Simply Be launches line of sustainable jeans
Simply Be is the latest high street brand to launch its own sustainable line of jeans, using a blend of cotton and recycled plastic bottles. The brand has partnered with Coolmax EcoMade technology to create its first range of sustainable denim jeans, which are made from 97 percent recycled sources. Each pair of the relaxed…
Primark extends sustainable cotton sourcing programme
Fast-fashion giant Primark has announced that it has expanded its Sustainable Cotton Programme into Pakistan, one of the key sourcing countries for cotton, one year on from the initiative’s launch of cotton products using sustainable cotton from India. The Sustainable Cotton Programme was developed to track sustainable cotton from farmers to store, while also extending…
Infographic: VF Corporation – a global brand powerhouse
With a diverse portfolio of iconic active and lifestyle brands and an increasing presence across EMEA markets, VF Corporation is on a growth trajectory and continues to be among the leading lights of the international apparel and footwear sector. Since its inception in 1899, innovation and progression have always been the defining principles of the…
Valley Eyewear under fire for campaign shot at World War II death camp
Australian eyewear brand Valley Eyewear is being heavily criticized on social media after releasing an advertising campaign shot at Jasenovac, a World War II extermination camp in Croatia where an estimated 80,000 people were murdered between 1941 and 1945. The criticism was so heavy the brand has deleted its Twitter profile. Stop using this symbol…
Quiz – Fashion industry news from the month August
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Cath Kidston to launch a Fearne Cotton collection
Fashion and lifestyle retailer Cath Kidston has confirmed that it is teaming up with TV personality Fearne Cotton on a new product collaboration that will launch at the end of October. The limited edition ‘Fearne Loves’ collection will span fashion, accessories and homeware and will feature iconic Cath Kidston archive print, Hampstead Ditsy, alongside motifs…
Education’s new frontier: Fashion school for children
New York – As New York City’s preeminent fashion institutions, Parsons and FIT, prepare to open their studios and sewing labs to a new batch of bright-eyed freshmen for the fall semester, a slightly different fashion school is gaining notice. And while images of children operating sewing machines have often accompanied exposés on sweat shops…
Spring Summer 2019 Kidswear Trade Show Overview
The Trendstop trade show team gives FashionUnited readers an exclusive insight into this season’s best kidswear trade shows from Europe and the USA. Ranging from the classic to the contemporary we travel to Pitti Bimbo in Florence and CIFF Kids, Copenhagen, then on to Playtime and Children’s Club, New York via Dot to Dot in…
Marcel Ostertag: Made in Berlin; Making it in Manhattan
Marcel Ostertag’s S/S 2019 collection, entitled “Muse,” was Studio 54 meets the Kit Kat Klub, show-biz glitterati meets influencer bourgeoisie, and an unapologetic ode to loose-limbed ladies (and accompanying gentlemen) who twirl all night on stardust-coated dance floors. As the 30s were seen thorough the disco-dazzled eyes of the 70s, here the 70s were seen…
Reebok launches its first plant-based sneaker
Reebok is the latest company to offer a plant-based shoe, with the launch of the first style of its highly anticipated Cotton + Corn collection this Wednesday. Featuring a 100 percent cotton upper and corn-based soles, the unisex sneakers come in a recycled package. On its website, Reebok says the Cotton + Corn sneakers are…