
Major brands collaborate to push hemp denim
AMSTERDAM – In an industry first, major fashion players have joined forces to push hemp from the margins of novelty

AMSTERDAM – In an industry first, major fashion players have joined forces to push hemp from the margins of novelty

PARIS – Shein will open six permanent bricks-and-mortar stores in France from November in a world-first for the ultra-fast-fashion group.

BEIJING – Chinese researchers have reported a fully enzymatic route to recycle dyed polyester-cotton textiles into high-purity terephthalic acid (TPA).

LONDON – Better Cotton says monsoon floods have hit thousands of its licensed growers across Punjab’s key cotton districts. In

LONDON – John Lewis has launched a knitwear collection made entirely from reclaimed wool, produced end-to-end in the UK. The

LEEDS – New University of Leeds research claims many textile biodegradation figures rely on lab tests that don’t reflect real-world

PARIS – The French National Contact Point (NCP) for the OECD Guidelines has issued a final statement finding that ultra-fast-fashion

LENZING – Speciality fibre maker Lenzing has launched a strategic review of its Indonesian operations including a potential sale of

LONDON – A new ranking of major global fashion brands has found overproduction remains fashion’s most significant, yet hidden, climate

QUEENSLAND – Australian recycling technology company, BlockTexx, has announced the closure of an AUD$7m Series B funding round to scale its textile resource recovery solution.

FLORIDA – A US Senator has asked the financial regulator to block an initial public offering (IPO) of SHEIN until it can disclose more information

BRUSSELS – Fashion companies will have to send any green claims they make for verification by a third party – or risk fines of at

ZURICH – Swiss traceable textile specialist Haelixa has announced a new partnership with Swiss-Italian business Trudel Silk to provide 100 per cent traceable silk from

IZMIR – Makum Alagöz, president of the Turkish textile workers’ union DERİTEKS, was this week shot by the brother of the owner of Akar Textile

LOS ANGELES – A recycled alternative to polyester, produced from old clothing, matched the quality standards of its virgin counterpart in independent tests. US technology

SEATTLE – Chinese fast fashion brand SHEIN has announced it will open a Seattle-area office in downtown Bellevue, expanding its growing US footprint. The company

WASHINGTON – Independent civil society monitoring of the annual cotton harvest in Uzbekistan found that in 2023, local officials “resorted to forced labour” in districts

STOCKHOLM – Helena Helmersson, CEO of Swedish fast fashion brand H&M, has unexpectedly quit her role. Fashion industry veteran Daniel Ervér will take over with
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