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Fashion Accountability Report Slams Brands Such as Temu, Fashion Nova and Skims for Environmental Impacts

Fashion Accountability Report Slams Brands Such as Temu, Fashion Nova and Skims for Environmental Impacts

Remake, a U.S.-based nonprofit, has released its annual Fashion Accountability Report for 2024, with brands including Temu, Fashion Nova, Missguided and Skims scoring zero points out of a possible 150 for factors like transparency and environmental justice. The nonprofit’s Fashion Accountability Report scores companies for their progress on various criteria, including transparency, wages and wellbeing […]

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    New EU Rules Seek to Curb Fast Fashion

    New EU Rules Seek to Curb Fast Fashion

    The EU is taking steps to crack down on fast fashion. The European Commission, the bloc’s executive branch, proposed new rules Wednesday that would set mandatory minimums for recycled textiles by 2030 and other changes geared towards replacing throwaway culture with a circular economy.  “We want sustainable products to become the norm,” commission Vice President […]

    Brighten Up Your Wardrobe With DIY Natural Tie Dyes

    Brighten Up Your Wardrobe With DIY Natural Tie Dyes

    Over centuries, civilizations developed methods of dyeing with natural materials for colorful expressions of culture, clothing, and art. Archeologists have found evidence of dyes as far back as the Neolithic period, and Native Americans are known to have used mountain alder, bloodroot, black walnut, and other natural sources to imbibe color. Yet, with the rise […]

    New York Could Pass the Nation’s First Sustainable Fashion Law

    New York Could Pass the Nation’s First Sustainable Fashion Law

    A new bill in the state of New York could require fashion brands to disclose social and climate impacts as well as order these global companies to work toward reducing their environmental impact. The bill, if passed, requires major fashion retailers that make over $100 million in revenue globally and operate in New York “to […]

    Could Mushroom-Based Leather Be High Fashion’s Next It Material?

    Could Mushroom-Based Leather Be High Fashion’s Next It Material?

    Could mushrooms create a vegan leather that doesn’t harm animals or contribute to the climate crisis? In the past year, high fashion has turned to a material called mycelium, which can be grown from fungi in weeks but has the look and feel of calfskin. Experts think that working with mushrooms could give designers a […]