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Fashion’s best kept secret: home-based workers

They trim loose threads, stitch buttons, zippers and hooks and hem garments; they embroider and embellish with beads and sequins; they hand-paint fabrics, knot tassels and fold garments into polybags for shipment; they even do edge-painting or decorative stitching for accessories. There is hardly a supply chain in the textile, garment and...

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Vinted: How dropshipping is blurring the promise of circularity

In less than a decade, Vinted has established itself as a go-to for millions of Europeans. However, behind the stated ideal of a shared wardrobe, a more ambiguous reality is emerging. Disguised commerce is taking hold, with new ultra-fast fashion stock saturating virtual wardrobes. This article analyses a system being tested by its own excesses....

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Perfect Moment achieves first profitable quarter as full-price model takes hold

London-based, French luxury lifestyle brand Perfect Moment has reached a significant financial milestone, reporting its first profitable quarter for the period ended December 31, 2025. Results for the fiscal third quarter of 2026 highlight a successful transition toward a full-price brand model and expanded product diversification beyond...

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Ellen Haeser: 'Fashion needs to move from chasing trends to creating meaning'

After six and a half years in vocational education, Ellen Haeser is returning to the stage. During Masterly Milano 2026, the speaker and cultural strategist will present From Cradle to Grave – an ode to lifelong, inexhaustible sources of inspiration. This is an audiovisual work focusing on fashion and interiors. With over 45 years of experience...

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