The Weekly Briefing - 10 August

Headlines

BBC 

Climate change: IPCC report is ‘code red for humanity’

New report from the IPCC gave stark warnings of an increase in heatwaves, flooding and droughts if there isn’t sustained and drastic climate action. The report made clear the human responsibility for the rise in global temperatures and decreasing glacier and arctic ice levels. Read.

The Fashion Roundtable Focus

The Guardian

Harvey Nichols teams up with Reflaunt to launch luxury resale service

Harvey Nichols is joining the secondhand resale trend this month via a partnership with the specialist service Reflaunt. Customers will be able to resell luxury handbags, fashion, accessories and watches, earning up to 80% back of the original price, when the items are resold through a Reflaunt-run space on the upmarket department store’s website. Read.

VOGUE Scandinavia

The Wonders of Greta Thunberg
Featured in Vogue Scandinavia’s September issue, and on the cover, Greta Thunberg highlighted in her interview the huge impact fashion has on the environment, as well as the exploitation of workers throughout the industry. Read.

Financial Times

Fixing fashion brands swap synthetic for natural dyes
Picking up on the rise of natural dyes in the fashion industry, the FT investigates the benefits and challenges of turning your back on synthetic dyes, as well as highlighting the great successes of brands who are doing so. Read.

Vogue India

What is ‘craftcore’, and how slow fashion creators are celebrating handicrafts in their collections

Vogue India takes a look at the slow aspects of fashion including embroidery, beading, applique, tie-dye and others are used to provide work for artisans, as well as place an emphasis on quality over quantity. Read.