More Recycling Can’t Fix The Fundamental Flaws With Fast Fashion
4m read27 savesFirst: 04/24/18Everyone in fashion is talking about “circularity,” but just focusing on reuse isn’t enough to lower the industry’s massive carbon…
Food waste is going to take over the fashion industry
3m read20 savesFirst: 06/15/18The startup Circular Systems is pioneering new tech to convert food crop waste–like banana peels and hemp stalks–into wearable fibers.
MPs to examine environmental footprint of UK fashion industry
3m read21 savesFirst: 06/22/18Inquiry will explore the carbon impact, resource use and water footprint of growing throwaway ‘fast fashion’ sector
This small fashion startup has big plans to save the planet
5m read16 saves07/20/18Three-year-old brand Aday believes in eco-friendly clothing, and is turning to solar energy and recycled plastic to make its futuristic…
Renting clothes could be the future of fashion
3m read13 savesFirst: 08/13/18It's already well established for some items - think tuxedos - so why not extend it?
5 Innovations That Could Help Make Fast Fashion More Sustainable
3m read16 savesFirst: 03/12/18From dissolving fabric to clothes made from algae, the winners of this year’s Global Change award are trying to plot…
Fashion's Dirty Little Secret And How It's Coming Clean
5m read55 saves09/09/18What the fashion industry calls "deadstock" is being routinely destroyed, defaced and dumped—for no good reason. There's a push to…
An Eco-Friendly Startup Is Converting Banana Peels Into Fabric for Clothes
4m readFirst: 06/22/18Eat your banana and wear it, too.
You can now buy a bag made from this mushroom “leather”
1m read10 savesFirst: 09/05/18At $400, this tote from Bolt Threads is not cheap, but it is very sustainable (and stylish).
'Plastic is not cool' – is fashion finally cleaning up its act?
5m read19 savesFirst: 06/07/18As World Oceans Day approaches, Lucy Yeomans, Net-a-Porter’s chief executive, is leading the way in tackling fashion’s addiction to the…
what is the answer to fashion's waste problem?
7m read10/30/18As Burberry, Stella McCartney and H&M pledge to help eliminate plastic pollution, we look back to The Earthwise Issue, in…
Sustainability of the fashion industry inquiry launched
7m readFirst: 01/04/19Environmental Audit Committee investigate the social and environmental impact of disposable ‘fast fashion’ and the wider clothing industry
