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Legendary French designer Pierre Cardin who revolutionised fashion in 1950s and 60s dies at 98

Legendary French designer Pierre Cardin who revolutionised fashion in 1950s and 60s dies at 98

Dec 30, 2020, at 02:55 am

Paris/IBNS: Legendary fashion designer Pierre Cardin, who revolutionised fashion in 1950s and 60s, passed away on Tuesday in a hospital near Paris at the age of 98.

UN launches drive to highlight environmental cost of staying fashionable

UN launches drive to highlight environmental cost of staying fashionable

Mar 26, 2019, at 09:22 am

New York, Mar 26 (IBNS): It takes around 7,500 litres of water to make a single pair of jeans,  equivalent to the amount of water the average person drinks over a period of seven years. That’s just one of the many startling facts to emerge from recent environmental research, which show that the cost of staying fashionable is a lot more than just the price tag.

Dress the world in wood, UN says in its ‘Forests for Fashion’ initiative

Dress the world in wood, UN says in its ‘Forests for Fashion’ initiative

Jul 17, 2018, at 09:05 am

New York, July 17 (IBNS): The fashion industry is valued upward of 2.5 trillion dollars, and employs some 75 million people globally – so it makes good sense to shift textile production from fossil fuel-based synthetic fibers to renewable, biodegradable textiles, made from wood, according to a new United Nations initiative that aims to make forests literally more fashionable.