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In this Expert Analysis #3E's Cassidy Spencer stitches together the details of the Fashion Environmental Accountability Act, a.k.a. the New York Fashion Act. What does the Met Gala have to do with supply chain best practices for sustainability? Read our blog to find out: #supplychain #nycfashion #NewYorkFashionAct

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Celebrating 13 years at The Philadelphia Fashion Incubator! Thirteen years ago a passionate group of civic, corporate and academic leaders came together to launch the Philadelphia Fashion Incubator as we wanted to find a way to reinvigorate the once thriving fashion sector of our city.  Our mission has always been focused on providing education, business resources and opportunities to the city's emerging fashion designers and supporting them in defining their brands and building thriving businesses. We accomplish this mission thru a dynamic one year business of fashion residency program.  By connecting our designers to the global fashion network and encouraging them to expand and retain their businesses in the region, PFI contributes to Philadelphia’s economic development. Over the years we have identified the need of our designers to have a space to showcase and sell their designs.    And now with our new location in historic Fabric Row, we have fulfilled this need by having a retail presence where our designers and alumni can sell their collections directly to consumers. Since its inception, PFI has launched over 65 Philadelphia based fashion brands ranging from womenswear and custom bridal, childrens wear and size inclusive sleepwear, men’s underwear and jewelry to women’s work boots and adaptive wear.   I am proud to share that over 70% of our alumni are still in business today in the region. A few of our alumni have become multimillion dollar brands, several have opened retail locations and showrooms and some of our alumni have sold nationally to HSN, Macy’s, Anthropologie, QVC, Walmart, and Zappos.  They have been featured in national press and tv programming including WWD, Fox, NY Times, Forbes, Inc., Philadelphia Magazine, Project Runway, Making the Cut, America’s Next Big Deal, the Today Show and Good Morning America.  PFI's impact is exponential as our program has welcomed a diverse mix of designers that bring multicultural and multigenerational perspectives to their collections and businesses.  We have had designers from the age of 22-70 years old in our program.  Our new cohort features 4 women and 1 male owned businesses, with backgrounds that include Italy, Nigeria, Kazakhstan and Native American.  Diversity in the creative economy fosters more choices for the consumer and brings original perspectives to the design world. I am thrilled to see the incredible impact our initiative has had on Philadelphia's fashion sector and nurturing the next generation of fashion entrepreneurs in the region. Please consider making a donation in honor of this special day celebrating 13 years and fashion entrepreneurship in Philadelphia. https://lnkd.in/eushB4re Juno Jones Safety Boots Erik Seel Michelle Shannon Earl Boyd Bridgett Battles Anne Millman Mindy Solkin Conrad Booker Milan Harris Sherrill Mosee Alba E. Martínez, Esq. Terese Brown Amy Voloshin Nicole Muhammad Dawn Summerville Sophea Heng

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For those of us working in Sustainability in fashion it can feel lonely. When I worked at Theory 19 years ago, one of my responsibilities was to develop all the trims. I insisted that all metal trims be "nickel free" Nickel is a hard silvery-white metal that may cause irritation to the skin. Exposure can harm the lungs, stomach, and kidneys. Exposure to nickel may lead to cancer. Workers may be harmed from exposure to nickel.This was not popular because nickel finishes are super shiny and appeals to design sensibilities and cheaper. Luckily I had the authority to insist that we only use nickel free products. Eight years ago when I was heading up production at 3.1 Phillip Lim we were faced with the dilemma of a coating on a fabric that would make it waterproof but contained PFAS, versus a coating that would only be water repellent that did not contain PFAS. Again I insisted we should proceed to not use the waterproof coating despite sales would like it to be waterproof. PFAS is a forever chemical that has health effects on immunological, developmental or reproductive, hepatic, hormonal and carcinogenic – basically everything from asthma to testicular cancer. There is now the beginnings of a ban on them. Often there may not be regulations or awareness of the harm many of the materials or substances used in the production of clothing. Sustainability at a fashion company is not a department that drives revenue, your actions are often not popular like turning over rocks in the supply chain. But your work is important and vital. As I reflect on actions I made in the past this week, I am grateful that I insisted and that they had impact for both people and the environment.

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Hoop hurray! Shall we thank them now, or if this ever gets passed and wriitten rightly into law? Enviornmentally speaking, time is ticking. Urgently, and with every passing hour, more obscenely. It is unbelievable to me that we are knocking the 1.5 degree, and STILL have fashion operating freely? Serious obsenity. Legislation is obscenely negligent in protecting as this entitlement of system is not very speedy. In exception of course to the recent EU passing against greenwashing. This law managed to crawl up the mighty hill of unliklliness and passed unusually quickly. Not so for the whole of the fashion industry, All are accountable today for sustainable shifting. With the scientific news of Earths tipping points tipping… every choice after matters intentiy. We know who, and what is accountably harming. We know. Globally we see. Legislation is past due on acting and protecting. Decades have been lost to government foot dragging. To “the business” of running the industry of economy by “collectively” ignoring the science to keep this “growth” business model flowing. Regardless of the harm we are causing. Now the corals are bleaching. The world is watching. Act urgently and accountably. #Planetfirst is everything. 🌍👁

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What makes a good Footwear Design Portfolio? If I had to narrow it down to 1 piece of advice, this is what I would say.: Be real. Crazy concepts could be interesting to include in your portfolio but most likely you will be hired to work on inline, real world product. Not shoes that look like floating spaceships. Keep in mind design for real projects is typically 18-24 months from sketch to shelf so stretch yourself. Showing something that is too close to the market (ie. on trend now) also isn’t very applicable to real world work. Keeping your portfolio and projects grounded to real world constraints of materials, design, brand, cost and performance while executing with a forward-looking design approach is the mark of a good designer. If you are going to use a real brand on a concept think it through. Don’t just stick a swoosh on a concept. Remember that the person interviewing you knows more about footwear than you (the student) does. You can't put a callout with some made up material that doesn't mean anything. If you show some impossible construction you will get asked about it. Fake biomechanics (sketches of feet/bones with arrows) will get you caught. You can't bullshit. Footwear pros, what's the best (or worst) thing you've seen in a portfolio? What do you want to see? #footwear #footweardesign #industrialdesign #designportfolio https://lnkd.in/gwbDV92P

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GMS+ is not just a company. 🚀 It's a movement. We're bold. We're defying the norm. We're reshaping the world of garment production, one stitch at a time. 🔥 Passion. 💡 Innovation. 🌍 Sustainability. We're not just designing and sourcing garments. We're crafting stories. Stories of dreams woven into the fabric of each garment. We revolutionize the garment industry. To turn it into a beacon of sustainability and innovation. We empower every brand we partner with, to be a part of this revolution. To help them create their own unique narrative. GMS+ doesn't just design & source. We make change. We're not just a company. We're a revolution. Join us. Let's change the world together. #garmentsourcing #textileindustry #sustainablefashion #innovativedesign #tailoredsolutions #jointhejourney

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JVBswim is making waves! Our latest feature on The Interline takes you on a journey through JVBswim's commitment to redefining industry standards - integrating traditional practices and innovative methods to produce high-quality, eco-friendly products. Delve into the full article to understand our unwavering commitment to ethical practices and sustainability!

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What does #inclusivity mean to you? Many of us hear the word and automatically think of #size inclusivity. Anthropologie launched its first #collection of 8 #adaptive friendly #apparel styles based on some of their best sellers. It’s not a matter of #function over #fashion. It’s taking fashion and developing it through a different lens. I applaud Anthro for making the effort, making the #investment. Approximately 1 in 4 people worldwide have a disability of some nature (some more visible than others) according to The Center for Disease Control & Prevention. The team partnered with Lucy Jones, founder and CEO of FFORA, a fashion brand that focuses on people with disabilities to properly fit the garments. Influencers from the disabled community were also brought on to be brand ambassadors and are the models within the photography. I do love how it is all part of the same shopping experience – just as if you were to choose the petite fit you can choose adaptive fit. There is also a collection link under clothing that has these styles ranked at the top. It's efforts and investments, such as, this one that foster community and loyalty among consumers. URBN’s revenue grew 7.8% to $1.2 Billion for Q1 driven by Anthropology and Free People while Urban Outfitters dropped 12.8%. Fashion is self-expression - one's personality. How do you best display your personality when options are limited? We are seeing adaptive collections pop-up here and there, but like many concerns we have regarding fashion it is going to take a conscious effort and investment, as well as, a change in design mentality for a brand to say we are here, we believe in this, and we will support adaptive fashion. Linked below is an article on the evolution of disability language along with recommendations on how to be more mindful of using inclusive language. What other brands do you believe are making progress to include more adaptive options?

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🌎 Living in a Next-Gen Material World is about envisioning radical futures and solving systemic issues in the Fashion Industry. 🔬 In my latest TOMORROW column (issue #28) for Spur magazine, we focused on the Bio-Industrial Revolution and how forward-thinking leaders are reshaping industries with groundbreaking solutions. ⏩ There's a momentum I’ve witnessed grow in over a decade of covering fashion futures and bio-materials. 💚 A moral imperative drives this bio-industrial revolution, transforming how we produce fashion goods to create a new normal. 🛰️ The future is about reimagining what's possible. 📰 Read the insights here (in English) https://lnkd.in/gf9e_f7W Featuring: Sway GANNI BioFluff Kuori Natural Fiber Weldings Living Ink Modern Synthesis Rubi Laboratories Qorium & More!

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We are on the lookout for experts in jewelry design and engineering, particularly those with a deep understanding of the tools used in the craft. Learn more about this consulting opportunity: https://lnkd.in/eMYCUpzh Not an expert in this field? Know someone who is a right fit? Pass on the message and get a Referral Commission. #jewelry #engineering #loupes #innovation #management #technology #productivity #gettingthingsdone #businessintelligence #managementconsulting #consultants #business #networking #leadership #hiring #job #research #digitaltransformation #marketresearch #qualitativeresearch #microconsulting #MavenResearch

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Back in April Kingpins Quarterly interviewed the legendary Jerome Dohan. It brought back memories of when the denim industry had a mission to create, remember Heather Jerrehian ? Anyway, I was interested in a part of the interview where Andrew asks the following: JD: Women’s is worse than men’s because men’s didn’t enter the market like women’s did over the past 20 years. Men's were the first guys to make jeans and then women’s became popular. And after being popular, there were brands left and right that opened up, and jeans didn’t mean really anything anymore. It was about price point, and it was about picking a basic, and I didn’t even understand the market after. AO: Do you understand it right now? Because I don’t. JD: I don’t. I understand that people are not creative and because the people are not creative, they work with price points. AO: When you started your brands there were all these stores in Los Angeles like Kitson and Fred Segal. They’re all gone. Why do you think they’re gone, and what’s going to happen after that? JD: Stores like Kitson wanted to make more money [on] the product. And when you think about that…, you don’t think of a product anymore, and a lot of brands that were sold in those stores didn’t give the image of the store anymore. And business became tough, very tough, especially for department stores. Look at Barneys. Barneys was the first department store to close, and [I knew] this was going to be a big deal… Barneys was a store that was a landmark. People used to come to LA and where did they go? They’d go to these kinds of stores. The day it closed, I knew the market was going to change. Florian Schneider what are your thoughts on how the stores are looking in today's environment?

Good article on Puma outlined by Ken Pucker on how they were able to decouple increased growth from lowering emissions. Impressive data that since 2017, Puma has doubled revenues to $9.3 billion, while cutting carbon emissions by 30%. On a per unit basis, that is a 66% reduction. At my last company, I created a model to show that the consolidation of markets, with a calendar adjustment could reduce emissions by 18% allowing a reduction in carbon emissions and creating a savings from air to sea freight alone. This is one of the highest impact adjustments companies can make to really lower emissions.

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What are your thoughts? Too often, conversations about sustainable fashion are disconnected from the ones about the industry’s labor practices, especially during #EarthMonth. A better fashion industry is not just about one small fix in the type of fabric we’re using or a new recycling program; it’s about changes throughout each stage of the clothing-making process. As many are examining how wages and climate change are interconnected, one change that could have a huge effect on fashion’s climate impact is the wage structure for garment workers. There are approximately 70 million garment workers worldwide – 80% of whom are women of color. Raising wages for that amount of people by even a marginal amount could potentially reduce carbon emissions This is due to a few factors. For starters, raising wages would theoretically slow down production – low wages are a key factor in the fast-fashion system of making clothing fast and cheap. It would also mean that if people are no longer able to get garments for super low prices, they may start incorporating more sustainable practices into their wardrobes, such as mending or buying secondhand. To implement a higher wage solution, the problem and the demands for change need to be clear, and importantly, they need to come from the people who understand the problems more than anyone else: the workers. 🔎 Click to read the full story in the Remake Times here: https://lnkd.in/evFPnBQT

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Barneys Plots a Bigger Comeback Thanks to Neiman-Saks Deal. Talks include Barneys-branded home goods, outerwear lines. Contingent on negotiations, close of Saks-Neiman deal https://lnkd.in/euFeFyzJ #tradeguard #receivableputoptions #arputs #receivableputs #tradereceivables #accountsreceivables

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