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In its mission to disrupt the disposable culture around tights, Swedish Stockings has learnt how to balance scale with sustainability. Now, it’s unveiling a collaboration with influencer Camille Charrière.

In its latest report, the non-profit takes on one of sustainable fashion’s most contentious topics and asks what a post-growth fashion industry might look like. There is still a long way to go.

Italian supply chains are defined by their reverence for traditional crafts and skills, but innovation is needed to make them future-proof.

Black Friday is bad for sustainability, but businesses can’t escape it. Here are some alternative ways to engage.

Italian supply chains are at risk of losing their know-how. Suppliers and brands alike are pinning their hopes on new educational programmes.

In a bid to curb climate impacts and improve traceability, Italian suppliers are trying to nearshore their raw materials. How much is a pipe dream?

Extreme weather is becoming more frequent and more intense, threatening fashion supply chains from top to bottom. It’s time for brands and their suppliers to adapt.

If brands want to comply with incoming EU regulations, they need suppliers on board. But Italian suppliers say the top-down push for change is thwarting progress and eroding trust.

For centuries, Made in Italy has been heralded as the epitome of luxury fashion production. Now, its fragmented — and often opaque — supply chains are threatening its survival.

The fashion industry has too many design graduates and not enough aspirational roles for them to progress into. Experts say championing behind-the-scenes jobs could present a solution.

Ebay is hoping to make pre-loved fashion more aspirational by joining the New York and London schedules. How does it contribute to the bigger picture of building a circular economy for all?

Recent tie-ups between social media platforms and digital-first retailers are designed to remove the friction from shopping. But sustainability experts say that friction serves an important purpose.

By implementing mandatory sustainability requirements, Copenhagen Fashion Week hopes to prove its role as a changemaker. Other fashion councils are yet to be convinced.

Experts say developing a stronger sense of personal style could help people resist the urge to overconsume.

In its latest transparency ranking, Fashion Revolution calls out the lack of progress towards fashion’s climate goals. The critical path to decarbonisation — and a just transition — remains elusive.

This article is part of our Advanced Membership package. To enjoy unlimited access to The Long View from Vogue Business, The Fashion Exec’s Guide and bi-monthly Market Insights Reports, sign up for Advanced Membership here. Sustainability teams are under-resourced and under-funded, often operating in silos, but tasked with meeting system-shifting targets — this much we know. But how do we move forward? “People love the idea of targets and they support sustainability initiatives because it’s an e…

At the annual Future Fabrics Expo, material innovation startups shared the challenges keeping them from growth and what gives them hope.

This article is part of our new editorial package, where we seek to answer the question: what would fashion look like if more women were in charge? Click here to read more. Fashion designer Maria Cornejo was 46 when she started experiencing symptoms of perimenopause — the build-up to menopause, which lasts six years on average. “I started having hot flushes, but what got to me most was the anxiety and mood swings,” she says. “It coincided with having a big job, running a company and having a fam…

Sign up to receive the Vogue Business newsletter for the latest luxury news and insights, plus exclusive membership discounts. When publisher Penguin Life first asked serial entrepreneur Sharmadean Reid to write a book, it was supposed to be a straight business bible. What she wrote instead was a manifesto for women, covering everything from healing trauma and controlling your media diet, to how to negotiate and make people feel listened to. Rather than compartmentalising business advice, New Me…

Freedom of association is a human right. Why are garment workers still denied it?