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Recalibrating Indian Luxury

As India’s luxury market evolves, culturally fluent, globally exposed consumers are shaping craft-conscious, culturally embedded and ritual-led propositions.

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Fashion

Stat: Textile recycling economy gathers pace

The global clothing and textile recycling market is being cemented as a core pillar of fashion’s circular economy. Valued at £10.1bn ($13.6bn, €11.7bn) in 2024, the market is projected to reach £15bn ($20.2bn, €17.3bn) by 2031, expanding at a CAGR of 5.9%, according to findings from Valuates Reports.

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Students win national award with DIY loom tackling fast fashion

A team of students from Cambourne Village College in Cambridgeshire has won the Design Museum’s Design Ventura 2025 competition with Loopy Loom, a simple, family-friendly tool designed to breathe new life into old clothes.

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Fashion

Cotton Inc and DS & Durga launch lavender-infused blanket

Cotton Inc and fragrance house DS & Durga have launched a limited-edition Cool Calm Cotton Set, a premium £157 ($200, €190) blanket infused with DS & Durga’s Wild Brooklyn Lavender scent.

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Fashion

Swedish artist Carolina de Lara makes new textile with bacterial cellulose

Artist Carolina de Lara has used bacterial cellulose (BC), a naturally occurring material, and knitted textiles to explore the interaction between humans and nature in fashion design.

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Fashion

France leads global effort against fast fashion excesses

The French parliament has taken a ground-breaking step in curbing the allure of low-cost fast fashion, particularly from mass producers like China.

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Fashion

Champion introduces athleisure line made with biodegradable fabric

Could the future of fast fashion be biodegradable? Sportswear brand Champion believes so. The firm has developed a breakthrough synthetic material that is biodegradable like natural fibre, and is making its debut in the Eco Future Reverse Weave collection.

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Design

Textiles made from human hair to be commercialised in 2024

Would you wear clothes made with human hair? While the idea may initially repulse you, Human Material Loop wants to flip the narrative and normalise the use of abundant human hair waste.

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Design

Cultured Waste

As consumers tire of separating authentic sustainability claims from greenwashing, designers are using culture and heritage to cut through the noise.