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Video: Antifashion of the 90s

In the 90s emerges a wave: the antifashion trend. The deconstruction and material recycling shook the fashion world of glitzy sequins and has created an utterly different aesthetics, which current designers are still borrowing analogies from 20 years on. Source: Youtube, Rei

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Video: Pure Couture - Ethical Fashion Documentary

Fashion's not-so-glamorous side is explored in this informative documentary. Source: Youtube, ethical fashion, recycling

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Nike awards six products made from its footwear waste

In February, Nike challenged designers, engineers and scientists around the world to come up with creative responses to two questions: what can be made from footwear material waste? And how can the footwear recycling process be improved? After receiving more than 600 applications from 58 countries, the sportswear giant selected 35 finalists to...

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John Lewis launches clothing buy-back scheme

British department store John Lewis is currently trialling scheme which would allow customers to sell back unwanted clothing in an attempt to reduce the 300,000 tonnes of apparel sent to UK landfills each year. The clothing buy-back scheme, which is being piloted by approximately 100 customers together with social enterprise Stuffstr, lets...

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Blend Re:wind: A new recycling technique for cotton & polyester separation

London - A new recycling technique developed by Mistra Future Fashion could change the future of the fashion industry. Named Blend Re:wind, the chemical method separates both cotton and polyester from cotton/polyester blends which can be used again in new, high-quality products. Cotton and polyester fibres in the blended textile are separated...

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(Re)defining sustainability within the fashion industry

London - Once seen as a niche part of the fashion industry, being eco-conscious has rapidly become one of the hottest 'topics' of our time. From luxury fashion houses to fast-fashion retailers, and everything in between - more and more fashion companies are responding to mounting consumer interest and 'going green.' On the surface,...

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Cheap Monday launches new clothing recycling initiative with I:CO

London - Following in the footsteps of its parent company H&M, high street retailer Cheap Monday has launched a new initiative encouraging consumers to recycle their unwanted garments in exchange for in-store discount voucher, known as the C/O Cheap Monday Project. Cheap Monday launches new recycling project to drive sustainability awareness...

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Adidas' zero-waste sporting project combines recycling and creativity

Sportswear company Adidas announced on Thursday a new zero-waste sporting project called Sport Infinity that was started in June 2015. Its aim is a new generation of sporting goods that, thanks to a new inexhaustible 3D super-material, would have the potential to be recycled endlessly and combined into new products, thus preventing products from...