The Price Parity Toolkit separates next-gen price premiums early in the supply chain. Credit: siripornt/Shutterstock.com. Fashion for Good’s Price Parity Toolkit was developed with support from Laudes Foundation, Canopy and Finance Earth and uses an innovative financing approach (premium decoupling) to remove price premiums. Fashion for Good explains that price is the main barrier for next-gen…
The Gen Z Fashion Trend That’s Baffling Apparel Retailers getty It’s time to stop talking about Gen Zers as lazy, spoiled, screen-obsessed snowflakes. First, they aren’t kids anymore. Second, there are a lot of them—estimated to be about 25% of the global population. And third, they have become discerning consumers who now have money to…
The CFDA and Bezos Earth Fund’s Next Thread Initiative will fund designers, students, and storytelling projects to push sustainability to the forefront of US fashion. Credit: Image Source/Gettyimages.co.uk. The CFDA and Bezos Earth Fund three-year partnership will fund independent designer grants, student scholarships, and storytelling programmes aimed at promoting innovation in sustainable materials, circular design,…
AND SPEAKING OF IOWA STATE, THE GROUP OF IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IS HELPING COMBINE FUNCTION WITH FASHION, THE APPAREL, MERCHANDIZING AND DESIGN PROGRAM PARTNERED WITH THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE BRAIN TO CREATE OUTFITS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES. EACH STUDENT WAS CONNECTED WITH A FAMILY WITH THEIR MODELS, MEDICAL COMFORT, AND STYLE IN MIND….
More than 60% of consumers say they have either bought or sold second-hand fashion. Credit: FreshSplash/Gettyimages.co.uk. Cardlytics’ ‘State of Spend: Golden Quarter 2025’ report forecasts that the 2025 Golden Quarter will be defined by early action, tighter planning and more selective spending across gifting, fashion and grocery. The major behavioural shifts include shoppers moving away…
Freedom often comes in unexpected forms. For Kelly McCombs, it arrived on a hiking trail, mid-walk with her dogs, when the simple act of going to the bathroom revealed an inconvenient truth: women lacked functional apparel that allowed them the same autonomy as men. “Why can they put a man on the moon, but they…
Euratex and other EU business associations say it’s key to streamline the ratification process and ensure timely completion to avoid procedural delays. Credit: Beto Gomez/Shutterstock.com. Euratex joins several other European fashion industry associations as well as those representing other industries and businesses in declaring the EU-Mercosur Agreement will be a “critical element in ensuring the…
India’s Ministry of Textiles secretary Neelam Shami Rao spoke to Just Style after hosting a roundtable on the India-UK FTA. Credit: Just Style. Following a roundtable on advancing apparel and textile trade between the UK and India, Shami Rao tells Just Style there is a lot of good work going on in performance wear all…
In one crucial way, the fashion industry is stuck in the era of Charles Dickens. Most brands still depend on dirty energy. Worse, the big players lack accountability when it comes to pursuing fossil-free supply chains. That’s according to the latest “What Fuels Fashion” report, from the London watchdog group Fashion Revolution. Even among the…
Only several years remain to stave off catastrophic climate tipping points, according to Global Fashion Agenda (GFA). In a new report, “Fashion CEO Agenda,” the high-profile nonprofit urges executives to take specific short- and long-term steps to align their businesses with the Paris Agreement. “The cost of not acting on sustainability is greater than the…