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27 million kilos of bed and table linen are discarded in Europe every year. Meet the designers turning this textile waste into high-end fashion.

Amsterdam-based circular label MARTAN is rethinking textile waste at its source, transforming discarded luxury hotel linens into elevated, design-led garments.

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Sportswear

The most sustainable football shirt you can wear is the one you already have

Football has always understood worship, and like every religion it runs on relics. Strip away the romance and

Footwear

How do we make a shoe that leaves no problem behind?

With 24 billion pairs of shoes made — and nearly as many landfilled — each year, the footwear

Craft

Integration over extraction: How immersion and relationships shape artisan collaboration at Casa Nushki.

Through her slow fashion brand Casa Nushki, Anushka Shah explores an alternative model of collaboration that views

Labour

Fashion’s sustainability agenda must be shaped by frontline voices.

The future of fashion must be shaped by the workers in the global fashion supply chain whose labour,

Materials

What fashion is missing: endings, and everything that comes after.

Everything we make exists inside nature, not alongside it. Every material will eventually return to the biosphere. Whether

Consumer

High intensity shoppers are causing a returns problem.

High intensity shoppers make up 27% of UK shoppers and they are responsible for half of all clothing

Policy

The Forever Label

The Forever Label will provide consumers with the information they need to understand the chemical ingredients in their

Innovation

People First, Planet First at United Repair Centre

Globally, 120 million tonnes of clothing were discarded in 2024 — the result of an industry built on

Policy

Is London Fashion Week Ready for Mandatory Sustainability?

For this LFW season, participation comes with conditions, not pledges, with NEWGEN designers incorporating the full

Materials

New Year health kick? Time to ditch your toxic activewear.

January – time to get your sweat on. But if it’s a health kick you’re after, you may

Policy

Landmark Rulings in Bangladesh Could Transform the Garment Industry

A fresh chain of landmark rulings in Bangladesh could soon change the garment industry for good – and

Climate

COP30 Didn’t Deliver on a Fossil Fuel Phase Out – Fashion Still Can

With industry emissions increasing steadily, what can fashion’s stakeholders take away from COP30?

Consumer

Don’t Feed the Black Friday Beast

Black Friday isn’t just a sale – it’s the selling out of our planet for the purposes of

Research

The Age of Accountability

Compelling new research from Eco Age reveals a seismic shift in consumer behaviour toward more ethical practices.

Consumer

The Value-Action Gap: Why Consumers Aren’t Buying Into Sustainable Fashion

Technology is evolving, but are attitudes changing fast enough to make a real difference before it’s too late?

Innovation

From Farm to Fashion Without Taking Food Off Plates

With a new cohort of next-generation material outfits looking directly to nature for their inspiration and their innovation.

Labour

Can’t Afford Sustainable Fashion? Stand With Garment Workers

The price of ethically made apparel is a major sticking point for consumers, but the cost for those

Climate

Smoke and Mirrors Around Green Fashion Claims

A shocking rise in fashion’s greenhouse gas emissions demands answers, introspection and ideas with real impact.

Materials

Think Leather is Natural? Think Again.

The leather industry is claiming words like ‘sustainable’ and ‘natural’ in a bid to muscle out alternative materials.

Environment

A Colour to Dye For

Synthetic pigments have become the fashion industry status quo. These commonplace colours are poisoning the Earth and

Consumer

The Ugly Side Effect of #BeautyTok

With a drastic rise in beauty and personal care purchases fuelled by social media, the planet is paying

Innovation

Your Shoes Are Killing the Planet

With jaw dropping numbers of shoes produced and discarded every year, is the footwear industry setting the planet

Investigation

Nepal: The Front Line of the Fast Fashion Crisis

A small country flooded with cheap clothes by its two gigantic neighbours, what’s happening in Nepal represents the

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