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Collapsing consumer demand amid lockdowns cripple Asia-Pacific garment industry

21 October 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered government lockdowns, collapsed consumer demand, and disrupted imports of raw materials, battering the Asia Pacific garment industry especially hard, according to a new report released on Wednesday by the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Models at the event “Fashion and Sustainability: Look Good, Feel Good, Do Good" held on 16 November 2017 at UN Headquarters in New York.

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Sustainable fashion leader pins hope on humanitarian values

18 November 2017

Interviews

Changing the fashion industry and making it more aware of global humanitarian and environmental concerns, demands expertise, and above all, passion.

That’s the view of Patrick Duffy, the founder of Global Fashion Exchange - an international sustainable fashion platform - who led a UN conference panel this week, on the use of clothing as a vehicle for change.

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