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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 …
Fashion’s Age of Self-Regulation Is Over
The idea that businesses will willingly sacrifice profit to reduce pollution and improve labour conditions is a “convenient fantasy.” But beefing up government oversight is …
BoF VOICES 2022: Fashion’s Fresh Challenges and New Directions
OXFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom — In the second session of BoF VOICES 2022, speakers addressed a broad range of themes that are increasingly urgent for the …
The Debrief | Fashion’s Gen-Z Obsession
Subscribe to the BoF Podcast here. Background: Gen-Z, or those born between 1997 and 2010, accounts for 25 percent of the world’s population. With the …
What Are Fashion’s Climate Risks?
The policymakers and business leaders gathering for the UN’s annual climate summit over the last week have confronted a grim reality: The likelihood the world …
Fashion’s Shaky Climate Commitments | BoF
“We are in the fight of our lives,” said UN secretary general António Guterres at the opening of the world’s most important climate summit this …
Is Fashion’s NFT Dream Over Before It Started?
For fashion brands, one of the more alluring prospects of NFTs is how they could hypothetically let brands collect royalties — in perpetuity — on …
The BoF Podcast Episode 6: Fashion’s Discrimination Problem
At VOICES 2016 Tim Blanks chaired a discussion on diversity and inclusion between president of IMG Models Ivan Bart, mixed-race model Joan Smalls and transgender …
The BoF Podcast: Theory Founder Andrew Rosen on Fashion’s Past — and Future
To subscribe to the BoF Podcast, please follow this link. NEW YORK, United States — Theory founder Andrew Rosen didn’t think he would end up …
The BoF Podcast: June Sarpong Says Fashion’s Gatekeepers Need to Start Thinking Differently About Diversity
To subscribe to the BoF Podcast, please follow this link. LONDON, United Kingdom — In a BoF Live event, broadcast before the death of George …
Fashion’s COP27 Cheat Sheet | BoF
Every year, world leaders, industry executives and civil society representatives gather at the UN’s Conference of Parties (COP) for a frenzy of talks and negotiations …
The BoF Podcast: Caroline de Maigret Rips Up Fashion’s Rulebook
To subscribe to the BoF Podcast, please follow this link. LONDON, United Kingdom — Caroline de Maigret’s signature tousled hair, minimal makeup and French-girl cool …
Can Fashion’s Favourite Sustainability Standard Be Saved?
For the last decade the Sustainable Apparel Coalition has been one of fashion’s most powerful and influential sustainability-focused trade groups, with members including Patagonia, Nike …
How Virgil Abloh Is Lifting Up Fashion’s Next Generation of Creatives
To subscribe to the BoF Podcast, please follow this link. When Virgil Abloh first broke into fashion he remembers feeling like a tourist. The designer …
Devising a New Social Contract for Fashion’s Garment Workers
To subscribe to the BoF Podcast, please follow this link. Over the past year, the pandemic has laid bare — and worsened — the stark …
In Search of Transparency: Fashion’s Data Problem
To subscribe to the BoF Podcast, please follow this link. One of the biggest challenges facing the fashion industry in its efforts to become more …
Rethinking Fashion’s Approach to the Plus-Size Market
To subscribe to the BoF Podcast, please follow this link. The market for plus-size fashion is worth nearly $30 billion in the US alone. But …