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It’s the industry’s dirty secret’: why fashion’s oversupply problem is an environmental disaster
As many as 40% of clothes made each year – 60bn garments – are not sold. Experts say tackling such obscene waste will require radical changes in production – and legislation
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Rayon unravelled: fashion’s most confusing fibre has a dark past but hopeful future
Turning trees into textiles is linked to historical atrocities and environmental harm. But any plant-based material can potentially become viscose-rayon
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Simone Rocha’s London Fashion Week show
On a rainy Sunday afternoon in the middle of London Fashion Week, Simone Rocha presented Spring/Summer 2024 at the English National Ballet in the city’s east. The 37-year-old, arguably the most creative, commercially successful independent designer in the world at the moment, sent 50 looks down the runway loosely inspired by the rituals and decorations of traditional white weddings.