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Fashion for Good welcomes Responsible to its 2023 Innovation Programme

With the collaborative goal to push the fashion industry towards a “more sustainable future”, the global circularity platform Responsible was selected to join Fashion for Good’s 2023 Innovation Programme, alongside 12 other startups. The programme helps innovative fashion startups to accelerate their growth over the span of nine months, focusing...

27 Mar 2023

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Trove releases inaugural Brand Resale Index

Trove, which provides resale and trade-in services for fashion brands, has launched its inaugural Brand Resale Index evaluating resale adoption and trends across 40 brands spanning fashion/apparel, outdoor, footwear, and luxury. The Index, conducted in partnership with OSF Digital, has assessed brands on 147 different criteria across brand...

15 Mar 2023

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OECD Forum: The challenges and opportunities of adopting circular business models

As fashion brands face mounting pressure from consumers, legislators, and investors to improve their sustainability credentials, they are increasingly shifting to new circular business models. These transitions simultaneously bring with them exciting opportunities, as well as new challenges in terms of due diligence as companies build additional...

2 Mar 2023

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Carhartt launches resale and trade-in programme with Trove

American premium workwear brand Carhartt has launched a resale and consumer trade-in programme to extend the life of its products in partnership with Trove. The ‘Carhartt Reworked’ programme will mark the first branded resale platform in the workwear industry, explains Carhartt, and will support its sustainability journey “by creating a circular...

2 Mar 2023

Business

Circ closes 25 million dollar funding round, backed by Zalando and Avery Dennison

Circular fashion firm Circ has announced it has secured 25 million dollars in additional funding as a number of new investors stepped on board. Among its backers are European multibrand platform Zalando, materials science company Avery Dennison and Korean manufacturing corporation Youngone, which joined a string of previous investors that...

2 Mar 2023

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Toast launches collection of “creatively repaired” pieces

Fashion and lifestyle brand Toast has launched a collection of one-of-a-kind “creatively repaired pieces for increased longevity” to demonstrate “the beauty in the process of repairs”. The Toast Renewed collection features womenswear and menswear garments, as well as soft textiles, which have been mended by the brand’s repair specialists. Each...

1 Mar 2023

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Juicy Couture launches a peer-to-peer resale marketplace

Fashion and lifestyle brand Juicy Couture is teaming up with Recurate, a leader in circular economy technology, to launch its own peer-to-peer resale marketplace. Through the ‘Rejuiced’ platform, Juicy Couture will allow customers to sell their previously owned apparel and accessories directly on the brand’s e-commerce platform. To sell on the...

1 Mar 2023

Business

The Restory put into ‘proposed’ liquidation after co-founders exit

Luxury aftercare provider The Restory has been put into ‘proposed’ liquidation a week after co-founders Vanessa Jacobs, Emily Rea, and Thaís Cipolletta Ferreira Alves announced they were exiting the business. In a post to LinkedIn, Jacobs said: “Today, I was informed that The Restory was put into 'proposed' liquidation and that all staff was...

28 Feb 2023

Business

Gucci launches Circular Hub in bid to bring circularity to Italian fashion

Gucci has announced the launch of a circular luxury hub in Italy which will aim to drive the adoption of circular operations throughout the region’s fashion industry. Entitled ‘Circular Hub’ and supported by the brand’s parent company Kering, the open platform looks to aid in the transformation of the entire value chain, starting from raw...

21 Feb 2023

Business

PVH joins Carbios’ fibre-to-fibre consortium

Fashion group PVH Corp. has joined a circular fashion consortium which was founded by biotech company Carbios alongside On, Patagonia, Puma and Salomon. The group’s mission is to push the transition to a circular economy within the textile industry, collaborating to test and enhance biological recycling technology on the brands’ own products....

20 Feb 2023

Business

H&M Group establishes joint venture to drive used textile sorting

H&M Group has announced a new joint venture with Remondis through the launch of a circular textile initiative, Looper Textile Co. The duo will own equal parts of the organisation, with H&M hoping to participate “more directly” in the development of circular fashion infrastructure, a press release stated. Meanwhile, the launch further builds on...

16 Feb 2023

Business

Fashion and sustainability January 2023

Sustainability continues to play a major role for the fashion industry in 2023. In the first month of the new year, efforts included resale, buyback programmes, clothing swaps and secondhand initiatives, which FashionUnited lists below. This article uncovers if upcycling could become a possibility for everyone. The European Fashion Alliance,...

14 Feb 2023