How to make new buildings from old clothes
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How to make new buildings from old clothes

Researchers at UNSW have discovered a way to deal with one of the planet's greatest waste problems:the clothing we wear.

  • byVeena Sahajwalla

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I’m 85 and I still love to shop in Zara

I’m 85 and I still love to shop in Zara

When it comes to dressing her age,Ruth Cooper mingles with the crowd at fast-fashion chain stores.

  • byAs told to Samantha Brick
'We’re not treated the same when we go into stores'

'We’re not treated the same when we go into stores'

Fashion talks a big game when it comes to diversity but one group is being left on the fringes of the conversation.

  • byMelissa Singer
The trouble with fast fashion's crackdown on cashmere

The trouble with fast fashion's crackdown on cashmere

Not all cashmere is created equal but a ban aimed at'supermarket cashmere'could have unintended consequences.

  • byMelissa Singer
Why Melania Trump's Zara anorak is not'just a jacket'

Why Melania Trump's Zara anorak is not'just a jacket'

The US First Lady's choice of outfit to visit children in immigration detention is loaded with meaning.

  • byMelissa Singer
Do we really need the maxi skirt in our lives?
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Do we really need the maxi skirt in our lives?

I don't do maxis.

  • byLisa Armstrong
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One man alone may be propping up H&M as its shares go out of fashion

One man alone may be propping up H&M as its shares go out of fashion

Since early April,the fast-fashion chain's chairman has spent nearly half a billion dollars buying the stock against a wall of'sell'ratings from analysts.

The human cost of fast fashion is still too high
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The human cost of fast fashion is still too high

Rana Plaza is often described as the garment industry’s “worst industrial accident”,but the industry practices that led to it were far from accidental.

  • byKeren Adams
How Cotton On went from a B- to an A by airing dirty laundry

How Cotton On went from a B- to an A by airing dirty laundry

Annual report highlights best and worst performers on ethical fashion.

  • byMelissa Singer
How fast fashion is fixing its'racism problem'

How fast fashion is fixing its'racism problem'

Offensive designs seem to repeatedly slip past layers of buyers,designers,stylists,marketers and managers before being caught by consumers.

How jeans are mounting a comeback in a leggings world

How jeans are mounting a comeback in a leggings world

So. what did you wear over the long weekend?

  • byKim Bhasin