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From fashion student to sustainability warrior, Remake’s Yimin Deng

Yimin Deng graduated from Parsons with a BFA in Fashion and a personal mandate to improve fashion industry practices around the world. While a student he made a life-changing visit to Sri Lanka with
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People

New short film highlights plight of garments “Made in America”

Is apparel manufacturing close to home the better, safer and fairer option? Not necessarily as various exposés regarding “Made in Europe” have shown and across the pond, “Mad
Culture

PayUp Fashion initiative launches to secure industry’s future

In March of this year, US-based NGO Remake together with partnering organisation and labour activist and founder of the AWAJ Foundation, Nazma Akter, launched the #PayUp initiative that urges interna
Business

Sourcing: #PayUp initiative urges fashion brands and retailers to act now, not in 60 days

While the coronavirus outbreak has wreaked havoc in economies in the western world and lives certainly have been disrupted, few actually fear for their lives due to job losses. Undoubtedly, looking
Business

The fashion companies promising to pay their suppliers

After the outbreak of Covid-19, fashion companies cancelled orders worth billions with their suppliers, shifting their problems onto those who were most vulnerable: factory owners and workers. After
Business

We recycle, we upcycle, we downcycle, is it working?

From plastic we get polyester, from mushroom roots we get leather, and from dialogue we get inspiration to reinvent the textile industry. A panel discussion during Texworld trade fair provides a stat
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