Second-hand clothes finally take off in Japan

A second-hand pop-up store in Tokyo by casual clothing giant Uniqlo was a first for the Japanese firm, but also a sign that a local aversion to used garments may finally be fading. Uniqlo is a major player in an industry blamed for immense carbon emissions and other pollutants like microplastics. It has ridden a wave of … Read more

Vivobarefoot and Balena create 3D printed shoe from compostable materials

Eco footwear specialist Vivobarefoot has revealed what it says is a “ground-breaking collaboration” with material science specialist Balena on a 3D-printed shoe made entirely from compostable materials. They’ve unveiled a prototype trainer that they said “represents a significant leap towards sustainable and personalised footwear”. It comes after news from Puma in November that the sports giant had proved it can “successfully … Read more

Fashion for Good strategy shift sees museum closure and transformation

Sustainability and ethics-focused platform Fashion for Good (FFG) has unveiled a strategy shift “to enable widespread adoption and scale of regenerative fashion innovations”.  It includes “a significant commitment to bolstering the Innovation Platform and deepening efforts in brand uptake, supplier integration, financing and impact measurement”. As part of the move, it’s shuttering its Amsterdam Fashion for Good … Read more

Wildcat review: Ethan Hawke’s latest is a muddled mix of Flannery O’Connor biography and adaptation

There’s an entire subset of bookish young women who’ve gone through a Flannery O’Connor phase (it usually comes somewhere right before or after the Sylvia Plath obsession). With Wildcat, Maya Hawke gets to channel that literary phase into a big-screen story that is half Flannery O’Connor biopic, half adaptation of O’Connor’s short stories. Directed by … Read more