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Smiley Originals launches Future Creators Fund

Smiley Originals has launched its first bi-annual Future Creators Fund to support designers in their sustainability journey at major fashion weeks this season. The 500,000-pound fund and mentorship scheme was born out of Smiley Originals ‘Future Positive’ sustainability initiative and is linked to its partnership with the United Nations to...

Feb 6, 2023

Retail

Shaftesbury partners with Good On You to help guide sustainable practices

Real estate firm Shaftesbury has announced a new partnership with Good On You, a sustainability ratings company, to help guide it in driving sustainable practices and selecting more sustainable brands. The landlord, which operates various retail destinations across London’s West End, said that through the partnership it will provide information...

Feb 2, 2023

Event

Visitor numbers at 51st INNATEX close to pre-pandemic levels

On the evening of Monday 23 January 2023, the 51st INNATEX closed its doors with a gratifying result: over the three days of the event, 1523 trade visitors attended the exhibition centre in Hofheim-Wallau, Germany. This is a sign of how things are normalising – good news, too, for the many young labels that were exhibiting at the fair, who found...

Jan 27, 2023

Business

AEO joins US Cotton Trust Protocol as new member

The US Cotton Trust Protocol has announced fashion retail group American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) has joined as a new member. Through support from the organisation, the conglomerate, which owns the likes of American Eagles, Aerie and Todd Snyder, said it would strive to provide better transparency, communication and standardised reporting of its...

Jan 27, 2023

Fashion Featured

Ralph Lauren introduces cashmere recycling programme

Ralph Lauren has unveiled its first Cradle to Cradle Certified Gold cashmere sweater alongside the news it is launching a cashmere recycling programme in North America, the UK, and Europe. The cashmere sweater has been designed “to be worn, loved and live on responsibly for generations to come,” explains Ralph Lauren in the press release, and...

Jan 25, 2023

BusinessFeatured

Refined Brands adds Kettlewell Colours to portfolio

Ethical fashion group Refined Brands has acquired Kettlewell Colours, as it continues to build a digitally native portfolio of ethically sourced, natural and sustainable British brands. Kettlewell Colours, founded by Melissa Nicholson and her husband John in 2004, is headquartered in Somerset and was created to enable women to shop “their best...

Jan 23, 2023

Business

Sustainable polyester producer Fairbrics raises 22 million euros to fund project

Fairbrics, a chemical company developing sustainable polyester, has announced it has raised a total of 22 million euros through funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research & Innovation Programme and partners of the Technology Upscaling Project. The EU’s grant, which provided 17 million euros, was awarded to a consortium coordinated...

Jan 17, 2023

RetailFeatured

Swiss sports brand On to open first UK flagship

Swiss high-performance running brand On is opening its first standalone European store in February. The three-story, 860 square feet store, located at 169-173 Regent Street in London’s West End, will open on February 10, with On offering its British fans its design-centric and technology-driven approach to the in-store consumer experience. David...

Jan 16, 2023

Fashion Featured

Patagonia and Samsung developed a washing machine that reduces microplastics

Patagonia and Samsung have partnered to combat the microplastics that result from textiles and laundry. Microplastics as a result of clothes washing has to date not received the same awareness campaign compared to other sustainability efforts, such as water-saving technologies. When synthetic textiles are washed, microplastics from garments...

Jan 13, 2023

BusinessFeatured

Stella McCartney shares latest environmental impact report

Stella McCartney has revealed that its total valued impact on nature in 2021 was estimated at 3.1 million euros, mainly from greenhouse gas emissions, which counts for 72 percent of its overall impact, along with land use and water consumption. The 2021 impact figure is down from 5.3 million euros in 2020, and 8.2 million euros in 2019. However,...

Jan 12, 2023

Business

European Fashion Alliance outline first steps of long-term plan in new summit

The members of the newly formed European Fashion Alliance (EFA) came together for the first time in Las Palmas in October for their debut summit, bringing together 59 representatives from 29 member organisations, spanning 23 European countries. The aim of the summit was to discuss and ultimately decide on a package of measures and actions to...

Jan 10, 2023

Fashion

Sustainable shoe brand Rice launches vegan sneaker

Sustainable footwear brand Rice from Spain has introduced a completely vegan sneaker. The all-black “Open21” is made not only from various sustainable materials such as vegan corn and apple leather, organic cotton and recycled materials, but also from real rice grains: the outer sole has a visible rice texture. Rice sneaker “Open21”. Images:...

Jan 5, 2023