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Fashion's green future of seaweed coats and mushroom shoes

Paris - From making algae-sequin dresses, dyeing clothes with bacteria to planting trackable pigments in cotton, an emerging tide of technological innovations offers the fashion industry a chance to clean up its woeful environmental record. Change is urgently needed, since the industry consumes 93 billion cubic metres of water per year, dumps...

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Video: Is this the end of mass consumption? Fashion Revolution asks experts

Fashion Revolution hosted a live panel discussion titled "Fashion Question Time" featuring five fashion professionals and hosted by Baroness Lola Young of Hornsey. The panel discussion occuring during Fashion Revolution Week, allows experts to debate what the future looks like for the fashion industry. The theme of this year's discussion: Mass...

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H&M, C&A and Adidas/Reebok top 2020 Fashion Transparency Index

Just in time for the 50th celebration of Earth Day and seen in a whole different light in view of the current coronavirus pandemic, non-profit Fashion Revolution has published the fifth edition of its Fashion Transparency Index that looks at 250 of the world’s biggest fashion brands and retailers, ranked according to how much they disclose about...

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Fashion Revolution Week 2020: more relevant than ever

From 20th to 26th April, Fashion Revolution Week will be held again worldwide to raise awareness for those who made our clothes and under what conditions. Established in 2014 after the Rana Plaza disaster, this year it is particularly important to remember and take action, because in the wake of the global Covid 19 pandemic and the resulting...

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Applications open to the 2020 Redress Design Award

Young fashion designers looking to make the industry more sustainable can now apply to the 10th cycle of the Redress Design Award (formerly the EcoChic Design Award), the sustainable fashion design competition organized by Hong Kong-based NGO Redress. The prize will have two categories this year: menswear and womenswear. To apply, the designers...

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Adidas, Reebok and Patagonia top 2019 Fashion Transparency Index

Adidas, Reebok and Patagonia were the highest ranking brands in this year’s Fashion Transparency Index, published by non-profit organization Fashion Revolution. They all scored 64 percent of 250 possible points. The three companies are followed by Esprit and H&M, who both scored 61 percent. This is the first time that any brand gets a score...

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1 in 3 consumers in Europe’s largest markets consider sustainability when shopping

A significant number of consumers in Europe’s five largest markets (namely, Germany, UK, France, Italy and Spain) take fashion brands’ social and environmental impact into account when shopping, according to a new report by British NGO Fashion Revolution. The organization surveyed 5,000 people aged 16-75 in those five nations to find out how...

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Video: Who Made My Clothes?

Millions of people make our clothes. Too many live in poverty, exploitation or danger. We can change that. Join the #FashionRevolution and demand a fair, safe and more transparent industry. Ask brands #whomademyclothes during Fashion Revolution Week 23-29th April 2018. Source: Fashion Revolution, YouTube.

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Fashion Revolution publishes Manifesto during Fashion Question Time

London - Fashion Revolution is set to launch its Manifesto today demanding a "radical revolutionary change" for the fashion industry, which will halt the end of clothing production that exploits people or causing harm to the planet. The initiative will be holding Fashion Question Time at the Houses of Parliament, which aims to examine if the...

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Adidas, H&M and M&S among the world's most transparent fashion brands

London - Change towards a more sustainable future may be slow within the fashion industry, but the leading companies, such as Adidas, H&M, and Esprit have taken steps to become more transparent over the past year. According to Fashion Revolution’s Transparency Index 2018, which reviews and track 150 major fashion companies based on their social...

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5 Years On: What effect has Rana Plaza had on garment workers lives?

London - It has been nearly five years since the worst accident in the history of garment industry took place. On April 23, 2013, an eight-story building housing several garment factories, as well as a shopping center named Rana Plaza, collapsed in Dhaka, Bangladesh - killing 1,134 people and injuring more than 2,000. Although there were clear...

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‘Garment Worker Diaries’ highlights the plight of factory workers

When we slip into our favourite pair of branded jeans, we hardly ever think about its origin or the impact it must have had on the life of the person who made them. Overconsumption is encouraging more and more brands to bring cheaper collections to the market at an accelerated pace. This, in turn, means garment workers, who are typically female,...