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YKK commits to achieving climate neutrality by 2050

Sustainable trims leader announces Sustainability Vision 2050 addressing climate change, material resources, water resources, chemical management and human rights YKK announced the YKK Sustainability Vision 2050, which will serve as a roadmap to the company achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, among other targets. The Sustainability Vision 2050...

Oct 28, 2020

Video

Video: Fashion Institute of Technology hosts upcycling workshop

Sustainably-driven fashion designer and activist, Isabel Varela joins the Fashion Institute of Technology for a workshop on how to sew, upcycle and reimagine an old unworn piece from your closet into something new. In this short 12-minute film, viewers will learn materials they need, and how to reuse old clothing, instead of throwing it away....

Oct 20, 2020

Fashion

Farfetch launches consumer fashion footprint tool

Online luxury fashion platform Farfetch has launched an online fashion footprint tool to help consumers understand how to track the environmental impact of their purchasing decisions and how their pre-owned and conscious fashion choices can impact the planet. The tool, part of Farfetch’s ongoing commitment to sustainability, is available on its...

Jun 18, 2020

Fashion

Portland Fashion Week 2020 addresses the Coronavirus.

Portland Fashion Week Sept 22-27, 2020 will be streamed! The first Fashion Week in the world to announce doing so! Look for the 2020 series to run for 10 hours over 6 nights, first streaming over Amazon Prime then via the Portland Fashion Week website, and finally over the official PFW YouTube channel allowing a potential viewing audience of...

Apr 30, 2020

Podcast

Talking Upcycling with Maddie Williams, Helen Kirkum & Duran Lantik.

In this 110th episode of Wardrobe Crisis, a sustainable fashion podcast from VOGUE’s sustainability editor Clare Press, she asks some questions about fashion’s latest obsession: upcycling. Three emerging designers: Londoners Maddie Williams and Helen Kirkum, and Duran Lantink from The Netherlands. “Through my work I try to show that ‘eco’...

Mar 19, 2020

Fashion

Wolford relaunches packaging

Luxury hosiery and lingerie brand Wolford has given its packaging a “contemporary update” to showcase what it calls the brand’s rejuvenation and commitment to sustainability. The move comes as part of Wolford’s ongoing revamp, which has included a new creative vision, with new advertising campaigns and brand new concept stores in recent months,...

Dec 2, 2019

Video

Video: Adidas to produce 11 million sneakers made from ocean plastic in 2019, here's how

Adidas, in a partnership with Parley for the Oceans, is creating sportswear and sneakers from dubre collected from the ocean. In 2019 Adidas plans to make 11 million shoes from ocean plastic doubling, what it made in 2018. Since it's partnership with Parley for the Oceans began, Adidas' efforts to clean up the sea, the sportswear brand has...

Sep 4, 2019

Fashion

Stella McCartney launches Beatles inspired collection

British fashion designer Stella McCartney has launched a new ‘All Together Now’ collection inspired by the Beatles movie ‘Yellow Submarine’, which features scenes, motifs and graphics from the film across womenswear, menswear and kidswear. Last year, the ‘Yellow Submarine’ film celebrated its 50th anniversary, and the new Stella McCartney...

Jul 8, 2019

Fashion

White Stuff unveils sustainability plans for AW19

Fashion and lifestyle brand White Stuff has stated that it is committing to using only sustainably sourced cotton by 2024, as part of its ‘Doing Good Stuff’ sustainability plans. The move is part of the British retailer’s plans to become a more sustainable brand, and will see it launching a number of product ranges for autumn/winter 2019 that...

Jul 4, 2019

Fashion

Pirarucu Leather awarded GCC Brandmark

Pirarucu, an alternative leather made from Pirarucu fish skin, has been recognised by Livia Firth’s Eco-Age and awarded a GCC Brandmark, a guarantor of sustainable excellence. Historically discarded as a waste product of fishing, Pirarucu leather is produced in Brazil and has become the go-to luxurious alternative to bovine leather, which has...

Jul 4, 2019

Fashion IN PICTURES

Schueller de Waal cleans the streets during couture week

Dutch fashion label Schueller de Waal teamed up with Pik Pik Environnement to present its first collaborative cleaning Initiative named ‘Litter’ during Paris Haute Couture Week. In front of the town-hall of the 15th arrondissement in Paris, a group of 50 models, “cool kids and volunteers” cleaned the streets during Schueller de Waal’s couture...

Jul 3, 2019

Fashion

Nike signs UN Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action

Sportswear giant Nike is committing to fight climate change after signing on to the Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action, a commitment under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Nike joins UN Climate Change and global brands, retailers and suppliers in accelerating some of the industry’s most aggressive climate...

Jun 25, 2019