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Going Circular / New Materials

27 June 2023

3 minutes
Left: First demonstration product developed by Spiber and Goldwin to help identify potential challenges to solve in determining a guideline for fully circular apparel products. Right: QR code leading to a demonstration webpage showing information on materials and chemicals used to make the demonstration product.

Pangaia, Goldwin Tie Up with Spiber for Transforming End-Use Textiles and Agricultural Byproducts into New Materials

Japanese biotechnology startup Spiber has come up with a groundbreaking initiative to propel society towards the creation of fully circular textile products that can be regenerated into an innovative protein material known as ‘Brewed Protein’ at the end of their lifecycle.

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GFA Designer Challenge / Innovations

27 June 2023

3 minutes
Heiko Desens, Global Creative Director of Puma, partnered with Nicole McLaughlin (featured above), to creatively find solutions to the challenge of reducing waste from the supply chain through upcycling material cut-offs.

GFA Designer Challenge Unveils Innovative Responses to Create More Responsible Products

In the run up to the Copenhagen edition of the Global Fashion Summit beginning today, GFA is showcasing the journeys of two designers as they come up with solutions to reduce waste.

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Luxury Markets / Bain Study

24 June 2023

5 minutes
Luxury brands over the next three years will see a pressing focus on value chain decarbonisation, requiring them to decouple expected business growth from the absolute growth of emissions.

Global Luxury Sees Record Growth in 2022; Market to Double by 2030

Global geopolitical tensions and macroeconomic uncertainty notwithstanding, the business of personal luxury goods is on a growth trajectory but with increasing pressure to go sustainable.

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Fibre Innovation / Brewery Waste

22 June 2023

2 minutes
In the next twelve months, Arda expects to have reached a finished material, in limited capacities, that can be sold to brands for the consumer market.

Startup Gets £1.1 million in Funding for Transforming Beer Brewery Waste into Leather Alternative

An animal and plastic-free leather alternative crafted from waste barley grain from beer brewing industry has received £1.1m of investment from a clean-tech venture capital fund.

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Event Roundup / Expo Riva Schuh

22 June 2023

3 minutes
The fair was an important meeting ground in a changed geopolitical order where production halts in certain countries due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the logistics crisis of recent years have led many to rethink their procurement strategy and seek closer and more reliable partners.

Curtains Down at Expo Riva Schuh as it Prepares for 100th Edition in Jan '24

The 99th edition of the Expo Riva Schuh & Gardabags at the Riva del Garda was opportunity for 1,300 exhibitors and 9,000 attendees from the footwear and bags industry to discuss business and showcase trends for Spring/Summer 2024.

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Labour Conditions / Uzbek Cotton

21 June 2023

2 minutes
Uzbeks have a right to demand a fair pay for their work in cotton fields, say activists. Photo taken during the 2021 harvest in Uzbekistan.

Uzbekistan Cotton: ILO, IFC Get Together to Promote Labour Standards

A tripartite agreement between the ILO, IFC and the Uzbek government will help the country’s cotton, textile, and garment industry to promote labour standards and competitiveness through compliance assessments, training and advisory services.

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Fabric Waste / Deadstock

21 June 2023

2 minutes
With more clothes being made than ever before, and huge quantities going to landfills or being burned, the use of deadstock is important.

Material Exchange Creates Global Marketplace for Deadstock Fabrics

Now bits of yardage languishing in warehouses and adding to pollution will be made accessible to suppliers and brands through the just launched Deadstock Depot by digital sourcing platform Material Exchange.

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Tech Innovation / Try-Ons

20 June 2023

2 minutes
Working alongside its Shopping Graph, the world’s most comprehensive data set of products and sellers, this technology can scale to more brands and items over time. The ML-powered Shopping Graph houses more than 35 billion product listings.

New Disruption: Google Launches Virtual Try-Ons with AI Shopping Feature

Google’s new AI model powers its virtual try-on (VTO) feature through generative AI model to show what clothes look like on a wide range of people with different body shapes, sizes, and poses.

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Going Circular / EU Funding

20 June 2023

3 minutes
Lenzing and Södra acknowledge and are committed to complying with the waste hierarchy. Their procurement will be limited to the group of materials that cannot be reused in any other way. The project partners’ aim is not to undermine the repurposing of used textiles, but to prevent valuable fiber resources from being sent to landfill or incinerated.

Industrial Scale Chemical Recycling of Textiles Project of Lenzing-Södra Gets EU Funding of €10 million

Lenzing and Södra are pooling their decades-long experience, knowledge and technology to develop the OnceMore process under a project, which will receive €10 million in funding from the European Union. The joint project will make a significant contribution to the EU’s action plan for circularity.

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  • Staff Writer
Deforestation / Leather Industry

19 June 2023

2 minutes
Cattle rearing is one of the drivers of deforestation, along with other commodities such as soy and palm oil. It is also a contributor to the conversion of natural ecosystems such as grasslands and savannahs. While beef production is what drives cattle farming, the leather industry has an opportunity to influence change.

Leather Working Group, Textile Exchange Launch Initiative to Tackle Deforestation

Nonprofits Textile Exchange and Leather Working Group have together launched a global initiative to address deforestation and promote sustainable practices within the leather industry to create transparent and equitable supply chains, protecting natural ecosystems.

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