Circular Fashion news and archive

Ebay's Circular Fashion Fund to return for a second year

Ebay UK has announced that its 100,000-pound Circular Fashion Fund, in partnership with the British Fashion Council (BFC), is returning for a second year following its success in 2022, which crowned on-demand tailoring service The Seam as the grand prize winner. The Circular Fashion Fund is available for small businesses, innovative tech...

Business

Mulberry unveils pre-loved pop-up and collab with Stefan Cooke

British accessory label Mulberry has unveiled a new collaboration with designer label Stefan Cooke which will be among the offerings at its pre-loved pop-up store in London, set to open tomorrow. The limited-edition capsule comes as part of the brand’s circularity programme, The Mulberry Exchange, and involves a selection of 27 pre-loved bags...

Business

Spinnova and Renewcell partner on scaling circular fibre production

Two players in the circular textile field have come together in a bid to commercialise and scale the production of textile waste-based fibre to create consumer products. Sustainable textile material company Spinnova and Swedish textile recycling innovator Renewcell will work together on spinning such fibres into products via a new production...

Business

Toast to introduce resale programme in extension of circularity efforts

British apparel retailer Toast is set to continue expanding its efforts in the field of circularity with the imminent launch of a new resale service for customers. Through ‘Toast Reworn’, which is scheduled to debut in October, shoppers will be able to bring pre-worn items into a Toast store or send them to the company free of charge to be...

Business

Fashion and sustainability in July 2023

While July mainly beckoned with warm summer weather, it revealed some dark clouds in the field of fashion and sustainability: The European Court of Auditors, for example, found that the EU’s transition to a circular economy has come to a virtual standstill despite the ten billion euros made available to EU member states to promote the circular...

Business

Resale company Trove secures 30 million dollars in fresh funding

Resale tech company Trove has raised 30 million dollars in a series E funding round, bringing its total funding to over 150 million dollars since its inception. The US business, whose technology powers the resale services of brands including Lululemon, Patagonia, Nordstrom, and Levi’s, said the investment “strategically brings together experts...

Business

New report details improvements in Jeans Redesign participants

A new report by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation has outlined a series of industry improvements by the companies and brands participating in its Jeans Redesign project. Initially launched by the foundation in 2019, the initiative provided a minimum bar to design and make garments in line with circular economy principles, offering guidelines...

Retail

Coach unveils first dedicated retail space for sub-brand, Coachtopia

Luxury brand Coach has revealed a pop-up store experience for its newly launched sub-brand Coachtopia, bringing to life a space that looks to capture the label’s commitment to circular fashion. It is the first dedicated retail location for Coachtopia in North America, located in SoHo where the use of architectural elements and an immersive...

Fashion Featured

BFC: New report on garment longevity

The British Fashion Council’s (BFC) Institute of Positive Fashion (IPF), along with the support of Vanish, has unveiled a comprehensive insights report as part of Phase 2 of the Circular Fashion Ecosystem Project. This new report aims to underscore the significance of empowering citizens to adopt garment care and maintenance practices through...

Business

Carhartt to bring resale programme to stores

Workwear brand Carhartt has said it is expanding its resale programme to its physical stores over the course of 2023 following what the company said had been a successful pilot. The initiative is an expansion of the brand’s Carhartt Reworked programme, which had initially launched online in March 2023 as a resale site before entering its retail...

Business

Patagonia launches 'Repair Portal', expands repair services

Outerwear specialist Patagonia has announced the launch of a new online Repair Portal, designed to cater to repair requests 24 hours a day and allow customers to track the status of their repairs. Alongside this, the brand is also set to expand its European network of fixers, as well as increasing repair tools and services in its stores. It...

Fashion

European Parliament backs new ecodesign standards, Euratex raises concerns

As part of Europe’s broader crack down on unsustainable practices across industries, the EU Parliament has agreed on its negotiating position for new ecodesign standards to ensure products last longer and can more easily be repaired, upgraded, and recycled. The EU Parliament’s proposed law, which is part of its wider circular economy package,...