It ain't fashion, if it ain't sustainable

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Going Circular / New Model

3 January 2024

3 minutes

In recent years, the environmental challenges arising from textile waste have escalated to a point of global concern, sparking a crisis with clear and compelling evidence. Mountains of textile waste can be found not only in the aforementioned African countries, but also in Latin America.

Circularity and Waste: New Paper Lays Ground for a Disruptive Solution

A paper 'Undressing the Planet' calls for a horizon free of textile waste and stresses on the pertinence of a ‘textile credit’ mechanism as a feasible model of global accountability for reparation and circular development in the Global South.

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Young India Fashion Survey 2025

Textile Recycling Expo

ITF Intertex Portugal 2025

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Tariffs and Seconds / SMART View Interview

If unfair trade barriers persist, there's the risk of seeing mountains of usable clothing pile up in the US, while markets abroad fill the gap with cheap, low-quality fast fashion that often results in more waste, not less. Keeping the second-hand clothing trade flowing freely is in everyone’s best interest: economically, socially, and environmentally. This is a moment to build smarter, fairer, and more circular global systems, not to shut them down.

Trade Barriers on Second-Hand Clothing Disrupt a Globally Significant Reverse Supply Chain

Subir Ghosh

24 April 2025

Tariff Impact / Luxury Fashion Commentary

For decades, luxury brands have relied on well-established international supply chains and global consumer bases, allowing them to maintain the coveted image of timelessness and prosperity.

The Price of Prestige: How Trump’s Tariff War Is Rattling the Luxury Fashion World

Richa Bansal

22 April 2025