Tag: fast fashion
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What’s Eating Fashion Today? 4 Macrotrends and Industry Insights – Part 4: Purchasing Model
Part 4 of 4 Thanks for sticking with us this far. Today’s post focuses on fashion’s purchasing model, that more than ever, is completely ripe for disruption. This article is part of a series of deconstructing a massive global industry into areas for disruption on the road to #sustainability, by spotlighting 4 macrotrends in fashion’s…
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What’s Eating Fashion Today? 4 Macrotrends and Industry Insights – Part 1: Demand Volatility
Part 1 of 4 1242 words; 6 min read. This article is part of a series of deconstructing a massive global industry into areas for disruption on the road to #sustainability, by spotlighting 4 macrotrends in fashion’s supply chain that we can tackle, right now. The fashion industry is huge. Like, HUGE huge. It has…
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Haute Couture: fashion’s unexpected sustainability leader?
1888 words, 9 min read. Its modus operandi gets as close to Slow Fashion more than we realise. By Annelise Lecordier Utter the words Haute Couture within hearing distance of anyone with half an understanding of the fashion industry and you’re bound to bring up the same kinds of associations. Luxury. Excess. Escapism. Half accurate approximations…
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Can we recycle more than 1 percent? Now is a good time to aim higher.
𝗟𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡 𝟭% 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗜𝗡 𝗖𝗟𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗦 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗬𝗖𝗟𝗘𝗗 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗢 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗚𝗔𝗥𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦 • So, how do we change this? Globally, most of material that goes into clothing ends up either in landfill or an incinerator (about 73% of all material produced.) 885 words, 4 mins read Above feature photo: 2015 Global Material Flows. Source: Circular…
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Fashion is fast on trends, but should move quicker on #transparency
Before #organic food became a trend, did you ever think about chemicals in your veggies? Before eggs were labelled “cage-free”, did anyone wonder about the well-being of the hens? Before cars had fuel-efficiency stickers and carbon emissions information on their windscreens at the dealership, did you consider these as a purchasing factor? Before we had fluorescent…