Cows, sheep and goats are culpable for most of fashion’s methane emissions, according to a new report. Leather, wool and cashmere produce 75 percent of the industry’s super-pollutant although they only make up 3.8 percent of its overall materials, the nonprofit Collective Fashion Justice has found. There’s been scant focus on fashion’s methane footprint, as…
By aligning standards and leveraging expertise, the new partnership aims to make responsible business conduct more practical, effective and impactful. Credit: Fair Wear. Fair Wear and Green Button have signed a Joint Declaration of Intent to scale impactful Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence (HREDD) by aligning approaches and leveraging their combined expertise. Together, the initiatives hope to help more companies turn…
For designer Nensi Dojaka, success came quickly — until it didn’t. Just two years after breaking into London’s fashion scene in 2019 with her sensual, lingerie-inspired dresses, the Albanian designer won the prestigious LVMH Prize and BFC Foundation Award for emerging talent. Her London runway shows were attended by top editors; her fan base included…
American It girls have long loved Danielle Guizio. The New York-based designer got her start a decade ago sending graphic T-shirts to tastemakers like Kylie Jenner, Hailey Bieber and the Hadid sisters. Since then, she’s expanded her assortment of youthful and social media-friendly apparel, such as mini skirts, sweater sets, corsets and micro dresses that…
After years of languishing on the sidelines and disappearing entirely from runways, fur (and more specifically shearling) has gained prominence yet again at many fashion houses as designers showcase sustainable fur trends in their latest lines for fall and winter. But with a growing popularity, distinction matters to understand the nuances between fur and shearling. …
Source Fashion July 2025 saw record visitor numbers and a 51% year-on-year increase in total footfall, its biggest increase to date. Credit: Source Fashion. The show has been moved to an earlier than normal date (January 2026) which organisers say “firmly places Source Fashion at the start of the fashion sourcing calendar, and unites global…
Knitted fabrics using yarn made of mechanically opened cotton fibres from post-consumer denim. Credit: Susanna Raiskio at VTT. The public Telavalue research project at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland sees textile recycling as a massive opportunity for the whole of Europe. It explains recycling technology is advancing rapidly, but a lack of regulation and…
Prato, Italy – When Zhang Dayong lay in a pool of blood on a sidewalk in Rome after being shot six times, few suspected a link to Italy’s storied textile hub of Prato. But a “hanger war” is raging in the city near Florence — turning Europe’s largest apparel manufacturing center and a pillar of…
Luxury conglomerate LVMH is reportedly looking to sell fashion brand Marc Jacobs for about $1 billion. LVMH is discussing deals with multiple parties and could reach a deal soon, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Friday (July 25), citing unnamed sources. LVMH did not immediately reply to PYMNTS’ request for comment. According to the WSJ report, the company is known…
Only 4 percent of fashion brands are serious about circularity. And only a few more are ramping up strategies such as designing out waste, using fewer virgin materials and building circular business models, according to the fifth Circular Fashion Index from Kearney, a Chicago-based management consultancy. It named circular design and materials reuse and recycling…