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We now wash our clothes more than ever before thanks to technological advances making it easier and cheaper to do laundry. The average household in Europe does up to five loads of laundry a week and bigger machines mean more energy and water are being consumed. Access to washing machines has also increased, rising from 30 per cent of the world’s households in 2010 to 80 per cent in 2024. The ease of throwing something in the laundry bin and concern about being seen as clean have us washing our clothes even when they aren’t really dirty. But, from the microplastics shed by our garments to the e...
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The takeover of Boardriders sports and outdoor brands group by ready-to-wear group Beaumanoir has been approved. The deal, announced in February but needed approval from the French competition authority to go ahead - that's now been granted, according to Le Télégramme. The value of the deal is not known. American Authentic Brands Group, owner of Boardriders, whose brands include Quiksilver, Billabong, Roxy, DC Shoes, Element, RVCA, VonZipper, will keep ownership of the brands but will transfer management and operation of them to the Breton Group who will own the western Europe side of the busi...
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Romania’s minister of culture says she will ask French luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton to acknowledge that a traditional Romanian blouse directly inspired items in one of its 2024 collections. “We will request that Louis Vuitton recognize the heritage and cultural value of the traditional blouse model with ribbons,” Raluca Turcan wrote on Facebook late Monday, adding it’s an opportunity for international recognition of the “inestimable value” of Romanian tradition. In pictures: Adorable designer dogs strut their stuff at the Pet GalaOn Wednesdays we wear black: How to celebrate World Goth D...
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Cotton clothes, towels and bed sheets from H&M and Zara are “stained” by illegal deforestation and human rights abuses, according to a new investigation. UK-based investigative NGO Earthsight has traced 800,000 tonnes of cotton from the giant Western retailers to Brazilian estates where land grabbing, violence and corruption are rife. This cotton is exported to several manufacturers in Asia, which together made nearly 250 million items of clothing and homeware in a year for global stores of H&M, Zara and its sister brands. “These firms talk about good practice, social responsibility and certif...
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For the first three month of the year, the Comédie-Française hosted a weekly sale featuring a curated selection of costumes meticulously crafted in its own workshops. From embroidered dresses, shirts, overcoats, and uniforms, each piece carries within them the history of the theatre and the memory of the Repertoire. It's the same sale it ran last year to great success, selling nearly 400 costumes. So if you remember John Cena appearing nearly naked to present the Academy Award for Best Costume this month, then you might remember what he said: “Costumes – they are so important,” the actor said....
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There must be some people out there who like their wardrobes. You know, people who wake up and leisurely select several nicely folded items that all work together effortlessly, and then go about their day feeling pretty damn smug. However, there’s no way I’m going to pretend to be one of those people. My wardrobe is usually a chaotic sort of multicolored nightmare that would make an acid trip feel calm. Yet this hasn’t consistently been the case. I can recall a few times in my life where I haven’t cowered in fear at the thought of opening the cupboard door. What was I doing at those times vers...
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Whether you’re doing the traditional New Year’s oosoji (“big cleaning”) or getting ready for a move, here are a few ways to make some space and keep your used clothes out of the incinerator. Until relatively recently, used clothes in Japan have had one fate: burnable garbage. If you’re from a country with a collection bin and a few secondhand shops in every neighborhood, this just feels wrong. Some people take suitcases full of cast-offs back home rather than throw them out. Happily, the Japanese concept of mottainai (avoiding wastefulness) is catching on and leading to more options. Sell it!D...
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