Skall Studio is our ‘Brand of the Week’. The Danish clothing label was founded in 2013 by two sisters Julie and Marie Skall. The name Skall means seashell in Danish and goes back to their Great-Grandparents, who lived by the North Sea in the Northern part of Denmark. Julie and...

The Fashion Industry is taking steps to address climate change by launching the Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action. The charter was officially launched during the United Nation’s COP24 climate summit in Poland, with several fashion houses signing on with the aim to reduce...

Coach is dropping animal fur. The Tapestry, Inc. owned American fashion label made the announcement yesterday that it will no longer use real fur in its products, and pledged to phase fur out completely by the debut of the Fall 2019 collection. ‘Coach has been committed to advancing...

Mango has launched a new capsule collection of sustainable fashion for the autumn/winter season of 2018/19. Titled ‘Mango Committed’, the collection consists of clothing designed with recycled fabrics such as organic cotton, Tencel and Modal. With colors reminiscent of...

H & M is launching its first sustainable Fall/Winter collection. The label which is known for creating an exclusive Conscious Capsule Collection every year, has this time extended it to the FW season. The designers looked for inspiration in ancient tapestry, in order to discover new...

British fashion brand Burberry has announced that it will stop using real fur and will also cease the destruction of unsold garments. The announcement comes ahead of Riccardo Tisci’s first runway show for Burberry during London Fashion Week on September 14. It also marks the second...

Stella McCartney has launched her own version of Stan Smith. The British designer who only uses animal-free materials designed a vegan model of the cult sneaker. ‘A few years ago I got a special pair of vegetarian Stan Smiths from my husband and Adidas. It immediately became clear to...

Talia Collins has launched her eponymous eco-friendly swimwear label. The former Vogue Paris stylist combined her love of fashion with her concern for the marine environment, to design sustainable swimwear using fiber recycled from those abandoned fishing nets. The collection includes...

Online retailer Asos has announced the start of a fashion training programme for its design team in the field of sustainability. The pilot course which is in collaboration with London College of Fashion’s Center for Sustainable Fashion (CSF) is part of the commitment that Asos made in...

Gucci has unveiled it’s ArtLab a center of 37,000 square meters just outside Florence. The new centre of 37,000 square meters focuses on work on innovation, sustainability and craftsmanship and will employ more than 800 people to work on product development and lab testing, with...

Dame Vivienne Westwood has casually become a rapper. The iconic designer who has been synonymous with punk rock, provided a spoken-word intro to a new track by British rapper Mic Righteous from his upcoming album, Dreamland. Titled ‘Be There’ the song is about issues of climate...