For the Italian textile company’s chief executive officer Ercole Botto Poala sustainability is a matter of survival.

The Calais-based lace manufacturer was unable to pay its 170 employees’ salary for December 2018.

The ecological impact of apparel industry overproduction was a key talking point at the show.

“Smart casual” was the term most frequently searched among consumers in 50 states.

The luxury giant said the push for regenerative sourcing is a potential game changer.

Its interactive month-long pop-up, Up Down, will come to a close on Oct. 30.

The textile specialist developed a cotton fiber equipped with traceable “fingerprints” created with forensic science and data analysis.

The challenges and opportunities of the new movement were a key talking point at the recent Première Vision Paris and Texworld fairs.

The trade show, held Sept. 25 to 27 at the Milano-Rho fairgrounds, highlighted the Italian tanneries’ abilities to adjust to markets’ demands.

The inaugural edition of the Supima Design Lab will feature looks created by the winners of the Hyères festival and Paris-based designers.

The trade fair will join a cluster of shows headed by Texworld due to present Sept. 17 to 20.

Biodegradable fabrics and sustainable materials with performance properties taken from nature are also among directions shaping the industry’s future.

The biofabrication pioneer talked to WWD about the company’s experiments with lab-grown materials headed to the luxury market.

The luxury French swimwear brand opened the doors of its Paris headquarters and a partner factory to share the process behind its swimwear creations.

The Los Angeles label aims for lifestyle brand status with its foray into home.