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Miami Startup NiLuu Is Ditching Cruelty In Luxury Sleepwear With Vegan Silk
Silk is often the first fabric that people think of when it comes to luxury sleepwear. But behind silk is a production process that isn’t as shiny or soft as it looks, with thousands of silkworms often boiled or gassed alive to obtain!-->…
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H&M Adds Higg Index ‘Sustainability Profiles’ To Clothing & Expands Resale Platform Sellpy To 20 Markets
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!-->…
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Meet Queen Of Raw, The Blockchain-Powered Marketplace Turning Textile Deadstock Into Dollars
Every year, 92 million tonnes of textile waste is sent to landfills. That’s one truckload dumped every single second. Growing up, Stephanie Benedetto and Phil Derasmo, whose families were in the fabric and fashion business, saw the reality!-->…
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Suzy Cameron-Led Red Carpet Green Dress Launches App To Make Sustainable Fashion More Accessible
Women-led organization Red Carpet Green Dress (RCGD), which was founded by Suzy Amis Cameron and works to drive positive change in the fashion and apparel industry, recently launched its brand new digital RCGD app to build a community!-->…
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Futurecraft.Footprint: Adidas X Allbirds Unveil ‘Lowest Ever Carbon Footprint’ Performance Shoe
Reports of global sportswear behemoth Adidas and sustainable shoe company Allbirds working together to develop a near-zero carbon footprint shoe dominated last year and now the wait is over, as the sportswear giant and the sustainable!-->…
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Galy’s Lab-Grown Cotton Joins Fashion For Good’s New Sustainability Initiative
In a recent announcement, Galy that grows cotton from cells instead of plants has joined the global sustainability initiative Fashion For Good for its new virtual exhibition titled ‘GROW’ that will showcase the future of fashion and its!-->…
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86% Of U.S. Consumers Believe In Sustainability With Nearly Half Searching For Renewably-Sourced Clothing
According to a new survey conducted by clean manufacturing firm Genomatica in the U.S., even though 86% of consumers believe that sustainability is important, nearly half (48%) are not aware of how or where they can find sustainable!-->…
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Circular & Traceable: Pangaia X EON Launch ‘Digital Passports’ For Consumers To Track Product And Extend Use Life
Material science company Pangaia recently joined forces with connected products innovator Eon to launch 'digital passports' for its products in an effort to promote transparency, traceability, and circularity in the fashion industry!-->…
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Repair & Restore: Fashion Clinic Takes Your Preloved Pieces Into Surgery For A Sustainable Redesign
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!-->…
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EU-Based Secondhand Clothing Marketplace Vinted Raises US$303M With New US$4.5B Valuation
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!-->…
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Redress Opens Permanent Secondhand Clothing Shop In Hong Kong’s Trendy Sham Shui Po ‘Hood
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!-->…
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Returnado Helps Sustainable Menswear Brand ASKET To Prolong Life Cycle Of Unwanted Garments Once Returned
Swedish startup Returnado, which focuses on the process of return and helps brands across the globe promote a circular economy, is working with slow fashion brand ASKET in its new Revival Program to prolong the lifecycle of its garments!-->…
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Tommy Hilfiger Unveils ‘Luv The World’ Capsule To Promote Circularity & Inclusivity
Designer lifestyle brand Tommy Hilfiger announced its Spring 2021 Tommy Jeans 'Luv the World’ capsule, in an effort to extend the lifespan of its products, facilitate 100% recycling and and promote creative ways to upcycle these products.
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Lululemon To Test Resale Program, Unveil Collection Featuring Dyes Upcycled From Orange & Beet Waste
In the fall of last year, global athleisure brand lululemon unveiled its impact agenda, marking its commitment to an equitable and sustainable future, and pledging to limit its environmental impact by creating products from alternative!-->…
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Levi’s Unveils Latest Campaign ‘Buy Better, Wear Longer’ To Encourage Sustainable Fashion Production Practices
Recently, American denim brand Levi’s launched a new campaign 'Buy Better, Wear Longer' that features Jaden Smith, Xiye Bastida, Melati Wijsen, and Marcus Rashford among others, to raise awareness about the environmental impacts!-->…
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Patagonia Will No Longer Show Corporate Logos On Its Clothing
Outdoor apparel brand and environmental pioneer Patagonia recently announced that it won't be adding any additional corporate logos to its products to prevent its gear from ending up in landfills.
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Pangaia X AIR-INK Unveil New Capsule Featuring Water-Based Inks Made From Air Pollution
Material science company Pangaia has collaborated with cleantech solutions firm Graviky Labs to unveil a new capsule collection by creative director Jenke Ahmed Tailly that features the latter's AIR-INK, a water-based black ink made from!-->…
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Sylven New York Launches Apple & Coconut Vegan Leather Earth Day Sneakers
Sylven New York, the Brooklyn, New York-based female-founded sustainable luxury footwear brand, is launching its first-ever plant-based leather sneaker. Made from vegan apple and coconut leather, The Mel makes its debut on Earth Day,!-->…
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Collective for Change: Vestiaire Collective Aims To Raise Funds For Circular Fashion Charity The OR Foundation
Just in time for Earth Week, online resale fashion platform Vestiaire Collective has unveiled a new campaign dubbed ‘Collective for Change' to raise awareness on the tremendous waste produced by the fashion industry, by raising funds for!-->…
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These Vegan Versions Of Adidas’s Iconic Stan Smith Sneakers Are Made From Mushroom Leather
Sportswear giant Adidas recently unveiled its plant-based versions of its famous Stan Smith Sneakers showcasing biotech company Bolt Threads' Mylo, a renewable mycelium-based vegan leather.
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Circular Economy: Fashion Tech Incubator The Mills Fabrica To Open New Physical Hub In London
Hong Kong-based sustainable innovation platform, The Mills Fabrica, which helps fashion and food tech industries transition to a circular economy, is set to expand in the U.K. with its new physical hub set to open in London this June.
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