Fast Fashion Goes Green With Mushrooms, Lumber Scraps, and Algae

And Swedish retail giant Hennes & Mauritz AB is funding startups developing recycling technologies and fabrics made from unconventional materials such as mushroom roots. “One of the biggest challenges is how to continue to provide fashion for a growing population while improving the impact on the …

LONDON, United Kingdom — Despite the uncertainty of Brexit, London remains one of the most attractive cities to build a career in fashion. Thanks to prestigious institutions such as Central Saint Martins, the Royal College of Art and the London College of Fashion, which contribute a steady stream of …

NO ONE USED TO CARE what a chef wore outside the kitchen. From 2000 to 2010, Adam Rapoport was an editor at GQ and he doesn’t recall the magazine ever touting a chef as a fashion icon during his tenure. “There was nothing alternative about the food world,” said Mr. Rapoport, now editor-in-chief at …

FRANKFURT, Germany — The artificial intelligence revolution has arrived and it should not worry anyone. AI is changing jobs (not replacing them) and augmenting human tasks in consumer goods, manufacturing, customer service and many more verticals. In retail and fashion, the biggest opportunities are …

FEW WORDS CARRY the damning power of “basic.” While fashion brands generally eschew the term, squirmingly avoiding its connotations of pumpkin spice lattés and yoga pants, designer Scott Sternberg fully embraced it for his new direct-to-consumer venture, the Entireworld. Even he, though, wants to …

Case in point: the effortlessly cool, grit-sophisticate interiors informed by Diesel Living, a line of objects launched in 2008 by 40-year-old fashion company Diesel. By forging partnerships with fellow Italian entities including Moroso, Foscarini, Scavolini, Seletti, Berti, and others, the brand produces handsome …

Billed as “Vogue meets Game of Thrones,” Jennifer Lopez’s new video for her song “El Anillo” features the singer in a series of sparkly outfits by international designers, fit for a gold-draped queen who’s not shy about showing a lot of skin. Seven looks captured from the video include the following designers: …

Baby boomers have been largely absent from advertising, especially in high-fashion, despite driving 42 percent of spending in the US, versus 13 percent for millennial and Gen-Z consumers, according to a 2017 report from Moody’s. Typically, companies gear their campaigns towards a younger …

Hello BoF Professionals, your exclusive weekly briefing is ready, with members-only analysis and a digest of the week’s top news. Don’t forget to download the BoF Professional iPhone app to read this on your phone and get breaking news alerts. It’s been five years since the collapse of Rana Plaza, the …