ONLINE - Digital fashion collections - which are intended to make the industry more sustainable - feature alongside real clothing in what is being billed as the world's first hybrid international online fashion project.Global Talents Digital, an initiative by the Russian Fashion Council in partnership with the TikTok video-sharing platform, runs today and tomorrow (June 10 and 11) as part of the #rewiringfashion challenge.A total of 36 brands from 20 countries are presenting new collections

The luxury Italian label Gucci unveiled their report of environmental impact which the label has been taking serious measures to minimise.Image Courtesy: www.fashionista.comAccording to the report, the label has successfully reduced their total footprint by 20 per cent from last year.Their production processes were optimised to reduce emission of harmful green-house gases which ended up decreasing by 37 per cent from 2018 to 2019.Notably, the company has further cut down 19 per cent in the last

British Fashion Council (BFC) has unveiled that the association will put ‘double’ efforts in order to support the Black Lives Matter movement.Image Courtesy: www.wsimag.comAfter unveiling the ‘positive fashion’ platform, The Institute of Positive Fashion, which aims to establish and provide guidelines for manufacturers to adopt sustainable practices, BFC’s Chief Executive Caroline Rush mentioned that the recent unfoldings of COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter movement have left the fashion indu

Stitch Fix, an online personal styling and personalisation service for apparel, has announced a slump of 9 per cent in sales for the third quarter of FY20, ended 2 May.Backlogged orders and supply chain disruption due to the pandemic is what the company blames for the wider-than-expected net loss.Despite incurring a net loss of US $ 33.9 million, according to Chief Executive Katrina Lake, the company will likely return to growth in the fourth quarter as more and more warehouses are now functiona

India’sExport Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH)will organise the IHGF Textiles Virtual Fair, the Indian show for furnishing, textiles and flooring in a virtual format from 15 to 18 June. The show will display weaves, surface detailing, florals, shots of colour, block printing, ajrakh, chippa work and applications with monochrome, ombre and contrasts.Pic: IHGF TextilesNatural fibresand sustainable materials will be exclusively focussed on during the fair. It will also showcase enticing Ika

MILAN - Italian luxury fashion brand Gucci has published its 2019 Environmental Profit and Loss results in which it claims to have achieved a 21 per cent reduction year-on-year in its total environmental impact.The company says the results reveal it is ahead of schedule in its progress to reaching the sustainability targets outlined in its 10-year Culture of Purpose strategy.These objectives include a 40 per cent reduction in Gucci’s total environmental impact - within its direct operations and

New York-basedG-III Apparel Grouprecently announced restructuring of its retail operations, which includes the closing of 110 Wilsons Leather and 89 G.H. Bass stores. It has hired Hilco Global to assist in the liquidation, which will start soon or as stores reopen.G-III-owned brandsinclude DKNY, Donna Karan, Vilebrequin, Eliza J, Jessica Howard, Andrew Marc and Marc New York.Pic: G-III Apparel GroupThe company expects to incur an aggregate charge of approximately $100 million related to landlord

Victoria’s Secret’s UK arm fell into administration – thus becoming yet another retailer to fall prey to coronavirus.Image Courtesy: dfordelhi.inThis has now put around 25 of its stores and 800 employees at risk. Here it’s imperative to mention that several of its employees in the UK have already been furloughed and nothing is expected to change in that regard sooner.There are reports that Deloitte will be new administrator to renegotiate rent deals with landlords so as to help the brand combat

In a 4-year-long copyright lawsuit which claimed that H&M allegedly produced a garment with geometric patterns that were ‘remarkably similar’ with that of US-based Unicolors Inc., the court gave the decision in favour of H&M along with US $ 780,775 in damages, attorney fees and more.Image Courtesy: www.thefashionlaw.comThe lawsuit was pursued first in a district court which ran in favour of Unicolors.The company is known for manufacturing and owning rights to various patterns of design w

The British luxury giant, Matches Fashion, has announced the launch of a Black Employees Forum in an effort to show solidarity against racism protests in USA.Image Courtesy: www.drapersonline.comThe retailer claims to be an equal opportunity provider and the recent steps are announced to further bolster the same ideology.Ajay Kavan, Chief Executive of Matches Fashion, said that he has been following the events with horror and believes that the solution is a tangible and lasting action. He announ