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Category: Fashion News
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AI, Virtual Try-On & Digital Fashion, ASOS Redesigning online fashion speed AI, and more.
AI, Virtual Try-On & Digital Fashion Tools this week: ASOS is deploying Microsoft’s cloud and AI stack across its value chain to compress operational timelines and; and AWS has published a generative AI playbook for retail, consolidating…
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Textile Recycling & Circular Fashion, REWIND PET Process Validated, and more.
Textile Recycling & Circular Fashion this week: A consortium of Axens, Jeplan, and Ifpen has validated the REWIND PET chemical recycling process for textiles at a; and The circular fashion ecosystem is consolidating around long-term…
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Digital Product Passports & RFID, SML s InfuseRFID wins 2026 SEAL award, and more.
Digital Product Passports & RFID Compliance this week: SML Group’s InfuseRFID technology, which embeds durable RFID tags into garments before wet processing, has won a; and The EU’s Digital Product Passport (DPP) mandate, enacted via the…
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Global Apparel Sourcing and Trade, Apparel brands’ responses 2025, and more.
Global Apparel Sourcing and Trade Dynamics this week: A 2026 report from the Business and Human Rights Centre documents how apparel brands’ operational responses to the; and India’s organized value fashion retail sector, led by chains…
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Fashion Retail Operations and Strategy, Saks Global Is Setting, and more.
Fashion Retail Operations and Strategy this week: Saks Global has agreed to establish a litigation trust with a $20 million initial fund as part of its Chapter 11; and April 2026 saw significant executive churn across fashion and…
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Luxury Sector Challenges and, Lanvin Group reports 18, and more.
Luxury Sector Challenges and Performance this week: Lanvin Group’s FY2025 revenue fell 18% to €240M, citing a challenging luxury market and its own transformation; and Lanvin Group reported a full-year revenue decline of 18% to €240…
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Professional Practice and Industry, Working Talent What Models Aren t Telling You, and more.
Professional Practice and Industry Events this week: A commercial photographer and producer is offering a paid workshop reframing talent collaboration as a core; and A 2026 pricing guide for editorial fashion photography outlines a tiered…
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Legal Rights, Contracts, and, Photographer’s Guide Permission Forms – Framer, and more.
Legal Rights, Contracts, and Copyright in Fashion Imagery this week: A Wirestock guide clarifies the legal distinction between commercial and editorial use as the primary determinant; and InfluencerDB’s 2026 guide formalizes a rights…
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AI Tools and Cost Savings in Fashion, Fashion Brands Cut Photography Costs 70 AI, and more.
AI Tools and Cost Savings in Fashion Photography this week: Mid-market fashion brands are adopting AI-powered studio solutions like Rewarx Studio AI to replace traditional; and The 2026 landscape for AI fashion editorial photography…
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Roundup: Creative Techniques & Studio Work, Digital Retouching Analog Fashion, and more.
Creative Techniques & Studio Work this week: A Domestika course module outlines a digital retouching workflow for scanned analog fashion photography, emphasizing; and The Line Studios, a full-service photography studio with locations in…