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Sustainability
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The Mckinsey State of Fashion Report 2024
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| After a tumultuous 2023, the Fashion Industry is set for transformative changes in 2024. The McKinsey State of Fashion Report emphasizes the need for collaborative efforts and resilient partnerships. Generative AI, regulatory compliance, sustainability, and technological integration are highlighted as pivotal forces shaping the Industry’s trajectory. |
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Regulations
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Euratex: Position Paper on Textiles Labelling
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| EURATEX, the European Association of Textile and Apparel manufacturers, published a position paper to support the EU Commission's ambition to revise the Textiles Labelling Regulation. Such document has served its purpose overall, but – in the light of technical progress, societal changes and the evolution of the regulatory framework for textiles following the adoption of the EU strategy for sustainable textiles – a revision of the Regulation is necessary to ensure regulatory coherence. |
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Research
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Progress in a Danish Textile Recycling Project
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| A Danish consortium was launched three years ago to find new textile recycling solutions: the ReSuit (Recycling Technologies and Sustainable Textile Product Design) Project brought together brands, manufacturers, academics and recycling experts from across the country’s Fashion Industry. |
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Innovative Materials
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Artificial Spider Silk Gland
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| Japanese researchers have created a device that spins artificial spider silk – closely matching the real thing – which could be used for the textile industry. They did it by mimicking natural spider silk production using microfluidics: under the correct conditions, the proteins self-assembled into silk fibres with their characteristic complex structure. |
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Industry Trends
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Fashion Multinationals: Mediobanca Expects “Soft” Growth In 2024
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| A Fashion Report published in February by the Mediobanca Research Area examined the financial and sustainability data of the 80 largest Fashion multinationals, with revenues exceeding one billion euros each, and of the 175 most prominent Italian companies of the sector, with individual turnover exceeding 100 million. |
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