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Why leather alternatives don’t necessarily meet ‘animal friendly’ standards
Nov 18, 2022 - Fashion
In a new film called SLAY (slay.film), created by award-winning French filmmaker and animal rights activist Rebecca Cappelli, we see how an animal becomes an accessory. The word ‘cruel’ when describing some of the content of the film is an understatement, but it’s a necessary message to spread, as positive change starts with awareness of a...
Digital Exploration : How Web3 Aims to Disrupt the Future of Active + Outdoor Markets
Oct 26, 2022 - Fashion
As we join together and embark on this unprecedented future of a post-present-post-pandemic lifestyle mixed alongside global unrest and climate emergencies— it is clear that we need to move forward in a way that better serves our collective future. Consumers are looking towards inventive and creative ways in which brands can integrate technology...
Could pop-up stores rescue brands with excess inventory this winter?
Oct 19, 2022 - Retail
The main concern for high-street fashion brands in late 2021 and the first half of 2022 was to find enough clothes to sell, as demand was heating up in Europe, while key manufacturing hubs in Asia were under strict restrictions to curb their Covid-19 waves. However, the situation is drastically different today, with many of the key fashion...
ArtEZ Fashion Design alumni in Volkskrant Magazine
Oct 10, 2022 - News
SPOTTED: Fashion Design alumni of ArtEZ University of the Arts in Arnhem, the Netherlands, shine in the Dutch Volkskrant Magazine, the weekend supplement that comes with national newspaper The Volkskrant. Read how Maison The Faux shows how things can be done differently and how Iris van Herpen looks back on her phenomenal 15-year career....
Meet Brandon Wen, the new creative director of the Fashion Department at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp
Sep 16, 2022 - News
Last June the world renowned Antwerp Academy of Fine Arts said goodbye to its legendary head of the fashion department, Walter Van Beirendonck. After much speculation Brandon Wen was appointed as the new creative director, a clear choice from the academy towards fresh ideas and new paths for the department. We met with Brandon Wen just two weeks...
How to create a future proof fashion team for digital transformation
Aug 1, 2022 - Business
Over the last decade, digital strategy has been largely concerned with digitization, and there has been no real urgency for digital transformation. And in the past two years, companies have had transformation thrust upon them, remodeling their internal and external processes to keep up. A perfect storm caused mainly by the pandemic and GenZ....
How Social Media is fueling new aesthetics
Jul 27, 2022 - Fashion
There's a lot to be said about social media, and one thing for certain is that it's current cultural gold in terms of identifying trends. All signs point to social media as a tool that progresses the democratization of fashion, a shift that has been in motion, but was catalyzed during the pandemic when nearly everything happened on our screens....
Inside the new plant-based craze in fashion
Jul 21, 2022 - Fashion
Following the pandemic, and the subsequent revision and evolution of many societal values, consumers increasingly expect fashion companies to be purpose-driven, support social initiatives, and reduce their environmental footprint, as the climate change emergency makes headlines. Diversity, inclusivity and equality are at the top of the agenda....
G-Star Head of Sustainability: Is a circular fashion industry achievable? ‘Only if we're all on board’
Jul 19, 2022 - Business
"We believe it's just something you should do, not something you should brag about." This statement on sustainability in fashion comes from Rebecka Sancho, G-Star RAW's new Head of Sustainability, who is quietly working to scale the denim brand's circular economy initiatives. This is an ethos the fashion industry would do well to embrace—...
The New Transparency coming to fashion: regulations as a baseline for communicating sustainability
Jul 12, 2022 - Business
Hundreds of sustainability labels and schemes are crippling the apparel and footwear industry. This brouhaha prevents consumers and citizens from properly understanding the impact of the piece of garment that they are buying. But those same consumers are hungry for information, and the industry is hungry to provide. The EU Commission is...