Apparel Insider

LONDON – Textile certification schemes have “lost their way” and are failing consumers who are trying to make ethical and…
Read the full story… Eco-textile labels failing consumers, claims report

ANN ARBOR – A US technology business which has established itself as the world’s foremost developer of spider silk fibres…
Read the full story… Commercial spider silk moves closer in Vietnam

NEW YORK — Austrian sustainable fibre business, Lenzing Group, has announced a collaboration with Country Road, an iconic Australian lifestyle…
Read the full story… Country Road launches sustainable denim line

PARIS – French fashion house Balenciaga, which is owned by French luxury group Kering SA, has issued a series of…
Read the full story… Balenciaga apologises after Chinese discrimination claims

VALENCIA – Spanish textile business, Tejidos Royo, has unveiled what is claimed to be the world’s first waterless indigo dyeing…
Read the full story… Spanish business unveils waterless indigo dyeing

ARTEIXO – Inditex, the parent company of Spanish fast fashion brand Zara, has said it will investigate allegations that it…
Read the full story… Zara to probe allegations of design theft

BRUSSELS – A new online tool set up by the European Union will help apparel brands and retailers calculate the…
Read the full story… Online EU tool to calculate leather’s eco-footprint

BRUSSELS – Proposals to restrict the use of carcinogenic, mutagenic and reprotoxic (CMR) substances in clothing, textiles and footwear have…
Read the full story… EU to restrict CMRs in clothing

SAN FRANCISCO — The fashion industry is responsible for as many as 38,000 climate change deaths a year, claims a…
Read the full story… Levi’s singled out in climate change report