This month Just Style investigates whether the fashion sector value chain will ever cooperate effectively on sustainability. Key questions being addressed include will consumer demand for sustainable fashion increase and gradually engineer a more joined up approach by the industry and how will the EU’s legislation impact the wider sector?
Our slow versus fast fashion feature explores the growing popularity of slow fashion and how this could change the sector's future. In the Alibaba’s secret to making the metaverse sell article Just Style finds out how other global fashion retailers can turn this new technology into a meaningful revenue stream and avoid falling into the ‘gimmick’ trap.
Plus, in an exclusive interview Joint Apparel Association Forum Sri Lanka secretary general explains the importance of GSP+ for Sri Lanka and the huge $494m loss its apparel sector could face if it isn’t retained.
Meanwhile, Robert P. Antoshak outlines why it could take a year for the global apparel industry's outlook to improve. Finally, we debut our first thematic supplement covering cybersecurity.
Laura Husband, managing editor