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Cotton clothes, towels and bed sheets from H&M and Zara are “stained” by illegal deforestation and human rights abuses, according to a new investigation. UK-based investigative NGO Earthsight has traced 800,000 tonnes of cotton from the giant Western retailers to Brazilian estates where land grabbing, violence and corruption are rife. This cotton is exported to several manufacturers in Asia, which together made nearly 250 million items of clothing and homeware in a year for global stores of H&M, Zara and its sister brands. “These firms talk about good practice, social responsibility and certif...
Euronews (English)
For the first three month of the year, the Comédie-Française hosted a weekly sale featuring a curated selection of costumes meticulously crafted in its own workshops. From embroidered dresses, shirts, overcoats, and uniforms, each piece carries within them the history of the theatre and the memory of the Repertoire. It's the same sale it ran last year to great success, selling nearly 400 costumes. So if you remember John Cena appearing nearly naked to present the Academy Award for Best Costume this month, then you might remember what he said: “Costumes – they are so important,” the actor said....
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Fast fashion adverts could soon be banned in France under a new proposal to crack down on the polluting industry. France's parliament voted unanimously in favour of the bill, which also seeks to impose penalties on low-cost clothing to cover its environmental impact, on Thursday. The measures, tabled by MP Anne-Cécile Violland, will now pass to the Senate for a further vote. "I am delighted with this major breakthrough," Minister of Ecological Transition Christophe Béchu wrote on X on Thursday. "A big step has been taken to reduce the environmental footprint of the textile sector." 'Ultra fast...
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Investors are putting pressure on Spanish clothing company Inditex to share more information about its supply chain, according to Reuters. Inditex, the largest apparel retailer in the world, is the owner of brands Zara, Bershka, Pull&Bear, Massimo Dutti, Oysho and Stradivarius. The firm publishes an annual list detailing the number of suppliers it buys goods from in 12 key countries, but the names of specific factories are withheld. This bucks a trend set by major clothing retailers like Adidas, H&M, and Primark, who all share this information. Dutch asset manager MN, an Inditex shareholder, t...
Euronews (English)
There must be some people out there who like their wardrobes. You know, people who wake up and leisurely select several nicely folded items that all work together effortlessly, and then go about their day feeling pretty damn smug. However, there’s no way I’m going to pretend to be one of those people. My wardrobe is usually a chaotic sort of multicolored nightmare that would make an acid trip feel calm. Yet this hasn’t consistently been the case. I can recall a few times in my life where I haven’t cowered in fear at the thought of opening the cupboard door. What was I doing at those times vers...
Savvy Tokyo
Whether you’re doing the traditional New Year’s oosoji (“big cleaning”) or getting ready for a move, here are a few ways to make some space and keep your used clothes out of the incinerator. Until relatively recently, used clothes in Japan have had one fate: burnable garbage. If you’re from a country with a collection bin and a few secondhand shops in every neighborhood, this just feels wrong. Some people take suitcases full of cast-offs back home rather than throw them out. Happily, the Japanese concept of mottainai (avoiding wastefulness) is catching on and leading to more options. Sell it!D...
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