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3 Mins Read A new circular fashion store just opened up in Brooklyn, New York. Launched by secondhand fashion platform thredUP and denim brand Madewell, A Circular Store is designed to be the ultimate sustainable shopping destination, offering a full wardrobe of preloved clothing and features mending stations, repair services and upcycling workshops. A Circular Store just landed […]
8 Mins Read We know, WE KNOW. It’s always tempting to shop with all the new and trendy clothes everywhere, especially when it feels like they are always on sale. But we have to face facts! Our planet is suffering and fast fashion is a major source of harmful greenhouse gases, not to mention that landfills all over […]
3 Mins Read H&M has announced it will be adding Higg Index Sustainability Profiles onto its clothing in an effort to provide customers with information about the environmental impact of the product. In addition, the Swedish fashion giant has brought its online secondhand startup Sellpy to 20 new countries, in yet another move to tap the conscious consumption […]
3 Mins Read On a mission to divert the piles of fashion waste from landfills, a new repair and restore service has opened up in Hong Kong to help breathe new life into your old clothes. Instead of throwing out your preloved pieces, customers can bring them to the just launched Fashion Clinic, where “fashion surgeons” will redesign […]
4 Mins Read Clothing and home goods marketplace Vinted recently announced that it closed an all-equity round of EUR€250M (approx. US$303M), and as a result, the company’s value now stands at approx. US$4.5 billion, a significant jump from its end 2019 value of US$1 billion valuation. The European startup’s round was led by purpose-driven global investment firm EQT Growth […]
4 Mins Read After ten years of organising secondhand pop-ups and setting up a permanent headquarters in Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong, back in June of last year, environmental charity Redress has converted the space into a permanent curated secondhand clothing and accessories shop called The Redress Closet in an effort to continue its mission of reducing textile […]
3 Mins Read ThredUP, the world’s biggest online consignment platform, has just revealed the latest results in its 2020 Resale Report in partnership with independent market research firm GlobalData. The report shows that far from taking a hit from the economic volatility, the online resale market has been booming despite the coronavirus pandemic. Released today (June 30), thredUP’s […]
3 Mins Read American multinational retail chain Walmart has just become the latest company to jump into the resale trend in a new partnership with secondhand apparel platform thredUP. Customers will be able to choose through thousands of preloved items for women and children on Walmart’s e-commerce site for a discounted price. It comes after multiple fashion brands […]
3 Mins Read Luxury handbag resale platform Rebag has just raised US$15 million in its latest Series D round of funding. The new capital will allow the company to further develop its proprietary software to determine resale value of products, as well as scale-up its recently launched resale-rental Infinity Program. The successful round of financing in spite of […]
3 Mins Read Luxury handbag resale platform Rebag has just launched a new programme that lets customers exchange a recent preloved purchase for another bag. The programme takes the circular fashion approach to the next level by incentivising consumers to continuously recycle goods, creating a cycle between resale and rental that keeps items out of landfills as long […]
2 Mins Read As if it hasn’t already made multiple headlines in 2019, sustainable fashion is going to explode this year. Just like inclusivity is not something that brands can afford ignore, sustainability is something companies will no longer be able to skirt around (!). If you think back to a early 2018, when plastic-free living and the […]
6 Mins Read We recently had the insider opportunity to sit down with Christina Ventura, who is at the forefront of the sustainable fashion movement right here in Asia. After leading roles at Prada and Apple, Ventura went onto become the Chief Catalyst Officer at Lane Crawford Joyce Group. She is also the founder of circular economy impact […]
4 Mins Read Our addiction to unsustainable consumption to end if we are to truly minimise our impact on our planet. With the current demise of the high street retail industry, demonisation of the fashion industry as a major polluter leading to cleverer green marketing – or as some would say, greenwashing – by both fast fashion and […]
5 Mins Read We recently had the opportunity to speak to Lorenzo Albrighi, the co-founder and CEO of blockchain-powered circular fashion platform Lablaco. As half of the duo behind the first company to apply blockchain technology to fashion, Lorenzo has been at the forefront of disrupting the linear fashion system, especially in the luxury market. In this interview, […]
4 Mins Read Lane Crawford’s LUXARITY Preloved Pop-Up 2019 is showcasing their social initiative, featuring a curated selection of luxury fashion items donated from high-profile names in the industry, which aims to encourage conscious consumption in Hong Kong. Partnering up with blockchain startup Lablaco to provide fully traceable preloved shopping experience to customers, the LUXARITY pop-up marks another […]
3 Mins Read Lane Crawford will be debuting a sustainable fashion initiative LUXARITY Preloved Pop-Up 2019 in their ifc mall location this month. From 5th – 20th October, the pop-up will feature luxury fashion items donated from designers, celebrities and Lane Crawford customers to encourage responsible consumption habits in the city. In partnership with Lablaco, LUXARITY will also […]
2 Mins Read Sustainable fashion is on the rise in Asia, with global sustainability initiative Fashion For Good revealing a new investment fund at the 2019 Hong Kong Fashion Summit to encourage the development of lower impact fashion throughout the industry’s supply chain. This is a step forward for Asia, proving that sustainable innovation is not just taking […]
3 Mins Read Fast fashion has serious consequences for the environment. One of the solutions to avoid the constant cycle between buying new clothes and throwing old ones out is clothes sharing, renting and swapping platforms. Rental fashion is a growing trend, and has become increasingly popular in China. The Copenhagen Fashion Summit reported that the fashion industry […]
4 Mins Read Stop buying new clothes The fashion industry, and fast fashion in particular, is wrecking havoc on the planet. Buy less and buy secondhand when you do: Green Queen has a complete guide of where to shop preloved plus we just covered Hong Kong’ first luxe preloved boutique. Be like Tanja Wessels, a Hong Kong social […]
4 Mins Read April 10 2019 Update: Label Chic has closed down operations. In an airy, sun-drenched showroom overlooking a hub of popular cafes and stylish shops over trendy Gough Street, Héloïse Mendes looks effortlessly chic in an ivory silk Iro shirt, dark Les Prairies de Paris skirt paired with a smart navy blue sweater by J Crew. Gracefully gliding about the […]