ROME – Italy’s Competition Authority has fined Georgio Armani €3.5m for making misleading claims about its social responsibility standards. The decision was announced on 1

WASHINGTON – A new industry report reveals how the US fashion sector is being squeezed by protectionist trade policies under Donald Trump’s second term. According

Cotton-polyester blended fabrics release significantly more microplastics than pure polyester textiles, according to new peer-reviewed research. While previous studies have focused on 100 per cent

LEEDS – A study by the University of Leeds and NGO WRAP found that the price of a T-Shirt is no guarantee of its durability.

BRUSSELS – Temu, the Chinese online retailer of clothing and consumer goods, could face a multi-billion-euro fine if the European Commission upholds its preliminary Digital

BRISBAINE – An Australian cotton farmer has been sentenced to nine and a half years in prison over one of the country’s largest water fraud

NORTH CAROLINA – Renaissance Fiber has announced the production of what it claims are the first T-Shirts made from hemp grown and processed entirely in

HENAN – China has opened what is claimed to be the world’s first industrial-scale facility producing regenerated cellulose fibres using ionic liquids. This solvent system

PARIS – A public dispute has broken out in France between Refashion, the official textile eco-body, and Le Relais, the country’s largest textile recycling operator.