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Why is fashion still not sustainable?

It鈥檚 been a cause c茅l猫bre for decades, but it seems like little has changed.

Making designer fashion more sustainable has been a cause c茅l猫bre for decades, so why hasn鈥檛 it happened yet? At the close of London Fashion Week, and just before the beginning of Paris, Tamasin Ford has been looking into why the industry hasn鈥檛 made the changes it needs. Kevin Bailey of the VF Corporation, one of the largest apparel and footwear retailers, says the industry has made great strides, while Roger Lee, of TAL apparel in Hong Kong, says a vague standards system for what counts as 鈥渟ustainable鈥 makes further progress difficult. But Christina Dean, founder of the Redress sustainable fashion awards as well as the upcycled fashion brand, the R-Collective, says companies could have already done a lot more to use re- and up-cycled materials in their new lines.

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