The session will also discuss the newly launched Kering for Nature Fund, which aims to transform one million hectares of existing agricultural land into one using regenerative practices. We see a gap between current sustainability efforts, where basic compliance is frequently both the floor and the ceiling for buyers, and where our industry needs to be to achieve true change — while also being successful within the planetary boundaries. How do you bring fashion full circle through circular innovation at scale, without compromises?
We need to take action now to create collaborative solutions for a better future. Learn about circularity at scale — where resources are not wasted, materials that would otherwise be discarded are reused, and air and water are not polluted. We took a holistic approach, working across departments. As a platform Zalando wants to create industry alignment through the adoption and acceleration of a global standard for sustainability performance to provide customers with clear and transparent sustainability information.
Together, they drive collective impact and develop a common language for sustainability standards in the fashion industry. CEO James Bartle, Professor Kevin Bales and Baroness Lola Young of Hornsey explore and evaluate the workings and outcomes of an impact-led business with positive human and ecological transformation at its core.
The potential for industry change and how policy makers can create a better framework to facilitate this change will also be addressed. Fashion is fun, fabulous and fancy, but did you know that fashion is also closely linked to biodiversity? This explainer explores the substantial negative impact that the fashion industry has had on the total variety of life on Earth, known as biodiversity. From there, it goes one step further by explaining how fashion can evolve from being part of the problem to being part of the solution — by highlighting different solutions.
Can the idea of equal partnerships change the industry mindset and advance collective progress? This explainer digs deeper into two different types of supply chain partnerships: Transactional vs. Relationship based. Watch and learn what it takes for the industry to shape a common future stitched solidly together with trust and equal partnerships.
Mostafiz Uddin is meeting Eva Kruse in this essential discussion about equal partnerships and how to build mutually beneficial relationships. As one of the strongest voices on the need for equal partnerships in the value chain, Delman Lee, President and Chief Technology Officer of TAL Apparel Limited joins Eva Kruse for a conversation on what needs to change in the relationship between buyers and manufacturers to accelerate sustainability.
This discussion will also go deeper into understanding how to forge better and more mutually rewarding partnerships. Watch her incorporate stunning design elements from her dual Indian-Nigerian heritage and London roots with ground-breaking new labelling tech. Leadership, honesty and ancestry of planet Earth are all featured topics here, while a devotion to personal liberty drives this Real Talk through power imbalance and climate collapse. The Fashion on Climate report provides the underlying foundation for discussing this topic, and the panel will offer dynamic interaction, demystifying numbers and terminology while encouraging an open, organic exchange between participants.
The Covid pandemic has underscored that the fashion industry system is broken — with overproduction, excessive discounting and an unsustainable calendar ill-suited to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. How can key players within the system collaborate to re-imagine how the industry can operate within planetary boundaries and be more inclusive and humane? The European Commission is also drafting a legislative proposal, with a draft report ongoing at the European Parliament level.
Once a summer resort for the British Raj elite, it is famous for its tea plantations. Kanchenjunga forms its dramatic backdrop. This piece on Inside Out Style digs into the design aspect. The Podcast. Series 6. Series 5. Series 4. Series 3. Series 2. Series 1. What We Do. About The Podcast. About Clare. Bandana and Clare at the Copenhagen Fashion Summit celebration dinner, Although their initial purpose may have been exclusivity, luxury labels are in an excellent position to pursue the sustainability agenda — their products are mostly handmade, designed to last, and often call for the skills of trained artisans, which then keeps age-old crafts alive.
Incidentally, Kering-owned Gucci was the first luxury brand to ban fur from all its collections, which quickly made it a pacesetter in sustainability. Greenwashing, aka sustainability lip service, does not convince these consumers, and they are increasingly voting with their wallets for the brands that back up their talk. In India, where upcycling and living respectfully are philosophical and spiritual concepts intertwined in everyday life, sustainability is very much an accepted way of life.
Fast fashion factories serve an economic need; traditionally, this was never an accepted thing. Most Indian designers do not pay into the mass-production, fast-fashion model — working, instead, with their own in-house systems, team of karigaars workers and suppliers, while a newer crop of sustainable and eco-conscious designers are really changing the game and making consumers pay attention.
There are several brands within the beauty, apparel and design sectors in India that apply sustainable business practices and they are hugely successful too. A saree has all the ideals of sustainability, but it is part of a lopsided system — a Kanjipuram saree is handmade with pure gold threads, and yet, it costs a fraction of the price of a flip flop from a traditional fashion maison.
Meanwhile, legacy brands from the West have raised the value of their brand so much that we are willing to pay a lot more for a monogrammed cotton bag than an embroidered silk saree that would have taken two months to make.
Despite this, even Tewari admits that when she was at Vogue , sustainability was not an active discussion until fairly recently. I think we were very much focused on what we already know about fashion — trends, aesthetics, beauty. But when it disregards the people along the supply chain, then that cannot be a fashion I want to stand up for. Can sustainability exist without spirituality? This is a powerful question I have been mulling over, researching and debating in my own head for a while especially during COVID crisis.
Imagine this: In the magical island of Bali, whilst in the throes of Covid, how did I get SO lucky to meet these two compassionate hosts of The LightHouse Center - centres of healing and transformation of the planet from Ibiza?
Serendipity through and through. In this episode, we speak about aligning the business of sustainability and humanity within the realm of consciousness, of purpose and the interconnectivity between the micro and the macro. In the years prior to her leaving Mumbai, the topic of sustainability in fashion took up an increasing number of pages in Vogue India, and according to Tewari, many other magazines have started this as well.
This is something she does not see enough yet in the fashion glossies, which are mainstream purveyors of style and whose opinions carry a great deal of clout. Whilst on the topic, our conversation meanders to fashion influencers and their responsibility as well. If they put a little more purpose into what they were doing, the potential for change is immense. Tewari gets her extraordinary perspective from an idyllic childhood and an education that had nothing to do with fashion.
Growing up in the chilly hills of Darjeeling, she was one of four daughters whose early years were spent in Catholic boarding schools until she moved to Delhi, where she studied literature and, later, filmmaking. One of her earliest jobs was with the Discovery Channel , where she hoped to put her qualifications to work as a documentary filmmaker.
She was in for a rude shock. She was shocked to find that these documentaries were not just about clothes, but how the entire industry intersected with topics like repression, sexuality and politics.
Tewari was inspired to do her own research and taught herself fashion history.
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