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Katherine V Gough

Professor of Human Geography Loughborough University
Katherine V Gough

Katherine V Gough is Professor of Human Geography at Loughborough University.

 
 
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Functional Clothing / Adaptive Garments Feature
Conventional garment construction assumed two-handed dexterity and full-range mobility as starting conditions, distributing ease of dressing unevenly across the full range of bodies that needed to wear clothing.

The Clothing Industry Called It Accessibility and the Market Called It an Opportunity

  • Richa Bansal

11 May 2026
Functional Clothing / Compressionwear Feature
The compression wear category is expanding across athletic performance, medical therapy and smart-textile development simultaneously, placing new demands on product precision and evidentiary standards across all three segments.

Brands Are Selling Controlled Outcomes in a Category Short on Control

  • Subir Ghosh

13 May 2026
 
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Cotton Futures / CottonInc Study Analysis
Biogenic carbon absorbed during crop growth can invert a fibre's climate profile at the point of production though the permanence of that storage depends on what happens to the product after it leaves the farm.

The Fight Over Cotton's Future Is a Fight Over Accounting

  • Subir Ghosh

21 May 2026
Beyond Headlines / Fashion & AI Analysis
A ten-year technology roadmap assumes the field will move in a legible direction. The history of AI development since 2020 suggests that assumption should be examined with care.

AI Promises Efficiency but the Fashion Industry Needs a Political Reckoning

  • Subir Ghosh

20 May 2026
 
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Ghana View / Politics of Waste / IV Interview
Ghana’s used clothing traders argue that UNEP’s evolving definition of textile waste overlooks the realities of existing circular economies, threatening livelihoods and distorting how reuse markets are understood globally.

UNEP Textile Waste Definitions Risk Overlooking Ghana’s Role in Circular Economy

  • Subir Ghosh

13 November 2025
Tackling Waste / Recommendations Report
The introduction of the EU-wide mandatory Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme for textiles is a critical step agreed upon by EU co-legislators on 19 February, as part of the targeted revision of the Waste Framework Directive (WFD).

EuRIC and FEAD Suggest 10-Fold Pathway till EPR Schemes Are in Place

  • Special Correspondent

14 March 2025