H&M Group's the Laboratory is collaborating with Weekday to make online shopping more sustainable by using reusable packaging and on-demand manufacturing. After receiving their order, customers can get a discount if they return the packaging by dropping the Repack into any post box or Weekday store. The Repack is then cleaned and suitable to use again.Earlier, H&M had partnered with Repack, a Finnish start-up that created a reusable packaging model for the textile industry. Thus H&am

Bangladesh is set to sew the world's largest T-shirt to break the Guinness record and mark the centenary of the International Labour Organisation (ILO). The record is now held by India's Plastindia Foundation, which sewed the largest T-shirt. The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has been assigned the task using cotton fabric.Pic: ShutterstockBGMEA president Rubana Huq said the association started the process after receiving the proposal from ILO, accordi

Laguna Clothing, a joint venture between Italy’s Tessitura Monti and Mauritius’ Aquarelle Group, offers exceptional quality and unbeatable value for men's formal shirts, according to its managing director Sarbajit Ghose. The firm offers European quality at great Asian prices and has access to fabric collections from Monti and other European and Indian mills.Pic: Laguna ClothingBesides that, exclusive ranges can be created at the Monti studio in Italy and CFL mills in Mauritius if there is a

Technology is a major part of the fashion industry, and it is impacting how denim is designed and manufactured. Most people who would like to design denim can use software design techniques, plan for sustainability, and even use recycled materials. Read more below about how you can begin the design process when you include technology, help your company go green, and make denim that is fashion-forward.Figure 1: Technology is a major part of the fashion industry, and it is impacting how denim is d

Asia's leading fashion event Centrestage organised by Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), concluded recently with the 2019 Hong Kong Young Fashion Designers' Contest (YDC). This year's YDC saw a total of 3 promising local designers awarded out of a pool of 16. HKTDC organises YDC with an objective of nurturing and promoting young fashion talents.Pic: CentrestageChampion Wilson Yip received a cash award of HK$35,000 together with a one-month internship working in the studio o

Indian textile secretary Ravi Kumar has assured power loom industry stakeholders that pending applications for Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS) would be cleared within two months. About 6,000 applications from Surat are pending under the scheme for the last two years due to technical reasons. About ₹800 crore is stuck under TUFS for long.Pic: ShutterstockAt a recent stakeholder meeting in Ahmedabad, Kumar met representatives of the Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SGCC

According to Retail Dive Textile waste has increased by a massive 811 per cent from 1960 to 2015. The majority of this waste, approximately 66 per cent, is being dumped in landfills. Plastics show the largest increase in waste since 1960, a colossal 8,746 per cent. Rubber and leather, common materials used in footwear and clothing, have also shown a significant increase at 361 per cent.Last year, Burberry came under fire after it was unveiled that the company had burnt millions of dollars’ worth

In 2018, Inditex, H&M and Primark’s aggregated turnover reached €6.6 billion. Traditionally, sales of the three groups have evolved better than the revenue of the sector in Spain. These groups represent 37.8 per cent of the total fashion sector in Spain. Inditex occupies 68.18 per cent of the aggregated sales for the three giants. This fiscal, the company’s revenue in the Spanish market was three per cent more than last year. Sales of the group represented 16.3 per cent of the total. H&M

IntroductionRMG is the prime export oriented industrial sector of Bangladesh and it looks to be the prime industry in the upcoming years as well as the export stats suggests. This year amongst the total export form the country, more than 84% came from RMG exports which is together a comforting and an alarming issue. Comforting because it indicates that the export growth of RMG is steady and alarming because the over dependence of the country’s economy on one income source is becoming more eviden

Dutch firm Neffa is currently focussing on MycoTEX, a sustainable fabric created from mycelium, the roots of mushrooms, and is using 3D-modelling to create seamless perfect-fit garments from this new textile without the need to cut and sew, according to company founder Aniela Hoitink, who believes this textile can disrupt the fashion industry.The company’s shorter supply chain eliminates the need for chemicals and pesticides. It reduces water usage by 99.5 per cent and local production reduces t