Vogue Japan Announces New Head of Editorial Content
Kazumi Asamura Hayashi will take the helm later this month, marking a new chapter for Vogue Japan after a leadership transition at Condé Nast Japan.
Shayeza Walid
Technology
Explainer: How Fashion Brands Should Prepare for Mandatory Digital Product Passports
The deadline for every fashion item sold in the EU to have its own digital identity is inching closer. Brands need to get ready.
Explainer: How Fashion Brands Should Prepare for Mandatory Digital Product Passports
The deadline for every fashion item sold in the EU to have its own digital identity is inching closer. Brands need to get ready.
Sustainability
Fashion’s Sustainability Pressure Test
A new PETA investigation is reigniting animal welfare scrutiny in ‘responsible’ mohair supply chains just as Vinted deepens its US push in New York and evolving research raises new questions about how microplastics behave inside the human body.
Fashion’s Sustainability Pressure Test
A new PETA investigation is reigniting animal welfare scrutiny in ‘responsible’ mohair supply chains just as Vinted deepens its US push in New York and evolving research raises new questions about how microplastics behave inside the human body.
Sustainability
Exclusive: PETA Investigation Challenges ‘Responsible Mohair’ Certification
The animal-rights group claims certification is failing to prevent cruelty at farms producing mohair and implicated a supplier to brands such as Paul Smith in a new report.
Exclusive: PETA Investigation Challenges ‘Responsible Mohair’ Certification
The animal-rights group claims certification is failing to prevent cruelty at farms producing mohair and implicated a supplier to brands such as Paul Smith in a new report.
Sustainability
Nike Compensates Migrant Workers Five Years After Labour Controversy
Nike has agreed to substantial payouts to thousands of former garment workers at a Thai supplier after years of pressure from labour rights campaigners and an independent investigation into alleged wage theft during the pandemic.
Nike Compensates Migrant Workers Five Years After Labour Controversy
Nike has agreed to substantial payouts to thousands of former garment workers at a Thai supplier after years of pressure from labour rights campaigners and an independent investigation into alleged wage theft during the pandemic.
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Sustainability
An Innovative Factory Runs Into Sustainability’s Scalability Problem
Heat pumps similar to those widely used in homes and buildings offer a glimpse of how fashion manufacturers might slash their emissions, if only there were a one-size-fits-all solution.
An Innovative Factory Runs Into Sustainability’s Scalability Problem
Heat pumps similar to those widely used in homes and buildings offer a glimpse of how fashion manufacturers might slash their emissions, if only there were a one-size-fits-all solution.
Sustainability
The Frayed Edge: Fashion’s Climate Reckoning Is Just Getting Started
From dangerous heat on factory floors to flooding across sourcing hubs, climate risks are catching up with fashion’s supply chains. While new recycling initiatives attempt to scale to address the industry’s waste and emissions problem, easing regulation in Europe raises questions about the path forward heading into 2026.
The Frayed Edge: Fashion’s Climate Reckoning Is Just Getting Started
From dangerous heat on factory floors to flooding across sourcing hubs, climate risks are catching up with fashion’s supply chains. While new recycling initiatives attempt to scale to address the industry’s waste and emissions problem, easing regulation in Europe raises questions about the path forward heading into 2026.
Global Markets
How Arab Jewellery Designers Took Local Heritage Global
Backed by a deep history in the jewellery trade, a new generation of Arab designers are taking the region’s craftsmanship global while many heritage jewellery houses are re-inventing themselves and gaining greater prominence.
How Arab Jewellery Designers Took Local Heritage Global
Backed by a deep history in the jewellery trade, a new generation of Arab designers are taking the region’s craftsmanship global while many heritage jewellery houses are re-inventing themselves and gaining greater prominence.
Sustainability
Fashion Is Failing to Protect Garment Workers From Extreme Heat
The International Accord is adding heat-stress protocols to its binding mandate for brands after a watchdog group documented severe heat-related harm to garment workers in Bangladesh and Pakistan.
Fashion Is Failing to Protect Garment Workers From Extreme Heat
The International Accord is adding heat-stress protocols to its binding mandate for brands after a watchdog group documented severe heat-related harm to garment workers in Bangladesh and Pakistan.
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Sustainability
The Frayed Edge: Are Fashion’s Sustainability Efforts Misplaced?
A disappointing COP30 deal was reached in Brazil, while floods across South and Southeast Asia showed exactly why quicker action is required. Meanwhile the EU watered down sustainability legislation yet again, this time targeting deforestation. In some positive news, bans on fur and misleading ‘green’ ads made headway.
The Frayed Edge: Are Fashion’s Sustainability Efforts Misplaced?
A disappointing COP30 deal was reached in Brazil, while floods across South and Southeast Asia showed exactly why quicker action is required. Meanwhile the EU watered down sustainability legislation yet again, this time targeting deforestation. In some positive news, bans on fur and misleading ‘green’ ads made headway.
Retail
How Centring Community Kickstarted Kotn’s Growth
After growing a post-pandemic cult following and making a shift towards community-first brand building, the independent Egyptian-Canadian brand is now expanding its global footprint.
How Centring Community Kickstarted Kotn’s Growth
After growing a post-pandemic cult following and making a shift towards community-first brand building, the independent Egyptian-Canadian brand is now expanding its global footprint.
Creative Class
Jonathan Anderson Takes Top Prize at BFC’s Fashion Awards
Anderson won designer of the year for the third year in a row. Sarah Burton, Grace Wales Bonner, Dilara Findikoğlu, Delphine Arnault, Brunello Cuccinelli, Rei Kawakubo and the late Melanie Ward were also recognised.
Jonathan Anderson Takes Top Prize at BFC’s Fashion Awards
Anderson won designer of the year for the third year in a row. Sarah Burton, Grace Wales Bonner, Dilara Findikoğlu, Delphine Arnault, Brunello Cuccinelli, Rei Kawakubo and the late Melanie Ward were also recognised.
Sustainability
Amnesty Says Fashion Benefits From Worker Repression
The human-rights organisation’s first-ever examination of the global garment industry alleged that major brands have been complicit in widespread anti-union abuse across their South Asian supply chains.
Amnesty Says Fashion Benefits From Worker Repression
The human-rights organisation’s first-ever examination of the global garment industry alleged that major brands have been complicit in widespread anti-union abuse across their South Asian supply chains.
The News in Brief
Cyclone in Sri Lanka Impacts Multiple Garment Factories
A week after devastating floods, the industry association in Sri Lanka says multiple large facilities have been impacted, as recovery efforts for affected workers are underway.
Poland Bans Fur Farming in a Major Blow to the Global Fur Trade
The world’s second-biggest fur producer has passed an eight-year phase-out of all fur farms, accelerating fashion’s shift away from animal pelts.
UK To Scrap Its Tariff Exemption on Low-Value Imports By 2029
The move closes the 'de minimis' loophole heavily relied on by Chinese e-commerce giants Shein and Temu.
Nike Doubles Down on Recycled Fibres
The sportswear giant announced multi-year off take agreements with textile-to-textile recycling startups Syre and Loop this week, as it looks to reduce its future reliance on virgin polyester.
CFDA and Bezos Earth Fund to Partner on Sustainability Initiative
The three-year collaboration, dubbed “The Next Thread,” will fund emerging designers, students, and storytelling projects reimagining the future of sustainable fashion.
Bangladesh Drops Criminal Cases Against 48,000 Garment Workers
Labour rights campaigners hail the move as a “massive victory”, which comes two years after thousands of garment workers were charged for protesting against failed national minimum wage negotiations.
Kim Jones Appointed Creative Director of Bosideng’s New Premium Sub-Label
The Chinese outerwear giant tapped the veteran designer to lead its new high-end urbanwear line, Areal.