Apparel Insider

WASHINGTON – New figures have revealed details of prices received by garment manufacturers around the globe. The lowest paid are…
Read the full story… Chinese garment makers receive lowest price per unit

BERLIN – There are fresh calls for due diligence laws to ensure people affected by corporate rights violations in apparel…
Read the full story… Lawyers call for supply chain liability regulations

COPENHAGEN – UK fashion icon Katharine Hamnett has slammed the number of fashion and textile trade fairs and conferences which…
Read the full story… Katharine Hamnett tells Copenhagen Summit: “We shouldn’t be here”

LONDON – New research measured levels of microfibre discharge from cotton, polyester and rayon fabrics. The study found that all…
Read the full story… Study compares cotton, rayon, polyester microfibre shedding

CHEMNITZ – A major German-government backed project is looking at sustainable ways to develop man-made Lyocell fibres derived from organically…
Read the full story… Hemp – a new feedstock for Lyocell fibres?

DHAKA – Unions in Bangladesh claim garment worker safety has been compromised by the new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between…
Read the full story… Concerns raised over new Accord MoU

NEW YORK – PVH Corp, which owns the Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Speedo and Van Heusen brands, has become the…
Read the full story… PVH tackles microfibres in supply chains

DRESDEN – New research claims some garment industry workers in Romania earn just 14 per cent of a living wage.…
Read the full story… Exposé spotlights exploitative Romanian garment sector

DHAKA – In a major step for garment factory safety, Bangladesh’s top court has extended the work of the Accord…
Read the full story… Bangladesh Accord to remain in huge victory for factory safety