Mandela’s tailor on mission to boost African fashion

As well as South Africa’s first black president, his richly coloured shirts have graced the backs of Moroccan King Mohamed VI, Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame and the continent’s richest man Aliko Dangote.Now he’s doing his best to change attitudes to his profession across Africa and create opportunities for the next generation.

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Schwarzkopf doubles down on recyclable packaging

The Henkel-owned haircare giant has partnered with the waste management company to make its retail hair care, color and styling products recyclable across the US.The sustainability push will see shoppers invited to collect their empty packaging from Schwarzkopf products, and send them to TerraCycleคำพูดจาก สล็…

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Secondhand apparel market to overtake fast fashion in next 10 years

 The secondhand market, which is currently valued at $24 billion, is predicted to grow to $51 billion in 5-years time and is expected to be worth $64 billion by 2028, a figure 1.5 times larger than the fast fashion market’s predicted value of $44 billion.These optimistic projections are bolstered by soaring consumer interest, with 64% of women included in ThredUp’s report saying that they …

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Teenagers’ escape from Indian spinning mill prompts crackdown on labour abuses

A women-led trade union, which represent female garment workers in the state, said the girls were found unconscious on Sunday on a highway near the mill where they scaled a 14-foot wall before falling on to thorny bushes.”But because of excessive bleeding they became unconscious and were found two hours later by residents from nearby villagers,” the Tamil Nadu Textile and Common Labour Union sa…

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UK consumers keep lid on spending in October

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) said overall retail spending rose 0.6% year-on-year in October, marking the strongest growth since April when spending was boosted by the timing of Easter.Still, the BRC said the longer-term outlook remained bleak, with the 12-month rolling average of sales growth falling to a new low of 0.1%.คำพูดจาก Read more

Why women top the catwalk cash charts

While the likes of Gisele Bundchen, Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell have long since passed beyond the confines to fashion to become A-list celebrities, their male equivalents, like the American Sean O’Pry or Britain’s David Gandy, remain largely unknown to the general public.Gandy once observed: “Trust me to end up working in the only industry in the world where women get paid more than men, and t…

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