SUSTAINABLE FASHION news and archive

How material innovation can change the fashion industry

The fashion industry is aware of the problems caused by some of the most commonly used fabrics and fibers - particularly those derived from animals. Groups such as PETA and the Humane Society of the United States have campaigned against animal-based materials for decades, promoting several brands and retailers to boycott harmful fabrics such as...

1 Mar 2021

Fashion

John Lewis to fund sustainable cashmere programme

John Lewis is to fund a sustainable cashmere programme in Inner Mongolia run by non-profit international organisation the Sustainable Fibre Alliance (SFA). The three year programme will support the expansion of the SFA’s new Cashmere Standard from Mongolia to the Inner Mongolia region of China. The SFA has developed a global standard for...

26 Feb 2021

Business

Allbirds invests in material innovation firm, reveals ‘Plant Leather’

Sustainable footwear and apparel brand Allbirds has added a new 100 percent natural plant-based leather alternative to its line-up of open-source eco-materials. The San Francisco-based company said Thursday it has invested 2 million dollars in material innovation firm Natural Fiber Welding and its Mirum technology to create the new product,...

25 Feb 2021

Video

Video: Bethany Williams at LFW

In this video, sustainable fashion designer Bethany Williams has presented her gender-neutral capsule coat collection at London Fashion Week (LFW).Watch the video below. Do you want to see more FW21 clothing collections? Click here to view theFashionUnited Marketplace. Video: Bethany Williams via YouTube Photo credit: London Fashion Week

23 Feb 2021

Video

Video: Tombogo FW21 collection at NYFW

In this video, fashion brand Tombogo has presented its sustainably produced FW21 collection called 'Lost & Found' at New York Fashion Week (NYFW).Watch the video below. Do you want to see more FW21 clothing collections? Click here to view theFashionUnited Marketplace. Video: Tombogo via YouTube Photo credit: Tombogo, Facebook

23 Feb 2021

Fashion

LFW AW21: Molly Goddard balances tulle with practical sensibilities

There is something delectably fun and glamorous about seeing an oversized tulle Molly Goddard dress bounce down the catwalk, or in this case across her studio in Bethnal Green. For autumn/winter 2021, the designer offered a more pared-down, highly wearable commercial collection that she describes as “long lasting, but spiced up wardrobe classics...

23 Feb 2021

Fashion

Vanish partners with the British Fashion Council to highlight throwaway fashion

Garment care brand Vanish has unveiled a Rewear Edit high-fashion shoot in partnership with the British Fashion Council as part of London Fashion Week made entirely from discarded clothing to raise awareness of the 3.5 tonnes of clothing thrown away every five minutes in the UK. The thought-provoking imagery is shared alongside new research...

23 Feb 2021

Fashion

LFW AW21: Bethany Williams presents capsule coat collection

This London Fashion Week, sustainable fashion designer Bethany Williams used her on-scheduled slot to share her new gender-neutral capsule coat collection, exclusively for Selfridges. The short film was less of a fashion presentation, and more of a look at how the British designer works, with Williams personally introducing the collection and...

22 Feb 2021

Business

H&M issues 500 million euro sustainability-linked bond

H&M has issued a 500 million euro sustainability-linked bond which the Swedish fashion giant said will encourage it to meet its previously announced 2025 sustainability targets. Unlike green bonds, where funds are linked to specific projects, sustainability-linked bonds - which are relatively new additions to the bond market - are coupled to...

19 Feb 2021

Retail

Zalando expands resale platform Zircle to new markets

Zalando has expanded its pre-owned fashion platform Zircle to Sweden and Denmark as the demand for second-hand fashion continues to grow. Around half of Zalando’s customers in those markets said they would consider buying pre-owned fashion within the next six months, according to a survey by the German e-tail giant. “We are very excited to...

19 Feb 2021

Business

How effective are H&M’s circularity efforts?

For quite a few years, fast fashion brand H&M has been collecting discarded garments in its stores worldwide. However, questions arose as to what H&M was doing with all these garments (29,005 tons in 2019 alone) as it was not possible to turn all of them into new clothes. Mixed materials, like cotton and polyester blends, which is what many fast...

19 Feb 2021

Retail

H&M launches ‘more sustainable’ delivery option in the Netherlands

H&M has teamed up with Swedish logistics company Budbee to offer a more sustainable and flexible delivery service for its customers in the Netherlands. Stockholm-based Budbee has compensated 110 percent of the emissions it has generated to date and by 2022 plans to have 100 percent fossil-free delivery. Shoppers can now select Budbee’s next-day...

17 Feb 2021