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Sustainability

Goosedown Out, Bulrush In: The Plant Refashioning Puffer Jackets

BioPuff, a new plant-based material manufactured by the startup Saltyco, could line clothing at a fraction of the environmental footprint as traditional stuffing.

Sustainability

Walmart Partners With Fashion Tech Start-Up to Pilot Carbon-Captured Textiles

The retail giant is partnering with Rubi Laboratories to experiment with turning carbon emissions into textiles.

Sustainability

Bolt Threads Pauses Operations of Leather-Alternative Mylo

The mushroom-based material had gained interest from companies including Stella McCartney, Kering and Adidas, but failed to secure funding to continue scaling.

Sustainability

Op-Ed | Are Toxic Chemicals in Fashion Making People Sick?

Clothes contain BPA, PFAS and other dangerous substances – but we still know little about their cumulative impact.

Direct-to-Consumer

Should DTC Brands Open Their Own Factories?

Some digitally native start-ups are buying or building factories to cut production times and control quality. But not every company is built to handle manufacturing themselves.

Sustainability

With Fur Finally Out of Fashion, Peta Sets Its Sights on Wool, Leather and Down

After four decades of emotionally-charged campaigns, Peta founder Ingrid Newkirk can all-but declare victory in the war on fur. Taking on more widely-used animal-based materials will be harder, however.

Luxury

Armani Tests Sustainable Cotton Production in Italy

Luxury fashion house Armani Group has started an experimental agroforestry plantation in southern Italy to test new ways to produce cotton sustainably, it said on Monday.

Luxury

Case Study | Inside Hermès’ Best-in-Class Leather Goods Strategy

How a unique approach to supply chain, design, communications and retail has powered blockbuster demand for iconic bags like the Birkin and Kelly, enabling the French leather goods house to face down rivals and become a global megabrand with a market capitalisation greater than Nike’s.

Sustainability

EU Countries Back Ban on Destruction of Unsold Textiles

The governments and the European Parliament need to agree on the Ecodesign Regulation before it can enter law. Under the initial March 2022 proposal by the European Commission, the Commission itself was to have determined at a later stage whether to put destruction bans in place.

Sustainability

Florida Taps Tannery, Accessories Brand to Help Tackle Python Population

Invasive Burmese pythons are devastating wildlife but one firm believes turning snake leather into accessories could be a win-win.

Sustainability

Will Fashion’s Next Generation of Materials Be Brewed Like Beer?

Japanese sportswear group Goldwin and biotech start-up Spiber are set to test the market for lab-grown materials with collections for brands including North Face and Woolrich this fall.

Sustainability

Levi’s Looks to Cut Denim’s Water Impact Where It Most Counts

The jeans maker is among a group of fashion brands coming around to location-specific water reduction targets.

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