Sustainability Pulse #44
Sustainability Trends & News Worth Exploring — July 24th, 2022
Fashinnovation Teams Up With Miami-Dade County to Launch Its First Sustainable Fund
The fund will serve as a vehicle to support innovative fashion companies that make clothing and textile businesses increasingly more sustainable while also supporting sustainable education.
Meta's avatars just got a fashion upgrade with DressX
The startup is the first digital-only fashion company to provide looks for Meta's new avatar fashion marketplace, whose arrival last month stands to vastly scale the number of people who pay for digital goods.
What's the point of digital clothes?
Digital fashion makes sense for video games with virtual metaverse-like worlds, but it probably won't ever replace real clothes.
Design Futures Lab 2022: Where fashion and tech meet for good
What happens when sustainable fashion and immersive technology collide?
They Brought Sustainability to Social Media. Now, Gen Z Is Coming for Hollywood.
At the recent British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards, Prince William told the audience that now more than ever, program makers have "a unique opportunity to ensure climate change and sustainability remain at the forefront of our collective consciousness."
Plant-based nylon: Now it's fact, not fantasy
Progress is looking promising in the partnership between biotech firm Geno and sustainable textile company Aquafil, the company behind Econyl, to develop a plant-based version of nylon.
The Best (and Worst) Fabrics to Wear During Summer
Which fabrics you choose to wear during the warmer summer months can have a major impact on your look and your comfort level.
Sustainable Fashion: Calling it out as a new fashion trend among Gen Z and Millennial
What is the environmental impact of the clothes I wear? How it has been processed? What is the material and fabric that has been used? These are the questions which most of us have been asking to ourselves whenever we are on hunt for new trendy outfits for our closet.
Can Fashion Influencers Persuade Us to Consume Less? A Times Virtual Event
Join Vanessa Friedman on July 28 as she explores how popular culture and the influencer economy might shift the industry toward responsible fashion.
MUST READ: WILL A RECESSION STUNT SUSTAINABLE FASHION? SHEIN REMOVES BLOUSE AFTER MEXICO COMPLAINS
Plus, is fame enough to sell a beauty brand?
Mushroom Leather Hat Is a Major Leap for Sustainable Fashion
This alternative to animal leather is all-natural and plastic-free.
Would You Buy a Mushroom Handbag?
For the first time, brands including Stella McCartney, Balenciaga and Hermès are bringing products made of mushroom-based materials to market, an early test for whether the next-generation fabrics could one day hit the mainstream.
The rise of "green" materials heralds a new era in fashion
Here are some of the friendly eco-fashion fabrics, although some are friendlier than others: Read More
Sustainable Fashion and Luxury: A New Dawn
The world of high fashion and luxury can no longer ignore sustainability, here's how things are changing...
Textile Exchange releases report on sustainable fashion
Humans need to value nature as well as profits to survive, UN report finds
Focus on market has led to climate crises, with spiritual, cultural and emotional benefits of nature ignored
Mango CEO Toni Ruiz's fruitful leadership strategy
Mango's CEO Toni Ruiz has trebled the Spanish fashion retailer's pre-pandemic profits and is ramping up its overseas store expansion plans. Drapers visits Ruiz at the company's head office in Barcelona to get an exclusive lowdown.
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