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New environmental regulation and a greenwashing crackdown: So what does that mean for fashion?
Mar 21, 2023 - Fashion
The EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) was just passed in January 2023. Encompassed in the EU Strategy for Sustainable Textiles which itself is anchored among other wider schemes such as the Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP) and The European Green Deal, the new CSRD will require nearly 50,000 qualifying large...
Where are they now? A look back on the innovation journey of 4 brands
Dec 20, 2022 - Business
It is well understood that extending the life of a garment is considered one of the most effective ways to reduce the overall impact of the clothing industry. Why? Firstly, optimising the use of clothing can contribute to a decrease in production and consumption of new garments and secondly, it can reduce the growing volumes of textile waste...
Shopping online for Christmas: Tips for brands to excel in the holidays
Dec 14, 2022 - Retail
As we all know, the time leading up to Christmas tends to fly by. To get the most out of this high-turnover period, fashion companies should definitely start their preparations early. The first step is to take a thorough inventory: Is one’s technology up to date? Can one guarantee performance even with high access rates? And: Does the store...
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....