Articles by Anna Roos van Wijngaarden
Anna Roos is a fashion journalist who, in a glamorous past, walked the catwalk herself. After studying business administration, she took up her pen to write about the business side of fashion, with a focus on sustainability issues. She has written for publications including ELLE, Dutch newspapers Het Financieeele Dagblad and Het Parool and Lampoon Magazine, and in 2024–25 she wrote the regular column ‘Goed Gekleed’ in Trouw.
Fashion for Good launches FAE project to bridge textile recycling gap
Sustainability platform Fashion for Good is launching a new project, FAE (Feedstock Activation Europe), to address the missing link in textile recycling: sorting and pre-processing infrastructure. The organisation announced the news in a press release. The initiative, supported by major players such as Adidas, Bestseller and Inditex, aims to...
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Textile recycler Spinnova resumes trial runs at Finnish factory
Finnish textile technology company Spinnova has started test runs at its Woodspin demonstration factory in Jyväskylä, the company announced in a press release. The aim of these trials is to validate its recycling technique, which converts plant-based material into textile fibres, on a larger scale to increase production efficiency and fibre...
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Study: design choices can significantly reduce fibre shedding from jeans during washing
The way jeans are processed in the factory largely determines their environmental impact when washed by the consumer. New research, shared by The Microfibre Consortium (TMC) on LinkedIn, shows that combining mercerised yarn (treated cotton) with specific washes can reduce fibre shedding by 77 to 93 percent per wash cycle. The processes for two...
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Reju secures 135 million euro funding for textile regeneration hub in the Netherlands
French company Reju has been awarded a 135 million euro (156.6 million dollars) subsidy from the Dutch government to advance its plans for a recycling centre in Limburg. The company, which is owned by the French tech firm Technip Energies, announced the development in a press release. The funds originate from the National Investment Scheme for...
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'Being yourself' and 'always keep learning' were the driving forces behind the Antwerp Six
Forty years after Dirk Bikkembergs, Ann Demeulemeester, Walter Van Beirendonck, Dries Van Noten, Dirk Van Saene and Marina Yee shook up the fashion world at the British Designer Show in London, the Modemuseum Antwerpen (MoMu) is dedicating its first full exhibition to their legacy. The Antwerp Six showcases not only this chapter of rebellious...
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Uproar over Zara and Galliano: 'This is a power move from Inditex'
One day after the announcement that John Galliano is collaborating with Spanish retailer Zara, reactions from fashion professionals are flooding in. The fact that a fashion icon whose work has defined haute couture is now aligning with one of the world's largest fast fashion retailers has struck a nerve in the industry. What exactly is behind...
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Roberto Eggs appointed CEO of Zimmermann, succeeding Chris Olliver
Roberto Eggs will become the new CEO of the Australian fashion brand Zimmermann on May 1, 2026. He joins from Moncler Group, where he worked for more than 11 years, ultimately serving as a member of the board of directors and chief business & global market officer. Previously, he held positions including worldwide vice president at Nestlé...
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Trompe-l'œil, 'fools the eye': an exploration of illusion in fashion
The catwalk is flooded with looks using trompe-l'œil ('tromp-loy'). The French term literally means 'deceive the eye'. In fashion, it is a technique where a designer creates an optical illusion by playing with perspective and dimension, making 2D appear 3D. In other words, you see something that is not there. Who invented this trick and how is...
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Investigation: exotic animal skin industry protected by lobbying
Research by the animal rights organisation Collective Fashion Justice (CFJ) reveals that lobbying has distorted the perception of the exotic animal skin industry. Executives from two departments of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), an NGO founded in France in 1948, held commercial interests in continuing the harvesting...
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US judge bans AI bot from shopping on Amazon
A US federal judge has temporarily banned Perplexity AI from using its Comet browser for purchases on Amazon. Comet is an AI agent that independently performs tasks on the web at the user's request, including logging into secure Amazon Prime accounts and completing the transaction. Amazon sued the company for computer fraud. The lawsuit does not...
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