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Using plastic waste in the Nigerian textile industry would reduce pollution, generate employment, and cut a niche in the world of sustainable fashion.
The Italian designer built a robust, diverse business empire that resisted the pull of conglomerates.
From the unstructured jacket that’s worn with ease to the social media frenzy garnered by red carpets, Giorgio Armani’s imprint can be seen in every corner of the fashion industry.
The industry has a reputation for pollution and waste, but it has psychological effects as well.
Relaxing ‘rules of origin’ restrictions in an existing trade deal could add tens of thousands of jobs in Central America.
Simply trying to avoid synthetic clothing won’t fix our microfibre pollution problem
Ten years after a garment factory collapsed in Bangladesh, scholars find slow fashion practices hold the keys to a more sustainable, joyful relationship with clothes.
Western fashion, laundering and style reflected the racialized politics dramatically shaped by profound global transformations bound up with slavery, colonialism and modernization.
Used clothes are being repurposed but with fresh fashionable spins.
Increasing recycled-fibre clothing offerings should not absolve the fashion industry from the urgent need to reduce production overall.
Tests found PFAS in school uniforms, pillows, upholstered furniture and several other items that are often next to children’s skin and near their noses and mouths.
Nigeria and China should work more on the relationship between their citizens so that the two countries can continue to have good bilateral relations.
Fast fashion is far from green. But the rapid expansion of online clothing resale platforms could help shrink the garment industry’s negative impact on the environment.
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Associate Professor in Forensic Science, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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