Rayon might seem like a better alternative to petroleum-based synthetic fabrics, but it’s often made from trees in old-growth forests. A new nonprofit is working hard to make sure fashion companies ...

Theresa Jakubik, an aspiring actress in Manhattan, recently went to brunch with some people she wanted to impress. “I put on these adorable little culotte shorts,” she said. But by the end of the day, ...

Macy’s, Amazon, Sears, and Leon Max have been fined a combined $1.26million for for selling clothing labelled as being made from bamboo, when they were actually rayon. The Federal Trade Commission ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Next time you buy a piece of clothing that has viscose or rayon in it—spare a thought for those ...

Theresa Jakubik, an aspiring actress in Manhattan, recently went to brunch with some people she wanted to impress. "I put on these adorable little culotte shorts," she said. But by the end of the day, ...

Canopy executive director Nicole Rycroft says, unlike other forest products, the question of whether a shirt comes from an endangered or ancient forest isn't often asked when people go shopping.

Fri, October 25, 2024 Published on Oct. 25, 2024 Published on 2024-10-25T13:46:40+07:00 s part of the push toward a more sustainable fashion industry, Riau-based sustainable viscose rayon producer ...

A few weeks ago, the Federal Trade Commission charged four clothing companies with falsely advertising their clothing made of bamboo as clothing made of bamboo. Say what? That’s right. The FTC ...

To be pregnant for the first time is to be the world’s most anxious, needy, and ignorant consumer all at once. Good luck buying a pile of stuff whose uses are still hypothetical to you! What, for ...

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