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Inside the Great British Wool Revival: How the UK’s ‘farm-to-fashion’ summit aims to rebuild a broken fibre economy

British wool, despite a history spanning over 2,000 years, has been facing a perception problem. The raw material, once considered a definitive factor in shaping the UK’s economy, with roots in rural tradition, has in the modern day been regularly dismissed as a low-value, ‘throwaway’ product. Further structural complexities spanning...

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Phoebe English among fashion signatories calling COP26 to climate action

As the world’s leaders come together for the ongoing United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), members of the fashion industry have united to call on the leaders to make a number of commitments addressing climate issues. Around 120 world leaders have come together in Glasgow, Scotland, to discuss global negotiations centred around...

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Fashion COP26: Now is not the time to walk away

Fashion Roundtable, Fashion Revolution, Centre for Sustainable Fashion, Common Objective, Eco-Age, and The Sustainable Angle, along with leading fashion brands and fashion sustainability advocates unite with a call to action for COP26, to stress the urgent need for the world’s leaders to recognise the impactful role fashion can play in reaching...

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The British fashion industry failed an inclusivity test

There is cause for alarm in the British fashion industry where inclusivity and greater representation continues to be lacking, impacting a loss of potential revenue. The report ‘Representation and inclusion in the fashion industry’, published by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Textiles and Fashion, found 68 percent of people have...

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New report Cleaning Up Fashion urges government action

A new report called Cleaning Up Fashion urges the Government to amplify sustainability in action, recognising and supporting the work of pioneers and putting an end to exploitation and environmental harm. Commissioned by Fashion Roundtable and All-Party Parliamentary Group for Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion (ESF APPG) the report aims to...

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Fashion Roundtable pens open letter to UK government for post Brexit support

Fashion Roundtable, a London-based thinktank committed to better government policy for the fashion industry, has written an open letter to call on the government to offer more support in dealing with issues which have arisen due to the Brexit deal. Fashion Roundtable CEO Tamara Cincik said in the letter “the deal done with the EU has a gaping...

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Is European fashion paying enough attention to Black Lives Matter?

New-York - A low-key London Fashion Week went digital for its menswear shows against a backdrop of Black Lives Matter protests and a statement from the British Fashion Council regarding the industry’s multiple challenges. “The recent events in the US have shown that none is more urgent than the need to fight racial prejudice and discrimination,”...

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London Fashion Week opens under Brexit cloud

London Fashion Week gets under way on Friday, launching spring/summer 2020 collections set to come out after Brexit -- a divorce bitterly opposed by the UK fashion industry. A survey by the Fashion Roundtable consultancy found 96 percent of British fashion sector professionals backed Britain staying in the European Union in the 2016 referendum,...

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UK fashion industry urges single market to be maintained in “Brexit Manifesto”

Fashion Roundtable, the non-profit organisation that represents the interests of the fashion industry towards politics in the UK and EU, has published a “Brexit Manifesto”. Based on a survey conducted over a period of three months with 70 industry leaders and business owners, the document urges for the single market to the maintained and for...