For the past 16 years — pandemic notwithstanding — sustainability experts have gathered in Copenhagen each June for the Global Fashion Summit (GFS), a two-day symposium organised by the Global Fashion Agenda (GFA), spanning panel discussions, closed-door roundtables, an innovation expo and sprawling side events. While the official programme reflects shifting priorities at a higher…
SHEIN has become one of the biggest names in fast fashion, selling affordable clothes online to customers around the world. The company had revenues of around US$30–32 billion in 2023 and offered nearly 600,000 items for sale at any given time. However, SHEIN is also facing criticisms over its rising carbon footprint and net-zero initiatives. The…
A protest installation by XR Guerrilla Fashion, highlighting the global fight against fast fashion. … More Photo by MOUNEB TAIM/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images For the last decade, Shein has dominated the fast fashion world with prices so low they almost felt imaginary. A £3 crop top. A…
Photo: SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP via Getty Images AFP via Getty Images In an age where brand image is everything, an unexpected new voice is gaining traction in fashion’s transparency movement: the manufacturers themselves. On TikTok, a growing number of Chinese suppliers are sharing behind-the-scenes footage of products they’re producing for global brands. Largely in response to…