NEW YORK - Fashion brand Karl Lagerfield has banned the use of exotic skins such as those of snakes and crocodiles from all products in due to fears of diseases, such as COVID-19, passing from wildlife to humans.Animal rights organisation PETA immediately welcomed the decision which comes after Lagerfield banned fur from its collections back in 2019.Source:Eco Textile

LK Bennett, the UK-based luxury fashion brand, has got an approval from creditors for its company voluntary arrangement (CVA).Image Courtesy: drapersonline.comThe British retailer, known majorly for its womenswear, has said that CVA will also lead to the closure of 5 stores, with the remaining of its stores switching to turnover-based rent model.Store closures would also mean that there would be small redundancies as well. Back in August too, the retailer had restructured the team at its stores,

French fashion technology and forecasting company Heuritech has released Asia SS21 trend report focused on China and Japan.Heuritech analysed collections from Shanghai and Tokyo fashion weeks to determine key trends this SS21.Gingham has emerged as one of the top prints featured on the catwalks and the streets for the Japanese market, with varying modern iterations.The print Gingham will be up 11 per cent next Summer in Japan as compared to Summer 2020, while the same print will be down by 8 per

Image Courtesy: www.everymum.ieMumbai-based Greendigo Organic Clothing – a brand for sustainable and ethical clothing for kids – has collaborated with Trishul NGO for the distribution of clothing to the underprivileged children over the festive season.The brand founded by sisters Meghna Kishore and Barkha Bhatnagar Das are distributing clothes from their certified organic cotton childrenswear line to children in urban slums and economically underprivileged villages in partnership with Trishul ov

BSN Sports, the US-based sportswear maker, has agreed to pay US $ 600,000 to solve the hiring discrimination charges levelled against it.Image Courtesy: vimeo.comThe money will go towards back pay and interest to over 3,000 job applicants at it unit in Indianapolis.The decision to pay is a part of an agreement that BSN Sports has with the US Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) to resolve the alleged issue of hiring discrimination.Under the agreement with

Missguided, the UK-based online fashion retailer, saw it sales surge by 45 per cent between April and November 2020.Image Courtesy: ww.fashionnetwork.comWhat’s notable is that the online retailer also acquired 1.9 million new customers since the beginning of the 2020/21 financial year.Overall also, the online retailer saw an addition of £100 million to its annual business turnover in 2020.Expressing delight over the good numbers, Nitin Passi, Founder, Missguided, said that the retailer could rec

British clothing retailer Quiz is worried!Image Courtesy: theguardian.comThe retailer is facing row over the composition of its board. There are reports that shareholder advisory bodies have issued warnings about the retailer’s finance director Gerard Sweeney and Chairman Peter Cowgill.Notably, Peter Cowgill has also been the Executive Chairman of JD Sports since March 2004.Gerard, who joined Quiz in 2016, has been sitting on the pay committee as a result of which Glass Lewis – a proxy advisory

Informa Markets Fashion announces digital event metrics in collaboration with NuOrder – the B2B e-commerce platform.Image Courtesy: www.globenewswire.comThe digital event, which ran from 1 September 2020 to 1 November 2020, included demonstration of informative and significant market insights following the event conclusion.The event showcased a detailed offering of around 760,000 product categories ranging across women’s, men’s and children’s apparel, footwear and accessories and price points wi

LEEDS - The Future Fashion Factory research and development programme has secured £2 million (US$2.7m) in funding for new projects including sustainable alternatives to traditional materials and design processes.The funding, achieved in three separate funding calls to industry partners, will be spread across 13 new innovation projects from a mixture of independent designers, heritage Yorkshire mills and fashion tech companies.They include a freshwater-free alternative to down or polyester produc

LONDON – British retailer Marks and Spencer (M&S) has announced that it is to relaunch its Plan A sustainability strategy in the new year and will “reinvigorate” the programme to put it “back at the centre of our customer story”.The relaunched Plan A will be overseen by a newly established ESG (environmental, social and governance) board committee, co-chaired by M&S non-executive director Tamara Ingram and member Sapna Sood.Company chairman Archie Norman, who’ll also join the committee,