The Crown Estate has teamed up with independent designer concept store Lone Design Club to open a sustainability-focused pop-up store on London’s Regent Street. The pop-up, named The Conscious Edit, will shine a spotlight on emerging brands, companies, and individuals “working hard towards a more sustainable future”. It will bring together “...
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Stella McCartney has teamed up with Collaborative Fund to invest and support entrepreneurs building a more sustainable future. Called the SOS fund, an initial 200 million dollars will be invested in climate solutions and founders for better business. McCartney said she has been a part of SOS since “day 1 and we have already invewted in...
Aug 9, 2022
The fashion industry is currently at a crossroads. While most brands and retailers welcome sustainability and related issues and are making efforts to reduce their environmental impact and improve conditions for their workers throughout the supply chain, there are stumbling blocks along the way. Global rules and regulations for one, from...
Helsinki Fashion Week (HFW), held between August 5 to 7, returned in the physical format this year and once again set out hoping to spark conversations around important societal issues both in and outside of the fashion industry. A total of eight designers and brands showed during the event in the Finnish capital, each of which were chosen based...
The UK’s first Sustainable Fashion Week (SFW) is set to debut September 16 in Bristol with a number of panel discussions, shows and eco-conscious activations to be a part of the schedule. As part of the event, a runway show on September 21, hosted in the city’s The Mount Without venue, will see the merging of the week’s overarching themes;...
Aug 8, 2022
When the first products with the new, more sustainable ePE membrane from Gore-Tex hit the market in autumn, the world leader for waterproof functional fabrics and with it the entire outdoor industry would have made a real U-turn. Or wouldn’t it? PTFE is Gore-Tex’s main module To understand that the development of this new, more sustainable ePE...
Sports giant Puma has announced it will be hosting a conference focused on solutions to drive a more sustainable fashion industry. Set to take place in London on September 6, the ‘Conference of the People’ will see a number of activists, NGOs, experts, ambassadors and consumers take to the event to discuss various sustainability issues and...
Aug 5, 2022
Fashion Design and Photography students at the University of Chester, UK, are reworking old clothing donated to charity shops into a new, sustainable collection. The new upcycled collection, entitled ‘Make, Mend and Sustain’, created by the university’s Fashion Design students, was captured by photography students from the same institution. The...
Aug 2, 2022
As high inflation raises the prices of gas and bills, consumers will be faced with tough spending decisions as seasons change, kids go back-to-school and budgets are weighed for holiday gifting. FashionUnited speaks with Nikki Baird, former retail analyst and Vice President of Strategy at Aptos, about how our purses will be impacted during the...
Image: Pexels In this episode of the Smart Creation podcast hosted last year, Munir Ahmed, the director and owner of M&J Group and Genesis Fashion Ltd. shares his definition of sustainability in fashion. Mainly focused on denim and dyed fashion, M&J Group utilizes constant technology improvements, process measurements, data and social...
Aug 1, 2022
Budapest-based contemporary label Nanushka, part of the Vanguards Group, has introduced an exclusive alternative leather fabrication to its collections, which is free from animal skin and the use of animal derivatives. Okobor, exclusive to Nanushka, is made from 56 percent recycled polyester and 44 percent polyurethane and produced using a...
H&M’s UK division has launched its new annual Sustainable Fashion and Journalism Awards with the goal of supporting designers and fashion journalists in accelerating the shift to circular fashion. Four winners of the inaugural scholarships will each receive a grant to support their collections and degree projects, as well as further networking...
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