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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

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.

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.

Sustainability

Coach Tests ‘Circular’ Coachtopia Sub-Brand

The American accessories giant says the line will serve as lab to develop new design and production models, starting with a capsule that features patchworked products made from manufacturing scraps. How the project will scale remains unclear.

Sustainability

Coach Tests ‘Circular’ Coachtopia Sub-Brand

The American accessories giant says the line will serve as lab to develop new design and production models, starting with a capsule that features patchworked products made from manufacturing scraps. How the project will scale remains unclear.

Sustainability

‘Better’ Materials Aren’t Enough to Dent Fashion’s Climate Impact

Fashion brands are sourcing more recycled polyester, certified cotton and deforestation-free viscose than ever, but emissions from the industry’s raw material supply chain have bounced back from pandemic lows.

Sustainability

‘Better’ Materials Aren’t Enough to Dent Fashion’s Climate Impact

Fashion brands are sourcing more recycled polyester, certified cotton and deforestation-free viscose than ever, but emissions from the industry’s raw material supply chain have bounced back from pandemic lows.

Retail

Pangaia to Cut up to a Third of Jobs in Swiss Move

The brand will cut as many as 50 jobs as it moves its headquarters from London to Switzerland.

Retail

Pangaia to Cut up to a Third of Jobs in Swiss Move

The brand will cut as many as 50 jobs as it moves its headquarters from London to Switzerland.

Partner Content

BoF Insights | The Evolving Art of Luxury Experiential Retail

Today’s luxury shoppers have high expectations for what experiential shopping needs to deliver, as a new report from BoF Insights, in partnership with upcoming shopping district Royalmount, reveals.

Partner Content

BoF Insights | The Evolving Art of Luxury Experiential Retail

Today’s luxury shoppers have high expectations for what experiential shopping needs to deliver, as a new report from BoF Insights, in partnership with upcoming shopping district Royalmount, reveals.

Retail

The Athleisure-fication of Everything

Demand for leggings and sweats may have peaked, but the pandemic’s comfort-first aesthetic is hardly dead. It’s simply mutating into something else: a yet-to-be-named category that incorporates stretch and softness into a staggering number of fashion staples, from trousers to jumpsuits.

Retail

The Athleisure-fication of Everything

Demand for leggings and sweats may have peaked, but the pandemic’s comfort-first aesthetic is hardly dead. It’s simply mutating into something else: a yet-to-be-named category that incorporates stretch and softness into a staggering number of fashion staples, from trousers to jumpsuits.

Sustainability

Tapestry Invests in Alternative Leather Company Gen Phoenix

The startup is known for a material that combines recycled leather with polyester fibres.

Sustainability

Tapestry Invests in Alternative Leather Company Gen Phoenix

The startup is known for a material that combines recycled leather with polyester fibres.

Sustainability

Fashion’s Animal Welfare Taboo

While most brands have banned fur, animal welfare is rarely discussed when it comes to more mainstream and lucrative fabrics like leather.

Sustainability

Fashion’s Animal Welfare Taboo

While most brands have banned fur, animal welfare is rarely discussed when it comes to more mainstream and lucrative fabrics like leather.

Sustainability

Can Pangaia Be More Than a Loungewear Brand?

After swinging to an operating loss of $41 million in 2021, the buzzy fashion startup has stabilised and remains focused on its ambition to build a materials science business.

Sustainability

Can Pangaia Be More Than a Loungewear Brand?

After swinging to an operating loss of $41 million in 2021, the buzzy fashion startup has stabilised and remains focused on its ambition to build a materials science business.

Partner Content

How Can Fashion Rethink the End-of-Life of Products?

Lenzing’s VP of global textiles business, Florian Heubrandner, and Future Fabrics Expo founder, Nina Marenzi, share insights into the moral and financial imperatives of addressing fashion’s waste problem.

Partner Content

How Can Fashion Rethink the End-of-Life of Products?

Lenzing’s VP of global textiles business, Florian Heubrandner, and Future Fabrics Expo founder, Nina Marenzi, share insights into the moral and financial imperatives of addressing fashion’s waste problem.

Topics

Investment in Next-Gen Materials Halved in 2022

Start-ups developing new materials like mushroom and lab-grown leather raised $457 million in 2022, down from $980 million in 2021, according to a report published Wednesday by think tank Material Innovation Initiative.

Topics

Investment in Next-Gen Materials Halved in 2022

Start-ups developing new materials like mushroom and lab-grown leather raised $457 million in 2022, down from $980 million in 2021, according to a report published Wednesday by think tank Material Innovation Initiative.

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