The 2017 Copenhagen Fashion Summit to focus on commitment to drive change. We Need to Change Fashion

Global clothing production doubled between 2000 and 2014. Let’s Change Fashion together. Top names to join Copenhagen Fashion Summit: The next generation will not only be heard but also seen. The world’s leading business forum on sustainable fashion, Copenhagen Fashion Summit 2017, unveils this year’s complete programme and important expected outcomes. On 11 May 2017, decision-makers … Read more

Sustainable style: will Gen Z help the fashion industry clean up its act?

Four years after the Rana Plaza tragedy, a burgeoning collection of cool but ethical brands have launched to target the socially conscious young consumer. But there is still a long way to go

From cotton fields to high street racks, fashion bids to be 100% sustainable

Conservation charity WWF and online brand AwayToMars aim to make desirable clothes that have zero impact on the environment

Creative communications must inspire fashionistas to care about ethics

New fanzine Money Fashion Power empowers readers to think differently about clothing and to inspire change in the way people shop

Gucci owner gets teeth into snakeskin market with python farm

Luxury group Kering says snakes will be raised in the ‘best conditions’ before they are turned into shoes, bags and belts

Flotsam and fashion: recycler of ‘ghost’ fishing nets makes marine litter trendy

Last year a company set up by an Italian former scuba recycled more than 5,000 tons of discarded nets into nylon for apparel brands including Speedo