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Fast Fashion / Opinion

15 April 2022

4 minutes
Urgent action is needed to head off what the team call “ultra-fast fashion”, which is responsible for “releasing unprecedented volumes of new clothes into the market”.

Slow fashion: Saving the Planet with Style

Researchers' recommendations for people concerned about the fashion industry’s ballooning climate impact is simple: cutting down how many new clothes we buy by as much as 75%, buying clothes designed to last, and recycling clothes at the end of their lifetime.

By
  • Jack Marley
Commentary
SecondHand / Research

14 April 2022

4 minutes
Not only is secondhand shopping good for the planet and your wallet, a new research study finds the more style-conscious you are, the more likely you are to shop for secondhand clothes and accessories.

UNCOVERED: If you are stylish, you are more likely to buy secondhand clothes

Researchers have found that the higher people rate on style-consciousness, the more likely they are to shop second hand. In fact, style-consciousness was a bigger predictor of second-hand shopping than being frugal or ecologically-conscious. A look at the fascinating findings.

By
  • Special Correspondent
Report
In-Depth / Leather Naturally

11 April 2022

6 minutes
The bigger picture is that the leather industry is increasingly audited from farms to meatpackers, to leather manufacturers, chemical companies and leather goods manufacturers. All of this will support the creation of an ethical and circular society.

Consumers unaware most vegan leather made of PVC, PU, plastics

Leather can be classified as a biomaterial, and the industry increasingly is realising that it needs to invest in fact-based communication to consumers and brands that it is one material where there is no waste, where everything can be re-used, re-cycled and ultimately be biodegradable. Debbie Burton, Marketing Head at Pittards, shares how this industry is part of the solution to create a circular society.

 

By
  • Richa Bansal
Interview
Climate Crisis / IPCC Report

5 April 2022

5 minutes
“Having the right policies, infrastructure and technology in place to enable changes to our lifestyles and behaviour can result in a 40-70% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This offers significant untapped potential,” said IPCC Working Group III Co-Chair Priyadarshi Shukla. “The evidence also shows that these lifestyle changes can improve our health and wellbeing.”

IPCC report calls for bio-textiles, wants cotton to give way to cellulose-based textiles

The latest IPCC report is clear in its message: that the time to act is now. The world can halve emissions by 2030, and all sectors—including the textiles-fashion industry—have a role to play. Textiles, in fact, figure significantly at five places in the 2913-page report.

By
  • Special Correspondent
Report
Legal Wrangle / Trademark

1 April 2022

5 minutes
Inditex SA, a multi-billion-dollar apparel company with over 6,000 retail stores worldwide is taking legal action aganst Tara Sartoria, a small artisan-driven clothing business supporting independent artisans and women, for alleged violation of the former's trademark.

In a biZARA twist, Inditex goes with cudgels after one-woman biz

Fashion giant Inditex has taken umbrage to a Vietnam-born entrepreneur for using the name 'Tara Sartoria' for a small artisan-driven clothing business that she had founded and was selling through the website tarasartoria.com. A texfash.com report.

By
  • Subir Ghosh
Report
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Textile Strategy / Announcement

30 March 2022

2 minutes
Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of the European Green Deal, and Commissioner for Climate Action Policy, addressing a press conference on sustainable products on 30 March 2022.

EU launches far-reaching strategy to crack down on fast fashion and textile waste

The much-awaited 'EU strategy for sustainable and circular textiles' has been announced. It has a broad vision, wants to clamp down on fast fashion and textile waste, and is insistent on action through a slew of measures and a host of guidelines.

By
  • Special Correspondent
Report
Alt Fabrics / Allied Feather + Down

30 March 2022

5 minutes
Through the creation of programmes such as the Responsible Down Standard (RDS) and Track My Down, Allied is committed to safeguarding the welfare of animals while protecting the environment.

Where Down goes Up: Reducing Carbon Footprint

In the coldest of climes the best insulation comes from down—the underside plumage of geese and ducks. A tightknit family based out of Vernon in the United States that has been in this business for over three decades, conscious of sourcing with responsibility and processing sustainably too, Allied Feather + Down has promised to debut its carbon neutral down insulation by Fall 2023. With its first sustainability report on the anvil, Creative Director Matthew Betcher shares with texfash.com the steps it has been taking to reduce its carbon footprint.

By
  • Richa Bansal
Interview
Fashion Communications / CLASS

29 March 2022

4 minutes
The Sustainable Fashion award competition invited stylists, photographers, designers, illustrators, artists and other creatives to rethink how to communicate the new generation of values of an ethical and sustainable fashion system. An open call and a high profile international jury to create an aesthetic that defined a new ethic.

It is not easy to communicate responsibility values

The second edition of the Imagining Sustainable Fashion award for innovative models of communication in sustainable fashion is to be announced Wednesday evening. Giusy Bettoni, CEO and Founder of CLASS, talks about the significance of fashion communications.

By
  • Subir Ghosh
Interview
From the Factory Floor / Amutha's Story

29 March 2022

6 minutes
Amutha at work. The 3G Tailor Training System which has trained thousands of women and men, is capable of making a better start earning a salary within two weeks of training and match the performance of experienced operators within 2-3 months.

From Naught to More

The 3G Tailor Training System is implemented by training of dedicated trainers inside a garment factory so that they can train others as per the skill requirements of the factory.

By
  • Richa Bansal
Report
Shopping Trends / Impact

28 March 2022

11 minutes
South Utica Shopping Center, Utica, New York. 1950s.

How the future of shopping was shaped by its past

Shopping history never moves in one single direction or all at once. There have always been regional and chronological divergences from mainstream developments. There are also retailing modes that fall by the wayside and then return at a later date in new guises or with new names.

By
  • Rachel Bowlby
Analysis

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