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Fashion is in an uncomfortable place. The climate crisis brings unprecedented urgency for change to an industry that is largely resistant to do so. It’s not on track to meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and, on the company level, five or 10-year commitments typically shift or get left to the wayside as individual leaders change roles. Degrowth — which requires reducing production and economic volume to a level that sits within planetary boundaries — is still taboo.
So, how should the industry move forward?
This and more was discussed yesterday at the first Vogue Business Fashion Futures event, held at the Design Museum in London and bringing together nearly 300 attendees, all working within, or tangential, to the industry. Across a series of panels and keynote sessions, the day’s agenda sought to bring into view what a circular fashion industry looks like in practice and rally key decision-makers for change.
Also at the event, which was held in partnership with GXO, was the debut Vogue Business Startup Showcase, which invited nine companies all working to bring solutions for circularity to life. You can view the gallery virtually here.
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