Freitag continues push trends when it comes to sustainability, fashion, and style, this time with their five-pocket denim jeans that are completely 100% compostable. First, as they describe it, denim is back in Europe where the name started, “de Nimes” for denim and “genes” in French. Using their F-ABRIC denim, they’ve created denim jeans using […]
H&M’s latest sales report has come out for the first half of the year, with amazing results. According to Karl-Johan Persson, CEO, “The strong sales development has continued for all our brands with a sales increase in SEK of 23 percent excluding VAT during the first half-year. Including VAT, this means that sales in the […]
Fashion Positive was launched last November as a response of more fashion designers and industry professionals seeking new ways to make fashion sustainable. It was an initiated and created by Cradle to Cradle Products Institution to figure out regenerative systems in the supply chain and design. Last week, they announced their first salon series in […]
The latest in the growing trends of wearable technology comes from Google’s Project Jacquard. Project Jacquard makes it possible to weave touch and gesture interactivity into any textile using standard, industrial looms. Levi Strauss is the first fashion brand to partner with Project Jacquard towards creating new interactive touch-sensitive surfaces. “Levi’s has always stayed true […]
Two leaders of the sustainable fashion movement, H&M and Kering, share their latest information and knowledge this week on what they are doing to create a more sustainable future. First, H&M released their Conscious Actions Sustainability Report 2014. The progress made shows that H&M is at the forefront of sustainability. Some of the highlights are […]
Streetwear brand leader Supreme has partnered with Levi Strauss for a limited edition capsule collection featuring the Levi’s Trucker Jacket, 501 denim jeans, and a vest. High-end 13 oz. selvedge denim produced by White Oak mill is behind the collection, giving it a rare and sleek look and feel. The Supreme X Levis are available […]
The brothers Daniel and Markus Freitag behind the trendy messenger bags, Freitag, made of used truck and plane inner tubes, have come up with an apparel collection that uses their new fabric called F-abric which is completely biodegradable. The trend is on target with the growing appreciation and demand of young consumers for fashion that […]
A little yellow dress produced by two Swedish organizations, the Royal Institute of Technology and GreenHouse Labs, has made sustainability history. Unveiled at the prestigious Almedalen Week, a political event held on the Island of Gotland, Sweden, the dress is made completely of recycled cotton fibers. According to Sportswear International which also reviewed the dress, […]
Pharrell William’s has been on a collaboration frenzy these past few months, but one of greatest collabs is his sustainably driven Bionic Yarn. Later this month, during Pitti Uomo, G-Star RAW for the Oceans collection will collaborate with Bionic Yarn to create a new collection which will be available first in various Italian stores before […]
Fresh results from our upcoming 3rd Annual Sustainability and the State of the Future Youth Culture Study 2014 dives into shifts in spending patterns, brands, and influences when it comes to youth culture and their choices in fashion, technology, footwear, entertainment, and lifestyle patterns. In this story, we take a look at how the landscape […]