The French Senate has approved a new legislation that puts strict rules on ultra-fast fashion brands like SHEIN and Temu. This bill bans ads for brands that harm the environment and fines those that don’t follow sustainability rules. The goal is to push the fashion industry toward more eco-friendly practices with lower carbon footprint, aiming…
How does a fast fashion giant keep pace with trends while maintaining a budget-friendly approach? Shein‘s head of strategic and corporate affairs, Peter Pernot-Day, claimed its success is due to a “micro-production” model, starting with small batches based on emerging trends. “We are precisely tailoring the supply of products to the actual demand in the…
Fed up with fast fashion waste, sustainable fashion advocate Wendy Ward launched a #TakeItBack campaign, urging people to send their old, worn-out clothes back to major retail brands, the Guardian reported. What’s happening? Fast fashion has created a massive buildup of clothing waste. Cheaply made garments end up in landfills faster than they can be…
Curio Blue Paradox Earth Day event at the Griffin MSI. Guests enjoying the Blue Paradox exhibit that brings awareness about the ocean’s plastic pollution. (AC Photography) On Earth Day 2025 (April 22) the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry became the epicenter of innovation and environmental advocacy as it hosted The Blue Paradox Sustainable Fashion…
Pile of old clothes and shoes dumped on the grass as junk and garbage, littering and polluting the … More environment getty In Beyond the Price Tag: The Dark Side of Luxury and Circular Fashion, the darker undercurrents of the fashion industry were examined. Now, we go deeper into one of its most pressing impacts:…
eBay Ventures, eBay’s venture capital arm, has awarded US business Refiberd USD$300,000 investment crowning them eBay’s Circular Fashion Innovator of the Year. By the end of 2025, eBay will have provided a global investment of $1.2 million to fashion innovators and small businesses through its global Circular Fashion Fund, designed to support start-ups to scale…
Wool recycling is a hot topic at companies like Smartwool and icebreaker. getty Americans alone toss out up to 11.3 million tons of textile waste annually. That’s around 2,150 pieces of clothing per second—which clogs waterways, leaches toxins, and harms marine life at breakneck speed. Trendy, cheap clothes cycle in and out of closets, and…