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Open Style Lab Brings Adaptive Fashion to the New York Fashion Week Runway

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Like many major industry events, New York Fashion Week is not regularly considered as the forefront of accessibility and inclusive design. However, a new runway show featuring the spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) community is aiming to bring the fashion world--and its standards--into modernity.

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For UPS, Delivering DEI to the Fashion Industry Never Goes Out of Style

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There was once a time when UPS was the unlikeliest brand to be associated with fashion. With its ubiquitous (some would say drab) brown color scheme, nothing about the shipping company seemed to connect with an industry often characterized by its kaleidoscopic usage of color.

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Red Wing Creates a ‘Will’ For Boots to Fight Fast Fashion

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landfills each year from fashion waste. Legacy footwear brand Red Wing Shoes fights against fast fashion in a campaign encouraging people to pass their boots down through generations. An estimated 11.3 million tons of clothes and shoes wind up in U.S.

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Willem Dafoe is a Style Icon in Zalando’s Campaign to Solve Fashion Dilemmas

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In a busy fashion season, European e-commerce company Zalando positions itself as a way to make the answer easier in a campaign starring Willem Dafoe as a style icon. Most people have to face the question of what to wear every morning. A 30-second ad, created by agency Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam and directed by Aube Perrie,

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Secondhand Has the Upper Hand in Designer Fashion

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When it comes to luxury fashion and accessories from brands like Louis Vuitton, Chanel and Tom Ford, people want the hottest items from top designers without paying full retail price. Catering to them are a cottage industry of resellers including The RealReal, a top destination online and in person for those on the high-end bargain.

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Eco-Labeling in Fashion: What Consumers Want

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When it comes to sustainable fashion, U.S. But determining which messages each consumer segment is looking for can help fashion brands decide exactly how--and where--to explain what they're doing. consumers are split.

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Fast Fashion Is Thwarting the Resale Industry’s Dream of Circularity

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Branded resale, when fashion companies add used items to their inventory, grew by 450% between 2021 and 2023, according to ThredUP, as American Eagle and J.Crew joined over 160 companies in the branded resale game. Secondhand shopping is on the rise.

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