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The country’s manufacturing capacity is fast disappearing, with only 3 percent of all garments sold in Australia made onshore.
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Japanese department stores, Brazil’s Lojas Renner and Middle East luxury sales.
In pursuit of new audiences, greater autonomy and ever more dramatic backdrops, a growing number of Indian designers are turning to independent shows beyond the traditional fashion week circuit.
At Soho House Mexico City, Mexican fashion designers Carla Fernández, Bárbara Sánchez-Kane and Camila Banzo joined BoF’s Yasmine Dahlberg to speak candidly about identity, innovation and what it takes to build an independent fashion business in Mexico — as part of both Women’s History Month and the House’s ongoing Women Shaping the Future initiative.
Textile hubs are already feeling the cascading risks of the conflict in Iran as Washington ramps up forced labour probes to revive tariffs, while decarbonisation in fashion’s factories might finally have a standard to go off of.
The designer and podcaster joins Imran Amed to reflect on the emotional power of clothes, what Vivienne Westwood taught her about rebellion and how Fashion Neurosis has unlocked a new chapter in her creative life.
The diamond company produced less than 22 million carats last year, down from almost 35 million in 2022.
Nike’s first official shoe release with the Virgil Abloh Archive begins its launch cycle this week.
