Stories About Apparel/Fashion/Textiles
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No Compromises: How Eastman’s Naia™ Renew Is Transforming the Fashion Industry
CHEMISTRY, MATERIALS & PACKAGING - Here, Shaw’s Kellie Ballew and Eastman’s Ruth Farrell discuss the opportunities created by Eastman’s Naia™ Renew textile, and the need to show the market that sustainability and circularity can be achieved without compromise.
New PANGAIA Partnership Aims to Scale Industry Adoption of Sustainable Synthetic Textiles
CHEMISTRY, MATERIALS & PACKAGING - With an investment in Kintra Fibers, a material science company that makes 100% bio-based and compostable yarns, PANGAIA aims to raise industry standards for synthetic materials.
How Seiko Epson Is Using Digital Technology to Transform the Textile Industry
PRODUCT, SERVICE & DESIGN INNOVATION - Through its cutting-edge inkjet textile-printing technology, Seiko Epson is aiming to not only transform the textile industry, but to help solve an array of social issues caused by analog printing in a range of fields.
Bid Adieu to This Dumpster Fire of a Year! The 2020 SB Holiday Gift Guide
PRODUCT, SERVICE & DESIGN INNOVATION - No offense, 2020 — but it is high time we put you to bed and look toward the future. After the year we’ve had, we all deserve a little pampering — and so do the makers of these thoughtful, ethically made products …
Research: In a Post-COVID 2021, Fashion Will Trend Toward Sustainability
THE NEXT ECONOMY - Based on research conducted by the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol in 2020, here are three trends we can expect from the apparel industry — as we emerge from COVID-19 and toward a more sustainable future.
Trending: H&M, Houdini Eliminating More Waste from Fashion
WASTE NOT - H&M’s latest collection includes garments made from recycled metals; circular, bio-based fabrics and food waste; while Houdini Sportswear has open-sourced the design of its Mono Air Houdi, to guide the industry toward further circularity.
Barbour Christmas Campaign Extols Virtues of Repairing Much-Loved Items
MARKETING AND COMMS - The heritage lifestyle brand used a true customer story as inspiration for its latest Christmas campaign, which celebrates the value of repairing used items vs purchasing new.
Designing for Circularity Turns Fashion Waste into a Viable Resource
PRODUCT, SERVICE & DESIGN INNOVATION - As we continue to weather a pandemic, and the industry and brands rethink longer-term existential strategies, we face a rare opportunity for change — to future-proof the entire fashion industry for the long run.
Trending: Sustainable Sneaks Step Up Footwear Circularity
WASTE NOT - Newcomer Third Mind elevates men’s footwear in more ways than one; while a first-of-its-kind recycling service from Thousand Fell, TerraCycle and UPS ensures your sustainable sneaks won’t end up in a landfill.
Collaboration, Not Competition, Is the Key to Affordable and Sustainable Fashion
SUPPLY CHAIN - The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol is a knowledge-sharing platform and partnership for the entire cotton supply chain. It offers brands and retailers better access to the cotton data that they need to be more sustainable.
Trending: Levi’s, thredUP Fuel Growing Momentum Behind Secondhand Fashion
THE NEXT ECONOMY - The launch of the Levi’s Secondhand marketplace and the rebrand of thredUP reflect growing consumer support of a circular economy and pride in wearing used clothes.
How Fairtrade Protects Company Supply Chains — and Brand Reputations
SUPPLY CHAIN - We caught up with Peg Willingham, newly minted Executive Director of Fairtrade America, to clear up the confusion around the concept of “fair trade”; and hear why Fairtrade is more important than ever.
Trending: 4 Steps Forward for a Circular Economy for Fashion
THE NEXT ECONOMY - Eastman's new Naia Renew portfolio, ASOS’ first circular collection, and the launch of brands Borobabi and Covalent add to the budding landscape of fashion that chips away at the rampant waste created by the industry.
Primark and CottonConnect: Bringing Sustainable Cotton from Field to Fashion
SUPPLY CHAIN - Primark’s Sustainable Cotton Programme — potentially the largest independent programme managed by a fashion retailer — enables it to trace the source of its sustainable cotton, right down to the community it was grown in.
In a COVID-19 World, Brands Need to Earn Customers’ Trust Through Sustainability
MARKETING AND COMMS - As fashion brands and retailers use the silver lining of COVID-19 to strengthen their sustainability commitments, the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol can help them demonstrate their sourcing and supply chain commitments to meet customer demand.
Report: Unlocking Manufacturer Innovation Key to Achieving Circular Fashion
SUPPLY CHAIN - With the COVID-19 and climate crises threatening industry’s dominant business model — which is based on continued growth in production — circular models will need to be at the heart of fashion’s growth plans going forward.
All Timberland Products to Be 100% Circular, Net Positive by 2030
PRODUCT, SERVICE & DESIGN INNOVATION - The brand is aiming to design 100% of its products for circularity, and source 100% of materials from regenerative agriculture.
Fashion, Beauty Brands Pushing the Envelope with Sustainable Packaging Stories
CHEMISTRY, MATERIALS & PACKAGING - Sustainable packaging is on track to becoming the norm in both industries, leaving the thing that sets brands apart as the way they communicate the message.
prAna’s Responsible Packaging Movement Aims to Foster Sea Change in Fashion
CHEMISTRY, MATERIALS & PACKAGING - Leading by example, the sustainable fashion brand has pledging to eliminate plastic from its consumer packaging by 2021, the use of Ancient and Endangered Forest by 2022, and to eliminate virgin forest fibers by 2025.
The Future of Fashion Is in Biomaterials and Circularity
CHEMISTRY, MATERIALS & PACKAGING - The circular economy is here to stay — and no industry is better positioned to take on this challenge than fashion. The designers, innovators and business people in this industry are starting a revolution that ensures doing good never goes out of style.
