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Extend Your Clothes' Life With Simple, Affordable Repair Techniques

Replacing a button costs $5 at a tailor or 10 minutes at home. Learning five core repairs can slash your wardrobe replacement spend and extend every piece you love.

Sofia Martinez•7 min read•01:11 PM

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Practical Guide — How to build a genuinely sustainable wardrobe (buying, care, and longevity)

Doubling how often you wear each garment cuts your wardrobe's emissions by 44% - and a $120 quality piece costs half as much per wear as a $30 fast-fashion equivalent.

Claire Beaumont8m read

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Price Parity Toolkit Introduced to Remove Eco-Premium on Next-Gen Materials

Fashion for Good’s Price Parity Toolkit uses "premium decoupling" so brands can pay next‑gen material premiums at Tier 4 or Tier 5, aiming to push costs down to parity with conventional fibres.

Mia Chen3m read

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Tongbram Bijiyashanti Weaves Loktak Lotus Fiber into Eco-Luxury Silk Empowering Local Women

Tongbram Bijiyashanti turns Loktak lotus stalks into silk-like fabric; after Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned her on Mann Ki Baat her stock sold out within 24 hours.

Claire Beaumont3m read

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Folkweave Revives Koraput Weavers With Slow-Fashion Heritage Shirts in Odisha

Folkweave revived Koraput looms, set up a Deula dye centre and brought back over 50 women to handweaving in eight months, now working with 120 women in Rayagada.

Mia Chen2m read

Industry

Unspun Hires Ex‑North Face CEO Arne Arens to Scale Zero‑Waste 3D Weaving

Unspun hired Arne Arens as CEO to scale Vega, a 3D weaving system that, the company says, "weaves semi-finished products directly from yarn in minutes," the startup announced March 3, 2026.

Sofia Martinez3m read

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Swap and Repair Pop-Up Playbook Gives Organisers Measurable Waste KPIs

A ready-to-run playbook helps organisers measure impact, track items diverted (kg) and repairs completed, and run swaps that refresh wardrobes, build community, and cut textile waste.

Sofia Martinez6m read

Sustainability

NYU students launch Future Fashion Frontier offering low-cost repairs and workshops

NYU students run Future Fashion Frontier from a classroom at 370 Jay St., teaching visible mending and machine sewing while offering low-cost alterations and mending to local residents.

Sofia Martinez2m read

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British Council and Paul Smith's Foundation Unite Designers for Sustainable Fashion Exchange

Six designers from the UK and Sub-Saharan Africa convened in Addis Ababa this week for Creative DNA x Studio Smithfield, a peer exchange backed by Paul Smith's Foundation.

Claire Beaumont2m read

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Can you stop buying clothes? Students in sustainable fashion course encouraged to find out

A U of T art history lecturer is telling her students they can't buy new clothes for an entire term, and she's doing it with them.

Mia Chen6m read

Industry

How recycled cotton is weathering an uncertain denim market

Recycled cotton is no longer a sustainability side project: the denim mills betting on certified, traceable recycled fiber today are the ones insulating themselves against volatile demand tomorrow.

Sofia Martinez7m read

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10-Point Checklist for Editors, Buyers and Consumers to Spot Greenwashing

A short, actionable checklist to separate credible sustainability claims from glossy marketing, what to ask, what proof to demand, and which names or metrics actually mean something.

Sofia Martinez3m read

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Resale Shifts From Fringe to

Resale grew 19% in 2025, outpacing traditional apparel retail 3.6 times over; here's how brands are turning secondhand into a margin-positive growth engine.

Sofia Martinez7m read

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Affordable Sustainable Brands for Building a Low-Impact Basics Wardrobe

Five affordable brands can cut your wardrobe's footprint without the premium price tag, if you know which certifications and fabrics actually matter.

Claire Beaumont6m read

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RLG Joins ReHubs Alliance to Boost Textile Recycling and EPR Compliance in Europe

RLG, the Munich-based EPR compliance firm with 26 offices across 80 countries, joined ReHubs to help Europe hit its target of recycling 2.5 million tonnes of textile waste by 2032.

Sofia Martinez3m read

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Biosynthetic Polymers and Circular Business Models Reshape Textile Industry

Kalman, Alpár and Tóth published an unedited open-access review on March 7, 2026 that maps progress on bio-based polymers and flags region-specific scaling as the next phase for textiles.

Sofia Martinez2m read

Industry

CalRecycle Names Landbell USA Producer Responsibility Organization for California Textile EPR

CalRecycle approved Landbell USA as the designated textile PRO on Feb 27, 2026; all producers of covered products must join Landbell by July 1, 2026.

Sofia Martinez2m read

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Viral Debate Sparks Calls to Expand Fashion Sustainability Beyond Fabric Choices

A viral post called out the "we have enough clothes for 4-7 generations" soundbite as baseless, arguing math shows stockpiles would last only a few years and urging lifecycle thinking.

Sofia Martinez2m read

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Sustainable Fashion’s End‑of‑Life Problem

Less than 1% of discarded clothing becomes new fiber, and even garments marketed as sustainable face the same dead end. Here's why the loop refuses to close.

Claire Beaumont6m read

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South Korean Brand Transforms Retired Paragliders Into Lightweight Urban Bags

Seoul's UpLab/OverLab is turning retired paragliders into urban bags, with a 10-piece collection dropping in Tokyo tomorrow.

Mia Chen2m read

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SMI Transitions to Cross-Industry Partnerships to Accelerate Fashion Sustainability

After six years since its January 2020 WEF launch, the Sustainable Markets Initiative pivots from sector groups to cross-industry partnerships, mobilizing 300+ CEOs and $60 trillion to speed fashion sustainability.

Claire Beaumont3m read

Industry

Fashion Industry Risks Missing Decarbonization Targets, Threatening Profits and Supply Chains

The Apparel Impact Institute warns inaction could shave 3% off operating margins by 2030 and cut profits by up to 70% by 2040, while fewer than 1 in 5 brands fund supplier decarbonization.

Sofia Martinez3m read

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London Repair Week 2026 mobilises pop-up workshops to combat throwaway fashion

Twickenham Repair Café has carried out 3,000 repairs and saved 3.8 tonnes from landfill as London Repair Week (2–8 March 2026) stages pop-ups, sashiko classes and appliance-hub tours across the city.

Claire Beaumont3m read

Industry

EU Green Claims Rules Under EmpCo Force Fashion Brands to Prove Sustainability

From September 2026, EU law bans fashion brands from using "sustainable" or "eco-friendly" without proof — here's what EmpCo means for your marketing.

Sofia Martinez4m read

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Epoch Biodesign Raises €12M to Scale Enzymatic Nylon Recycling, With Lululemon Investing

Lululemon led a $12M round into London biotech Epoch Biodesign, which uses AI-engineered enzymes to recycle nylon 6,6 back to virgin-quality material.

Mia Chen3m read

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Renasens Secures €10M to Scale CO₂ Recycling for Blended Textile Waste

Stockholm startup Renasens raised €10M to industrialise a CO₂-based process that recovers intact fibres from blended polycotton waste, with no water or toxic chemicals required.

Sofia Martinez4m read

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Circ Partners With China's Xinxiang Bailu to Scale Recycled Viscose Filament

Circ's recycled pulp is heading into viscose filament production at Xinxiang Bailu, the manufacturer claiming the largest global production capacity in that fiber category.

Claire Beaumont2m read

Industry

New study urges IP reforms to unlock upcycling, resale and circular fashion

A policy study published 2 March 2026 calls for clearer trademark, design rights, moral rights and exhaustion-doctrine rules to remove legal barriers to upcycling, resale and circular fashion.

Sofia Martinez2m read

Style Tips

12 Outfit Formulas Built Around Sustainable Basics for Every Occasion

Sustainable dressing doesn't mean sacrificing style; these 12 outfit formulas prove that organic, recycled, and natural-fiber basics can carry you anywhere.

Claire Beaumont6m read

Sustainability

How to Choose Clothes That Last: Construction, Materials, and Smart Shopping Tips

Most clothes fail within two years — not from wear, but from weak seams and cheap fibre blends you can learn to spot before you buy.

Claire Beaumont6m read