From fast fashion to fair fashion: The denim revolution
Jeans are the most popular trousers in the world. Every year, over 2 billion pairs are made. But most travel one and a half times around the planet before reaching your wardrobe.…
Fast fashion dumpsites in Ghana: Greenpeace slams ‘public health disaster’
Greenpeace is sounding the alarm over what it calls an environmental and public health disaster in Ghana, pointing the finger at fast fashion. The clothing is imported and meant to be sold…
Laduma Ngxokolo’s Xhosa couture at Paris Fashion Week
Fashion designer Laduma Ngxokolo is the man behind one of South Africa's most influential labels, MaXhosa. His designs have been showcased at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and he's…
Fendi pays homage to 1920s fashion in latest collection
Fendi looked back to the 1920s for its Spring-Summer 2025 collection at Milan Fashion Week on Tuesday, as the Italian luxury label prepares to mark 100 years since its founding next year.…
Celebration of 50 years of Paris Fashion Week
Fashion critic Samantha Tse speaks to Eve Jackson about the highlights of Paris Fashion Week, including Louboutin's swimming spectacle in stilettos, the return of Bella Hadid to the runway and our top…
Ethical shopping in the age of ultra-fast fashion
This week we look at ethical fashion in the age of "direct-to-consumer" giants like China's Shein and Temu. Thanks to their business model based on ultra-fast design and production, consumers can purchase…
Thailand’s path to diversity in fashion
The fashion business is still recreating the same global stereotypes. Let’s have a look to Thailand, where a group of fashion activists are challenging stereotypes about Thai women.…
The age of ‘Athcouture’: Fashion meets sport in Paris
Haute Couture week has just wrapped up in the French capital and the major fashion houses have taken inspiration from the upcoming Olympic Games to bring sporting details to their runway shows…
Ojude Oba: Yoruba fashion and unity shine in Ijebu Ode
In the heart of Ijebu Ode, a historic town in Nigeria's South West of Ogun State, lies a celebration that has become synonymous with culture, tradition, and unparalleled elegance, The Ojude Oba…
Ready-to-wear, autumn-winter 2023/24: Can fashion transform reality?
Can fashion transform reality, or is it more a question of how the real world influences fashion? Dior's response lies in a deeply feminist collection, inspired by the Swinging Sixties, when Marc…
China’s Shein fashion retailer faces stricter EU regulation
The Chinese fast-fashion online retailer is now subject to EU rules as a "very large online platform," joining tech firms including Apple, Amazon and Microsoft. The rules include measures to protect online…