Due to the double environmental and pandemic crisis, the fashion sector is experiencing a rapid transformation. From the attention to the use of more sustainable and circular materials to business and consumption models (rental, second hand) to the consumers tastes, every aspect of the fashion system is at stake. RM39 takes stock of the revolution underway.
Summary
EDITORIAL
Fashion Is Out of Fashion Emanuele Bompan
THINK TANK
Fashion Is a Pillar of the New European Bauhaus Emanuele Bompan. Interview with Scott Lipinsky
Italian Fashion and the Challenge of the Circular Economy Marco Ricchetti. Interview with Carlo Capasa
A System to Be Rethought of With Style Emanuele Bompan, Valeria Pagani. Interview with Sergio Tamborini
Let’s Re-design the Fashion System Giorgia Marino. Interview with Marilyn Martinez
INSIGHT
Circular Fashion: How Is the Revolution Coming Along? Marco Ricchetti
The Circular Way for Leather, Wool, and Silk Antonella Ilaria Totaro
Fashion and Biomaterials Mario Bonaccorso
Blockchain and Logistics in the Fashion Sector. But What About Sustainability? Antonella Ilaria Totaro
A Second Youth for Clothes and Accessories Ilaria Nicoletta Brambilla
Does the Devil Wear Rentals? Giorgia Marino
The Invasion of Second-hand Clothes in Africa Giorgio Kaldor
Textile Recycling Supply Chains in the Southern Mediterranean Marco Ricchetti. Interview with Roberta De Palma
CASE STUDIES
Covid? It Can Act as a Booster towards Fashion Circularity Daniele Di Stefano
Elegant Yet Understated: Sustainable Packaging Is Fashionable Giorgia Marino
PrimaLoft’s Mission to Be “Relentlessly Responsible”, with Reduced Emissions and Biodegradable, 100% Recycled Fabrics Simone Fant
Ratti, Green and Digital Massimo Lolli
STARTUP by Antonella Ilaria Totaro Ccrave, the Circular Product E-commerce that Wants to Educate its Users High-Quality Recycled Textile Fibres with Evrnu Techologies Thread and Buttons Disassembled with Resortecs Techologies Lizee, the Software for Product Rental and Resale
CIRCULAR BY LAW
The Circular Challenge in the Textile Industry Francesco Petrucci
THE BROKEN CIRCLE
Green Light to Green Fashion, but No Green Washing, Please Sergio Ferraris