Prolonging the lifetime of each apparel product is the key approach to lower a product carbon footprint. Fashion designers can set circular consuming plans before each product is designed; the manufacturers should be dedicated to producing products in higher quality for a longer lifetime, and the retailers should encourage conscious Read more…
Based on the successful experiences of sustainability in the fashion industry, six sustainable business initiatives are proposed for reference, including 4Rs – Reuse, Recycle, Reduce and Replace to close the loop across the supply chain and promoting ethical practices and community engagement.
One new independent British brand, Know the Origin, is performing quite outstandingly in the sustainable fashion scene. The main selling point of this brand is that all its products are made from 100% organic cotton, with some Fairtrade certified. It is also unique that consumers can follow the production journey Read more…
Patagonia, a US brand for outdoor and salient sports clothing, has been recognized as one of the most outstanding pioneers dedicated to environmental protection. The company encourages using eco-friendly fibers, including hemp, organic cotton, 100% recycled down and innovative technologies to reduce unnecessary harm to the environment. Furthermore, Patagonia initiated Read more…
In the 2017 Copenhagen Fashion Summit, and for the first time the organization Global Fashion Agenda calls on fashion brands and retailers to publish their commitment to a circular model within the next half year. More than 20 companies have already taken actions for their sustainable development plan afterwards. Some Read more…
As one of the world’s largest consumer industry, the fashion industry has a 1.5 trillion euro market with over 300 million people across its value chain in 2016. The McKinsey Global Fashion Index forecasts the sales growth to nearly triple between 2016 and 2018. Meanwhile, the industry has always been Read more…
Much has been published in the sustainability of fashion in recent years. More and more companies have joined the sustainable fashion movement. Leading companies, ranging from Patagonia and H&M to Kering Group and ASOS, have already launched pioneering initiatives on the entire production lifecycle from recycling to regeneration. It has Read more…
Thanks to the digital and technological advances, personalization is no longer a VIP only service in luxury fashion. Nowadays, a personalized product can be simply created online or in brick-and-mortar stores with big labels, small-medium sized brands and even startups. For example, Burberry offers monogramming for a special selection of Read more…
Having electrical conductivity is often a prerequisite for many smart and intelligent textiles with high demands in antistatic applications, sensing, data transfer, monitoring, corrosion protection and electromagnetic interference shielding. For electromagnetic factor shielding, metal coated or electro-conductive polymers coated textiles have been adopted for surface reflection and adsorption. Such materials Read more…
“Phase Change” refers to physical state transformation – the process of changing from solid phase to liquid phase and vice versa. To provide thermal protection for astronauts, the technology of Phase Change Materials (PCM) microcapsules into textile structure was developed in the early 1980s under a NASA research program. Using Read more…