Weekly Analysis: When Ethics Meet Risk Exposure
The Interline analyses the most vital fashion technology news. This week: supply chains must be sustainable... but they also need to survive.
Transparency: The Thread From Expectation To Execution
Transparency has very quickly become one of the primary metrics upon which the fashion industry is measured, but are expectations evolving faster than the industry's ability to execute? Cotton could offer a template for bringing the two threads closer together.
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Interline Identities – David Friedrichs, Co-Founder, Cerqular
Creating and buying verifiably sustainable fashion is often harder than it needs to be. To solve that, Cerqular aims to be the one-stop sustainable shop. We discuss the why and the how with CEO David Friedrichs.
Made-To-Order: The Solution To Fashion’s Sustainability Problem
The pandemic has exacerbated fashion's existential crisis: it's an industry that makes far more clothing than it can sell. With margins being squeezed more than ever, does made-to-order production offer a way out?
Designing A Way Out Of The Downward Spiral
Globalisation has accelerated the fashion industry to an unsustainable pace - in more ways than one. Can we escape that race to the bottom and do the right thing at the same time? New methods of manufacturing could hold the answer.
Denim Manufacturing: The Path To Redemption
With consumer interest in sustainability rising, the denim industry is preparing for an overdue reckoning. Can technology help mitigate the high environmental cost of a pair of jeans?
Weekly Analysis: Manufacturing Labour Matters, And More
The Interline analyses the most vital fashion technology news. This week: Labor Day presents a pause for reflection, and wearable technology takes some tentative new steps.
Why People Are Still The Missing Piece Of The Sustainability Puzzle – And What Fashion Can Do About It
In the wake of the pandemic, sustainability strategies are undergoing greater scrutiny, and industry-wide, people are coming a distant second to planet. Fashion needs to take measurable action on living wages - but how?
Outsider Art: How Fashion’s Model Of Production Is Being Reshaped By Prosumer Passion
As well as offering a way to control overproduction, on-demand manufacturing could be the tool fashion needs to welcome empowered consumers and the creator economy into what has historically been a closed loop.
Interline Identities: Joachim Hensch
Smart manufacturing can be a nebulous term, but Joachim Hensch has helped put it into practice for one of the world's most recognisable brands. His definition carries a lot of weight.
COVID Demonstrates Why Connected Supply Chains Must Start On The Factory Floor
Following the disruption caused by COVID, brand and supplier relationships must evolve to deliver true visibility - starting on the factory floor.
Interline Identities: Chris Govier, President EMEA, Kornit Digital
The pieces are falling into place for digital printing - both direct to garment and direct to roll - to overturn the traditional sourcing network and supply chain. The Interline speaks to one of the key minds behind the transition - at a pivotal time.
Sustainability in Fashion: Victim of Convenience?
Prasham Kamdar, Managing Partner of Ptex Solutions, asks whether we can really expect true sustainability and transparency from retailers and brands soon, or if we are simply talking about more greenwashing? Choosing the best possible materials, trims and components is just the tip of the iceberg.
News Roundup – Week 16, April 2021
The Interline analyses the most vital fashion technology news. This week: the secondary market emerges as a key tool for backing up sustainability commitments, but technology will be the key to going further.