The Weekly Briefing - 15 June
Headlines
BBC News
PM insists final unlocking will go ahead in July
The planned easing of restrictions on the 21st June will now be postponed until 19th July, with a review two weeks ahead of time, as infections are on the rise. But Boris Johnson appears set that all restrictions should be lifted on the 19th July, despite warnings from scientists. Read
The Guardian
Gove ‘pretty confident’ lockdown easing in England will not be pushed back again
With the lockdown restriction easing being pushed back to allow for all adults to be offered their first vaccine dose, government representatives seem certain that this will be the last push back. MPs who wanted easing to go ahead on the 21st June are not reassured by optimism from PM regarding 19th July easing. Read
Financial Times
MPs demand power to scrutinise UK’s post-Brexit trade deals
With the announcement this morning of the new UK-Australia free trade deal, a cross-party group of 20 MPs have written to Liz Truss, international trade secretary, to assert the need for parliamentary scrutiny on any new trade deal. Read
The Fashion Roundtable Focus
Vanity Fair
Why the Next Part of the Sustainable Fashion Conversation Will Be About Racial Justice
“As an idea once limited to the environment continues to shape consumer habits, a growing number of voices are asking to center the conversation on the people it has always affected most.” Read
The Guardian
Half of clothes sold by online fashion brands ‘made from virgin plastic’
A study from the Royal Society for Arts (RSA) on ‘Manufactures and Commerce’ has found that, of 10,000 item sample of new items added across 4 fast-fashion e-commerce websites in a two-week period in May, 49% were “made entirely of new plastics such as polyester, acrylic and nylon”. Read
Business of Fashion
The State of Fashion: Watches and Jewellery Report - Bringing the Sparkle Back
After taking a harder hit that other luxury sectors during the pandemic due to “the fine jewellery and watch industries’ slow transition to digital’, the BoF and McKinsey take a deeper look at the state of the industry and where it is headed next. Read