Wow!: As buyers demand it, Bangladesh garment factories go green
MOSABBER HOSSAIN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that a decade after the deadly Rana Plaza disaster, Bangladesh is home to nine of the world’s top 10 sustainable garment factories…
A Sustainable Life: Why I’m cutting my wardrobe down to ten items this month
UK charity Tearfund is holding The Great Fashion Fast this month. Sustainable fashion expert AMBER MARTIN-WOODHEAD talks, in an article published on The Conversation, about why she’s taking part and some tips for how to make your wardrobe more sustainable…
Wow!: Polyester from pollution? Fashion’s next generation goes green
THIN LEI WIN, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how European start-ups are working to transform the fashion industry…
London Fashion Week urged to sashay away from polluting sequins
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Sequins add glamour to any outfit but eco-campaigners urged London Fashion Week, starting on Friday, to ditch the sparkling plastic discs as they pollute oceans for centuries. Some 250 designers will showcase their latest collections to trade buyers in the British capital – one of the world’s four big fashion weeks […]
FUTURE STYLES: COULD VIRTUAL CLOTHES REDUCE THE DAMAGE OF FAST FASHION?
SONIA ELKS, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, explores how technology is helping the fashion industry to become more sustainable…