Articles by Simone Preuss
Fashion Revolution on achievements in the last ten years and future needs
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In the last ten years, the fashion industry has come a long way - the simple question, “Who made my clothes?” could not be answered after the collapse of the Rana Plaza building on 24th April 2013. Rescuers had to dig through the rubble looking for clothing labels to figure out which brands were producing clothes there. Even then, brands and...
Timeline: 10 years of Fashion Revolution
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The collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Savar, Bangladesh, which housed garment factories, shook the industry - more than 1,100 workers lost their lives and around 2,500 were injured, many of them gravely. The accident, one of the deadliest disasters in the history of industrial manufacturing, shed light on an area that normally remains in...
The Shirt Dandy adds new AI functions in collab with Tailoor by Successori Reda
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The Shirt Dandy, the Viennese start-up that manufactures customised shirts for men in India, has deepened its strategic partnership with Tailoor. Tailoor is the software arm of Italian wool mill Successori Reda S.p.A, an AI-driven phygital platform. The collaboration aims to bring innovative AI capabilities to the Indian market. Reda and Tailoor...
Fashion Revolution Week turns 10, extends to 10 days
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From 15th to 24th April, Fashion Revolution Week will be held again worldwide to raise awareness about those who make our clothes and under what conditions. Established in 2014 after the Rana Plaza disaster, this year marks the tenth anniversary of what non-profit Fashion Revolution calls “the world’s largest fashion activism movement”....
Engelbert Strauss collaborates with Hollywood’s Stuntmen’s Association
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German workwear manufacturer Engelbert Strauss has partnered with the US Stuntmen’s Association of Motion Pictures for a collection of co-branded workwear and apparel. The collection includes hoodies, t-shirts and polo shirts, as well as signature workwear attire like cargo work shorts, work pants and work jackets. All pieces carry custom,...
Sustainability in fashion: highlights from January to March 2024
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In the first quarter of 2024, much happened again in terms of sustainability efforts in the textile and apparel sector and related industries. For example, there was a lot to read - you should not miss the important reports mentioned below, changes in legislation, interviews conducted by FashionUnited with industry pioneers, as well as...
Vegan label and bag maker Melina Bucher: “Leather or plastic is out of the question”
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Last year, German luxury bag label Melina Bucher opened its own master bag maker’s workshop, a skilled craft that traditionally specialises in leather processing. What is different, however, is that the young company specialises entirely in vegan and bio-based materials, making it the first and only one of its kind in Germany. The aim is to...
EU-funded New Cotton Project ends with eight key insights
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The EU-funded New Cotton Project was launched in late 2020 and brought together twelve players from across the value chain: Adidas and H&M on the brand side, Finnish bio tech company Infinited Fiber, Aalto University and University of Applied Sciences Xamk, sustainability organisation Fashion for good, textile mills Frankenhuis (Netherlands) and...
CPHFW releases first sustainability requirements revisions - what does this mean for participating brands?
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In 2020, as the first fashion week, Copenhagen Fashion Week developed its own sustainability requirements in collaboration with Danish consultancies Rambøll and In Futurum and the Danish industry association Dansk Fashion and Textile. Since then, participating brands have been selected based on a carefully weighted point system, which considers...
The Aid by Trade Foundation’s cotton conference: from carbon sequestration to regenerative agriculture and technology
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At the annual conference of the Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF) from 11th to 13th March in Mumbai, India, around 100 experts, researchers and specialists from all over the world came together to discuss current challenges and solutions in the field of sustainable cotton and textile production. This year's event focussed on innovative and digital...