Sustainability is the magazine's spine: slow fashion, repair and alteration, traceability through the supply chain, and greenwashing checked against certification and volume rather than taken on tone.
Sustainability means the capacity to continue over a long period, a goal the United Nations' 1987 Brundtland Report pinned to development that meets present needs without shortchanging the future. The word names a test, not a product.
Which labels verify farming, which verify chemistry, which verify recycled content — and the four questions that separate a certification from a self-declared badge.
Chemical recycling can turn a worn shirt back into virgin-grade fiber — here is what works at scale, what is still pilot-stage, and how to read a garment's recyclability.