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

Valérie Moatti

Professor, Lectra Fashion and Technology Chair, ESCP Business School

Valérie Moatti is Professor, Lectra Fashion and Technology Chair, ESCP Business School.

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On-Demand Fashion Needs to Work for World to Cut Down on Consumer Waste	18 Apr 2024

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Recycling Crisis / New Challenges Interview

Circular systems depend on garments retaining value beyond first use, a condition increasingly undermined by ultra-fast fashion production models.

Recycling Cannot Save Clothing Designed Only to Be Thrown Away

Subir Ghosh

12 January 2026

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Material Innovation / The Alternatives Commentary

Scaling sustainable materials depends on system readiness, aligning innovation with sourcing, infrastructure compatibility, governance, and compliance across value chains.

From Fibre Innovation to System Readiness: What It Really Takes to Scale Sustainable Materials

KD Sharma

15 January 2026

Dyeing Sector / New Tech Interview

Waterless dyeing shifts the sustainability conversation from incremental efficiency gains to fundamental changes in how colour is applied and fixed.

A New Dyeing Architecture Challenges Established Textile Process Orthodoxy

Subir Ghosh

14 January 2026

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Threads of Control / Politics of Waste / I Analysis

1. The debate over defining textile waste has become central to discussions on global circularity, with stakeholders warning of serious repercussions for developing economies.

How UNEP’s Used Textile Guidelines Risk Destroying What They Claim to Save

Subir Ghosh

10 November 2025

Looking Back / Pittards Report

Established in 1826, Pittards specialised in performance leathers for gloving, footwear and interiors with tanneries in the UK and Ethiopia, together with the facility to manufacture finished products in both locations, including component cutting, leathergoods, footwear and gloves. It closed shop just a year or two before its 200-year anniversary.

Lessons from Another Day. Or Why Pittards Coudn't Save Its Own Hide

Richa Bansal

16 February 2024

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Machine Embroidery / Automation

Cornell’s OriStitch system uses embroidery and heat-shrink threads to transform flat fabrics into self-folding 3D forms.

OriStitch Points to a More Automated Future for Machine Embroidery

Staff Writer

15 December 2025

Luxury Fashion / Human Rights

Wider scrutiny

Widening Italian Investigation Flags Labour Abuses in Luxury Supply Chain

Staff Writer

8 December 2025