India's textile and apparel exporters face a US duty that Washington has waived for now and can restore at any time. In this three-part series, three questions recur: what decides India's exposure, how much more strain its garment clusters can absorb after last year's tariffs, and why US sourcing has moved towards Vietnam, Bangladesh and other Asian suppliers.

US forecasters put the chance of a historic El Niño between October and December at 75%, and countries growing around half the world’s cotton are expected to face extreme weather. This three-part series traces the risk through the supply chain: the price swings that have already run through the market, the pull towards virgin polyester, and the importers most dependent on Brazilian cotton.

Shapewear has stopped correcting and started supporting. Adaptive clothing has moved off the specialist shelf and into the mainstream aisle. Compression wear is being asked to perform, heal, and prove itself all at once. Across three categories that rarely share a conversation, the same shift is quietly underway—functional clothing is being rebuilt from the inside out. This 3-part series examines how, and why it matters.