De Beers Makes Sweeping Cuts to Its Elite Diamond-Buying Club
The diamond company produced less than 22 million carats last year, down from almost 35 million in 2022.
materials
Technology
Why Some New Materials Succeed and Others Don’t
The number of supposedly better and more sustainable materials keeps multiplying, but few achieve scale. So why should Nike’s latest innovation, Forward, succeed where others have stalled?
Why Some New Materials Succeed and Others Don’t
The number of supposedly better and more sustainable materials keeps multiplying, but few achieve scale. So why should Nike’s latest innovation, Forward, succeed where others have stalled?
Technology
Nike Has Giant Ambitions for Its Newest Innovation
Made with a Nike-developed manufacturing process, the brand’s latest material, Forward, could be its biggest move in apparel in decades — if shoppers embrace its unique look and feel.
Nike Has Giant Ambitions for Its Newest Innovation
Made with a Nike-developed manufacturing process, the brand’s latest material, Forward, could be its biggest move in apparel in decades — if shoppers embrace its unique look and feel.
Sustainability
Eco-Fashion’s Next Big Idea: Turn Pollution Into Products
Sound like science fiction? Companies like On, Pangaia, Zara and Lululemon are already experimenting with materials and dyes produced with captured carbon emissions and the new US climate bill could speed up adoption.
Eco-Fashion’s Next Big Idea: Turn Pollution Into Products
Sound like science fiction? Companies like On, Pangaia, Zara and Lululemon are already experimenting with materials and dyes produced with captured carbon emissions and the new US climate bill could speed up adoption.
Sustainability
Telfar Bags, Vegan Leather and an Unexpected Lesson
The response to a viral tweet about the durability of Telfar’s Shopping bags contains an important takeaway for brands navigating the complex sustainable fashion space.
Telfar Bags, Vegan Leather and an Unexpected Lesson
The response to a viral tweet about the durability of Telfar’s Shopping bags contains an important takeaway for brands navigating the complex sustainable fashion space.
Sustainability
A Radical Solution to Denim’s Climate Cost: Go Direct to the Farm
How denim group Citizens of Humanity is partnering with cotton farmers in a long-term bid to secure all its cotton from regenerative agriculture.
A Radical Solution to Denim’s Climate Cost: Go Direct to the Farm
How denim group Citizens of Humanity is partnering with cotton farmers in a long-term bid to secure all its cotton from regenerative agriculture.
Sustainability
Inditex Enters ‘Clean Tech’ With Investment in Circular Start-Up Circ
The fast-fashion giant joined a $30 million funding round, making its first venture investment in a clean technology company as interest in textile recycling grows.
Inditex Enters ‘Clean Tech’ With Investment in Circular Start-Up Circ
The fast-fashion giant joined a $30 million funding round, making its first venture investment in a clean technology company as interest in textile recycling grows.
Sustainability
The Start-Ups Aiming to Detox Dyeing
Turning dresses red and jeans blue is a dirty, resource-intensive process. A number of new technologies offer promising solutions for a lower-impact way forward.
The Start-Ups Aiming to Detox Dyeing
Turning dresses red and jeans blue is a dirty, resource-intensive process. A number of new technologies offer promising solutions for a lower-impact way forward.
Sustainability
Sustainable Fashion’s Credibility Crisis
This week, the Sustainable Apparel Coalition suspended the use of its product labels, employed by companies like H&M and Amazon, as concerns over greenwashing engulfed one of the industry’s top sustainability tools.
Sustainable Fashion’s Credibility Crisis
This week, the Sustainable Apparel Coalition suspended the use of its product labels, employed by companies like H&M and Amazon, as concerns over greenwashing engulfed one of the industry’s top sustainability tools.
Sustainability
Fashion’s Sustainable Materials Strategy Needs a Glow-Up
Big brands are buying more recycled polyester, better cotton and responsible leather than ever. But progress is precarious and more radical action is needed to really transform the industry’s supply chains, a new report from Textile Exchange finds.
Fashion’s Sustainable Materials Strategy Needs a Glow-Up
Big brands are buying more recycled polyester, better cotton and responsible leather than ever. But progress is precarious and more radical action is needed to really transform the industry’s supply chains, a new report from Textile Exchange finds.
Sustainability
Where Does Your T-Shirt Really Come From?
A stringent US ban on imports from China’s Xinjiang region that came into effect this week ratchets up the pressure on companies to prove their supply chains are free of forced labour.
Where Does Your T-Shirt Really Come From?
A stringent US ban on imports from China’s Xinjiang region that came into effect this week ratchets up the pressure on companies to prove their supply chains are free of forced labour.
Sustainability
Why LVMH Is Betting on Lab-Grown Diamonds
For years, luxury’s biggest jewellers have dismissed synthetic diamonds as inauthentic. But an investment by LVMH’s venture fund in lab-grown diamond company Lusix suggests this calculus may be changing alongside consumer interest in ethical and sustainable products.
Why LVMH Is Betting on Lab-Grown Diamonds
For years, luxury’s biggest jewellers have dismissed synthetic diamonds as inauthentic. But an investment by LVMH’s venture fund in lab-grown diamond company Lusix suggests this calculus may be changing alongside consumer interest in ethical and sustainable products.
Sustainability
How Do the Biggest Companies in Sportswear Score on Sustainability?
Puma tops The BoF Sustainability Index 2022, but Skechers, Fila Holdings and Anta Sports all rank in the assessment’s bottom five.
How Do the Biggest Companies in Sportswear Score on Sustainability?
Puma tops The BoF Sustainability Index 2022, but Skechers, Fila Holdings and Anta Sports all rank in the assessment’s bottom five.
The News in Brief
L’Oréal India in Talks to Acquire Beauty Company Innovist
L’Oréal is in advanced talks to acquire a majority stake in Bare Anatomy parent Innovist sources told The Economic Times India.
Zegna Chairman Says War Has Clouded Visibility of Demand in Middle East
The Italian fashion house cautioned the war is reducing visibility on demand in the Middle East, which accounts for 7 percent of its sales, though all stores are currently open in the region.
Glossier Appoints New CMO
Nicole Solorzano, who joins from Ouai, is the Millennial beauty brand’s latest hire.
Macy’s CEO Points to E-Shaped Economy, Signalling Consumer Shift
The mention of a forked economy by the head of America’s largest department store signals a heightened wariness that middle-income Americans will continue to spend at the same pace.
France’s Bid to Suspend Shein’s Marketplace Rejected by Appeals Court
The decision from Paris’ Court of Appeal marked a win for the fast-fashion giant after a scandal over sex dolls resembling children for sale on its site.
Coty Announces Board Revamp
The embattled Covergirl owner has appointed five new independent directors amidst a wider leadership and company shakeup.
Zimmermann Names Roberto Eggs CEO
The Moncler Group executive will succeed longtime CEO Chris Olliver, who is staying on as executive chairman.