Staking Your Claim In The New Digital Economy
Blockchain could be about to change from a speculative bet to being the foundation on which the digital future of fashion is built. And the time to stake your claim could be now.
Interline Identities: Amit Gautam, CEO & Founder, TextileGenesis
Obtaining genuine transparency from the multi-tiered material supply chain is a complex problem. This interview highlights how blockchain principles - and the technology itself - could provide a way for brands and retailers to back up provenance with proof.
Interline Identities: Stephanie Benedetto, Co-Founder, Queen Of Raw
Like a lot of fashion's problems, material waste has stayed buried for too long. Now blockchain is resurrecting an age-old model to try and solve it in a brand new way.
Understanding Blockchain – From Beginner To Big Business
Fringe technology, flash in the pan, or the future of fashion? Blockchain has a lot of questions to answer. The first of them? Just what is it, exactly? And why should brands and retailers be paying attention? Let's start with the basics.
How Flexible Digital Design & Development Can Help You Cope With Disruption
In the last quarter of 2020, remote working is now firmly entrenched. But creative tools and static processes could be making it more restrictive than it needs to be.
Where Are We Going?
Fashion's ongoing struggle to digitise is a clear opportunity for technology providers. So why is technology adoption still lagging behind other industries?
Push Performance Without Pushing The Planet
Combined, digital materials and machine learning could offer a route to more sustainable research and development. Provided the playing field is kept even.
Nearshoring & On-Demand – Short-Lived Disruption, or Long-Term Transformation?
Sourcing patterns changed in the wake of COVID. Now the question is whether producing more sustainably, closer to home, is going to continue, or whether fashion is going to spring back to its old shape.
How Fashion’s Original Fibre Is Coming Full Circle
Cotton's circularity journey could be a framework for fashion's broader reckoning with its environmental impact.
Interline Identities: Sandra Capponi, Co-Founder, Good On You
Consumer sentiment is one of the driving forces behind the demand for more sustainable fashion. But comparing brands like-for-like required a different approach to data gathering and discovery.
New Raw Material Is The New Black
Fashion’s reliance on synthetic materials is undermining its push for sustainability. This exclusive op-ed examines the issue, and explains why the time has come to recognise the right bio-based fibres as viable alternatives, not just experiments.
The Crucial First Step Towards More Sustainable Supply Chains: Better Data Management
Disconnected systems, a lack of detail and a willingness to let manufacturing happen out of sight are undermining progress towards improvements in the apparel sector. Better data management is key to changing this.
The Digital Thread: Informing Your Sustainability Decisions
Every product has a digital thread. Pull on it, and public sustainability commitments start to unravel. But there are tools that can turn supply chain risks into sustainable opportunities.
Interline Identities: Arthur Kononuk, Co-Founder, tentree
Why one of the standard-bearers for sustainable fashion believes in starting small.