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Over 110 small and medium-sized apparel brands from around the world have signed on to the 2020 Circular Fashion Pledge, with actionable steps to make circular fashion an industry-wide reality.Now, the Circular Fashion Pledge community is over 110 brands strong, with a TOP STORIES How stores and brands and survive the COVID-19 era (Fast Company) The incredible shrinking department store (Retail Dive) The tech behind social distance selling (Vogue Business) SUSTAINABILITY & PURPOSE 5 brands launched during…The virtual world has become more vital than ever as we spend our weeks working through video chats and trying to connect to loved ones through our screens, said Gabo Arora, a world-renowned and award-winning immersive artist, professor, and former UN diplomat.
A collection of major fashion brands, including Ted Baker, Farfetch and FW, are to begin trialling circular economy business models in London this month.. Eric Liedtke, head of global brands at the company, said each pair of shoes uses the equivalent of 11 plastic bottles, which means that Adidas has recycled some 55 million plastic bottles this year. goal of engaging even more. she is now working on making her garments entirely compostable.Faller also sources only from post-industrial scrap.
Close. Circular economy examples: Brands to watch ASICS – Product lifecycle assessment to reduce C02 emissions: Through Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs), ASICS investigates the environmental and social impacts of their products at every stage of their lifecycle, from the sourcing of materials all the way to recycling or disposal. experiences, challenges and know-how with others.Early in her career, when Agarwal first learned of the volume of waste produced
The brand uses these off-cut leather pieces that would otherwise end up in landfill from the pre-chemical treatment stage, and uses fabric made out of recycled bottles to line its bags. From planting and irrigating cotton fields, to dyeing and washing fabric – a world without enough water and raw materials spells out an uncertain future.“In the worst case, the fashion industry will face distinct restrictions on one or more of its key input factors, leaving it unable to grow at the projected rate and in the long run unable to continue under its current operating model,” said the Global Fashion Agenda in its The Pulse of The Fashion Industry report.It’s for that reason, the industry is exploring the circular economy, which takes the traditional, make-use-dispose model in fashion, and rather promotes a closed-loop where items are reused, recycled and reduced.We’ve seen numerous startups playing in this space for years, experimenting with different natural ingredients and formulas to create textiles ready for market. The creation of the textile therefore provides local farmers with an additional income.A round-up of everything you might have missed in relevant fashion, retail and tech industry news over the past week. We are thinkers and builders delivering innovative solutions and experiences.
For Enablers. Not only does it produce great clothes, but it undertakes research and education to push sustainable practices and innovations in recycling materials in the fashion industry.This LA based company creates elegant and modern pieces using ARIELLE is a NYC-based brand that offers classic tailored styles for women with flattering fits. You will be presented with the challenges that the fashion industry faces when trying to go circular.
(BoF) Fashion was broken even before the pandemic. in 2020 toward circularity.
Inspired by Fashion brands enjoy significant benefits from turning their efforts toward TOP STORIES The not-so-grand reopening on retail (Retail Dive) Why now is the right time to invest in luxury (Jing Daily) What’s next for retail and luxury? The innovative material has seen previous incarnations in Falke socks and Lululemon sportswear in its VitaSea collection.This material is, for now, aplenty: a recent figure from the Italian Agricultural Department revealed that waste from the juice industry resulted in 700,000 tonnes of discarded orange peel on a yearly basis in Italy alone.German brand Hugo Boss released limited collection footwear in April 2018 using discarded pineapple leaves that imitate the texture of leather.
The Current Global is a transformation consultancy driving growth within fashion, luxury and retail. Now, the Circular Fashion Pledge community is over 110 brands strong, with a goal of engaging even more. But concrete actions by the end of this calendar year:Of 117 brands, 62 percent have pledged to enabling take-back/resale, 60 percent
TOP STORIES Consumer outlook tempered by uncertainty, concern of lingering pandemic (WWD) How to survive the future of retail (BoF) Can fashion survive a second wave of Covid-19? Brands and companies have already adapted the circular economy strategy in their clothing collections.