"If we don’t succeed in making responsible fashion accessible to all, the movement will fail.” So, we question ourselves if responsible fashion is only for the privileged. Is buying less a utopian vision? And a way of mocking the lower social class? “I don’t think it’s a viable option for business. Think it’s hard to tell consumers...
«We can cowardly close our eyes, turn our heads away, pretend not to see but we cannot remain indifferent if we have seen” Abbé Pierre. The economist Robert Reich said, “when you hear a company boast about being environmentally friendly, don’t applaud. In an ultra-competitive capitalism, which I call ‘super capitalism’, it is naïve to think...
The whole world wears denim jeans! We wear denim so often that we no longer question its composition. How is the masterpiece of all our wardrobes produced? Where is it produced? What is its impact on the planet? 2 billion jeans are sold worldwide each year, or 60 jeans per second, making them one of the...
A forced awareness by the major players… Following the terrible accident at Rana Plaza, a law was passed obliging companies to follow strict rules concerning the labor rights and safety of their employees. To avoid scandals like this one, some of the companies that were relocating started to write “codes of conducts”: lists of standards to...
To deal with the pollution caused by the textile industry, we have no interest in moving away from new technologies and fashion tech. Indeed, they allow many advances. The first innovation that comes to mind is 3D printing, which could completely revolutionize the fashion industry. “The democratization of 3D printing will be as spectacular as that of...
Take 3 minutes and you’ll find the answers to all your questions in this article about première vision! Created in 1973, Première Vision is a unique platform for exchanges in the fashion industry. Twice a year, the show brings together in one place all the resources needed to build ready-to-wear, footwear, and costume jewelry collections. It...
Presented by Global Fashion Agenda, the latest edition of Global Fashion Summit took place on 7-8 June 2022 in the grand setting of the Royal Opera House in Copenhagen, Denmark. This international forum for sustainability in fashion has been running since 2009. Global Fashion Agenda saw the urgent need for our industry to take responsibility...
Come with us understanding the history of the fashion industry! Back In The Days In prehistoric times, in the early days of humanity, clothing was only functional. Indeed, many ethnologists believe that man invented clothing out of modesty, to hide his nakedness. From the 14th century onwards, aristocratic fashion was born: fashion allowed the wealthy classes to distinguish...
