Amazon launches sustainable fashion brand
According to Amazon Aware, all its products are verified carbon neutral and feature Amazon’s certification of the Climate Pledge Friendly program.
Sustainable fabrics: your guide to the pros and cons of the most popular
For fashion to be truly sustainable, one has to look at all the materials used to make clothing, from farm (or factory) to fabric.
Unwasted: Oddbird unveils ‘leather’ bag collection made from leftover grape skins
Scandinavian craft winemaker, Oddbird, has collaborated with designer Meng Du to turn leftover grape…
‘Sustainability is an inevitable trend’, says Redress Design Awards winner Le Ngoc Ha Thu
After becoming the finalist of the Redress Design Awards 2020, Thu joined Timberland as a collaborator for the brand’s 2022 Lunar New Year Collection.
Piping Hot partners with UTS to launch textile made from seaweed
This is part of the brand’s commission to clean the ocean and “this innovation could transform the global polyester industry”, according to Piping Hot.
Olli Ella See-Ya suitcases are now made from recycled PET
The label offers a range of homeware, toys, and apparel and uses ethical, fair-trade practices with minimised reliance on plastics while adding value to artisans and their communities.
Surprisingly affordable ethical clothing brands from Canada
Ethical fashion is an umbrella term describing ethical design, material, production, supply chain, and purchasing.
Casio unveils its first outdoor watch made from bioplastic
Compared to traditional plastics made from fossil fuels and other harmful substances, biomass plastics are made from natural materials like sugarcane and corn or microbe such as yeast.
Adidas and Spinnova unveil hoodie partially made with wood
The Terrex HS1 uses mechanically ground wood-based fibres to retain its natural colour and avoid using dyes, bleach, and chemical treatments.
French fashion label seeks sustainability through slow fashion
The French label shared that it plans to implement a pre-order system where customers can pre-order a piece to avoid overproduction in the future.
Texcoco creates eco-conscious bags from cactus leather
According to the brand, it has chosen Cacti plants as its material because of their resilience. They can adapt to extreme weather conditions and are easy to reproduce.
German startup develops plastic-free alt-leather from hemp waste
The hemp-based faux leather is fully biodegradable, which presents itself as a more sustainable alternative to other bio-based leather that is still finished with non-biodegradable glues or oils.
Air Busan releases keyring made with flight attendants’ old suitcases
Air Busan Co., a budget carrier unit of Asiana Airlines Inc., is creating various items by recycling old suitcases used by flight attendants.
Textile rescue program turns old school uniforms into furniture fabrics
Between the schools and business Textile Rescue programs, we’ve already stopped 50 tonnes of uniforms going to landfill,” said Thompson.
Dutch design studio creates automotive textile from ‘unrecyclable’ clothing
Their project, called Fibers Unsorted, is a technical fabric made from mixed-fibre clothing that would otherwise be considered waste. I