Sustainability in fashion is a cause more shoppers are becoming aware of. However, the unavoidable high price point associated with sustainable brands often makes it a niche product available to some, rather than all. Some brands are working on tackling t
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Footwear is greatly different from a garment. It consists of a dozen different materials which become fused together during the manufacturing process making footwear difficult, if not impossible, to recycle. Additionally, there is a 20 per cent secondary
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Clearing out a wardrobe often results in a pile of clothes that can no longer be worn or donated due to their condition. Instead of discarding these items, they can be repurposed in creative ways. This article explores innovative ideas for reusing old clo
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When they started roughly ten years ago, the founders of Underprotection had to deal with the naysayers and the sceptics. Sustainable fashion was not in vogue and sustainable lingerie was unheard of. A decade later, the brand is big and held in high estee
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Wool is a multipurpose natural fibre rife with unsung value and renewability, yet as textile trends turn almost unanimously toward synthetics, its supply chain is suffering. Wool is widely, deeply undervalued. It provided warmth and softness for centuries
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Our ethical fleece is a sustainable fabric consisting of Lenzing Ecovero viscose rayon and recycled polyester. Derived from certified renewable wood sources using an ecoresponsible production process, Lenzing Ecovero fibres are combined with recycled poly
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A new, ethical, and sustainable alternative to leather has recently received attention within textile industry. As the call for sustainability within the trade continues to grow more pertinent than ever, the option for fungal based leather goods seems mos
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New Hemp has been committed to searching and producing fashionable, highquality, and sustainable ecofriendly textile fabrics from its founding date. They choose all kinds of natural fibres such as hemp and also use sustainable fibre kinds like Sorona. The
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Circular economy CE today has become a necessity to protect our planet from landfills and reduce pressure on nonrenewable resources. This case study involving Bangalorebased startup Urbanomad throws light on how the brand is seriously trying to incorporat
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Designers are increasingly committing themselves to sustainability, and fashion shows are going onlineall reducing their environmental impact in the bargain. As fashion brands like Okpamens Hollerose in Nigeria and Awa Meit in Mali continue to commit them
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Five young entrepreneurs are putting their creativity into top gear and dreaming up innovations that will help the production of various products as well as the fashion industry in a more sustainable and helpful manner that will not only aid the environme
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What is deadstock Deadstock fabric is leftover, remnant, or scrap fabricconventionally considered useless, last season, unsalable. Almost literally, deadstock. It is the pressingly pilingup byproduct of a business model that requires brands and mills to o
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This article is the eighth in a series of explanations of fashions pressing need for more environmentallyconscious business, sourcing, and production methods. At SynZenBe, the first transactional and discovery platform for sustainable textile sourcing, we
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Much of the discussions as well as initiatives around sustainability hover around small and shortterm measures. The planet paradigm of the sustainability argument does not figure as much as it should, and therefore biodiversity is relegated to the fringe
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First introduced as a concept in the year 2013, in demand of transparency and a focus on social accountability, traceability has since expeditiously evolved. Since 2018, Fibretrace has offered brands a technology that has the ability to code and tag a fab
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With over 8.5 billion tons of plastics produced every year, plastic waste has become one of biggest challenges. The total yearly amount of plastic over 144 million tons, is plastic bags and bubble wrap made of polyethylene, a nonbiodegradable material. M
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Disposable diapers are considered more convenient than cloth diapers, and someone with a baby might just grab it due to its convenience. However, the environmental impact disposable diapers have is huge. Approximately 4 million babies are born in the US p
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The textile industry is a heavily waterdependent industry. With the pandemicled demand for medical textile supplies and cotton face masks going up, water consumption by textile industries is only going to rise in future. Thus there is an urgent need to ad
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Circular fashion is a term used to describe a regenerative system in which clothing, shoes, and accessories are designed and produced to be circulated throughout society. According to Nostos Sustainability in Fashion Retail Report, 50 per cent of consumer
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Sustainability in the fashion industry is going to be a key driving force in the postCOVID world and manufacturers can align themselves accordingly.The year 2020 was an unfortunate and unforeseeable eyeopener for the global fashion industry. . With fashio
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Humans have been colouring fabric for thousands of years. Nature provided the natural pigments for fabric dye until 1856 when WH Perkins discovered the use of synthetic dyes. Now, 90 of the worlds textiles are dyed synthetically and it has become a gigant
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Fast fashion has always harmed the environment with carbon emissions and enduse product pile ups in various nooks and corners. In current times, brands and consumers are increasingly becoming aware of the hazards of fast fashion and trying to look for mor
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The United Nations came up with a list of 17 Sustainable Development Goals also known as Global Goals in the year 2015. These goals provide a blueprint for other countries to frame their agendas and policies, to reach a more sustainable future. The deadli
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Eco consumerism is a hot topic within the media and fashion industry as we all try to live more sustainable lives. But finding brands that are ecofriendly can be difficult, particularly when we are living in a society fuelled by fast fashion. Now we all k
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Used clothing market has existed since a long time. Only recently has its demand become mainstream through online resale platforms. Resale is being seen a vital aspect of sustainability, but not without its critics. There are valid concerns that resaleats
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