team, the shakeup wasn’t just about flagging sales. The brand that …
Cheap, cool and kind to nature: how secondhand became UK fashion’s main attraction | Fashion
If clothes swaps have traditionally been about bobbly jumpers and past-it denim, the format was certainly elevated last week. The Absolut Swap Shop opened in …
Fashion’s Microplastics Problem Is a Design Challenge
Every year, more than half a million metric tons of tiny plastic fibres leach from our clothes into the environment. They shed mostly in the …
Penelope Cruz, Dua Lipa, and more to co-chair fashion’s most exclusive event
The official co-chairs for the 2023 Met Gala have been announced! The most anticipated fashion event will take place on the first Monday in May, …
A Free, Open Access Traceability Tool for Fashion’s Global Supply Chain
More than 50 percent of fashion decision-makers say traceability will be a top-five enabler to reduce emissions in their supply chains, according to BoF and …
Three Gatherings That Will Set Fashion’s 2023 Agenda
If you’re someone important in fashion, there’s a good chance you’re in one of three places this week: Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum, …
The Year Ahead: How to Prepare for Fashion’s Greenwashing Crackdown
The European Commission is homing in on the word “green.” When its policymakers in the spring of 2022 laid out a plan to make textiles …
Is eBay’s Love Island Recoupling a Sign of Fashion’s ‘Vibe Shift’?
When the news broke last summer that resale site eBay would be Love Island’s official fashion partner, it was an eye-catching, if odd coupling. The …
The Best of BoF: Fashion’s Sustainability Reckoning
Fashion has been talking about sustainability for years, but with the urgency of the climate crisis increasingly visible and workers continuing to bear the brunt …
Capturing Fashion’s Growth Potential in the Middle East
When scanning the globe to identify growth opportunities in the year ahead, most fashion executives responding to the BoF-McKinsey State of Fashion 2023 Survey cited …
Can Technology Fill In Fashion’s Missing Data on Emissions?
The latest app feature from Klarna, the Swedish bank and major “buy now, pay later” lender, claims to offer information that much of the fashion …
The BoF Podcast: Fashion’s Role in Solving Plastic Pollution
To subscribe to the BoF Podcast, please follow this link. OXFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom — The global plastic waste problem has made headlines in the last …
Op-Ed | Fashion’s Business Model Isn’t Fit for Climate Change
Who, exactly, is responsible for the “loss and damage” caused by climate change? At this year’s UN climate summit, the divide between the Global North …