Apparel
Competitors Everlane, Eileen Fisher and Zalando come together to help scale supply chains for recycled textiles
Fashion retailers are teaming up to smooth the wrinkles that keep circular fabrics out of mainstream fashions. Read More
10 sustainable fashion trends to watch in 2025
Here's how experts at fashion brands and advocacy groups expect tariffs, policies and material innovations will shape the industry in the year ahead. Read More
Coach is hoping its recycled ‘wet blue’ leather handbag is fashion’s latest must-have
Tapestry's Coach brand is collaborating with startup Gen Phoenix to refine landfill-rescued leather that later this year will be featured in Coach Classic handbags. Read More
H&M, Levi’s, Puma among early backers of next-gen clothing materials
The future of clothing depends upon new materials. Innovators and brands are working on these potential replacements. Read More
This Aussie startup backed by Lululemon has grand plans for the plastics used in fashion
Samsara Eco says it's the first to infinitely recycle nylon 6 using enzymes, a move toward its ambition to erase the need for virgin fossil fuels in plastics and fashion. Read More
Take a factory tour of the $350 million fast-fashion brand making surprising sustainability gains
Reformation's executives call themselves a walking contradiction by combining rapid creations with an industry-leading phaseout of virgin synthetics. Read More
Sustainability plummets as priority in 2025 for fashion brands
Climate issues are near the bottom of the list of apparel execs' concerns for the year ahead, according to McKinsey's 2025 State of Fashion report. Here's how sustainability teams can push ahead. Read More
This polyester T-shirt can be recycled forever if French startup Carbios has its way
Puma, On, Patagonia, PVH Corp and Salomon all teamed up with Carbios. The result was what they call the world's first 'biorecycled' T-shirt. Now can it be scaled? Read More
Fashion’s addiction to polyester helps Big Oil, hurts the rest of us: New report
Petroleum-based fibers are spiraling out of control as Zara, Calvin Klein and other brands pay little regard to the harm they cause, the Changing Markets Foundation finds. Read More
Lego’s sustainability shift draws questions, doubts
Lego says it will abandon fossil fuels for good in 2032, but anti-plastics groups decry a 'sleight of hand.' Read More