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Don’t Believe What Consumers Say When It Comes to Sustainability
One of the world’s biggest shopping holidays takes place this week: Black Friday, a frenzy of heavily discounted excess consumption. The shopping hauls serve to …
What Big Brands’ Sustainability Reports Won’t Tell You
A little over a decade ago, an unlikely partnership between American mass market giant Walmart and outdoor apparel retailer Patagonia spurred one of the fashion …
Resale Won’t Fix Fast Fashion’s Sustainability Issues
Peer-to-peer resale app Depop has become a hot destination for Gen-Z consumers on the hunt for cute, reasonably priced pre-loved finds. But some have been …
Fashion Brands Withholding Key Environmental and Social Sustainability Data
The fashion industry is facing a greenwashing reckoning, ratcheting up the pressure on brands to go public with information to back up their sustainability claims. …
Inditex Ups Sustainability Commitments as Regulators Take Aim at Fast Fashion
Zara-owner Inditex is planning to boost its resale service and increase its use of next-generation and recycled materials in an effort to halve its emissions …
Winnie Harlow Sends a Sustainability Message in a Magnum Vegan Cocoa Husk Dress
Model Winnie Harlow recently wore a haute couture vegan dress made from cocoa bean husks to the 2022 British Fashion Awards. For the dress, ice …
LVMH’s Antoine Arnault Calls for Luxury-Focused Sustainability Pact
Fashion needs a luxury-focused sustainability initiative, LVMH’s head of image and environment Antoine Arnault said Tuesday, addressing criticism over the French luxury giant’s decision not …
Explainer: Why New Sustainability Rules Are Worrying the Fashion Industry
European policy makers have laid out ambitions to end fast fashion. The proposed regulations will change the entire industry. Industry bodies including France’s Fédération de …
‘We just don’t need that many clothes’: designers work towards sustainability at Australian fashion week | Australian fashion week
On Tuesday, Bianca Spender presented her 15th anniversary show at Australian fashion week in Sydney where models walked on a cream carpet beneath an enormous …
What the Quiet Luxury Trend Means for Sustainability
Merino wool sweaters from The Row with four-figure price tags are not going to save the planet. But the current loud moment for “quiet luxury” …
L’Oréal Eyes Tech Talent, Puts Sustainability at the Fore
L’Oréal’s chief executive, Nicolas Hieronimus, believes the 110-year-old beauty company is ready for the future. In a conversation with Marie-Joseé Kravis, the chair of the …
‘There is lots of talk and no action’: designer Amy Powney’s quest to make sustainability more than just a buzzword | Fashion
It is not every luxury fashion designer who invites the Uruguayan sheep farmer who supplies the wool for their collection to their east London studio …
‘I never think about trends’: Gabriela Hearst brings sustainability to Chloé show | Fashion
The real passion of Gabriela Hearst, the creative director of the Parisian house of Chloé, is sustainability, not fashion. But she works in a luxury …
Richemont Bolsters Sustainability Expertise In its Top Ranks
The Swiss luxury group has promoted its chief sustainability officer and plans to add to its board a car-industry veteran who worked on the shift to electric …
The Problem with Sustainability Data
On Thursday, the Geneva Center for Business and Human Rights published a report with a damning assessment of efforts to quantify the fashion industry’s record …
The Steps Fashion Must Take to Hit Its Sustainability Goals
“A miracle has to happen to save the survival of fashion as we know it,” trend forecaster Lidewij Edelkoort wrote to me in an email …
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 …
Puma: Moving Sustainability Beyond Marketing
Bold eco-friendly claims and ethical sourcing promises have become staples of fashion’s marketing strategies alongside growing consumer interest in sustainably branded products. It’s also an …
Canada Goose x Reformation: Innovation Meets Sustainability
The two houses merge their respective platforms to conspire on an exclusive luxury-collection. The two houses merge their respective platforms to conspire on an exclusive …