Circular Fashion Movement Gains Momentum at Paris Textile Salons

PARIS — As France and its luxury groups look to step up their contribution to the global conversation about the climate crisis — from the Fashion Pact led by French President Emmanuel Macron and Kering’s François-Henri Pinault, to LVMH’s “Future Life” program geared around a raw materials sourcing charter for animal products such as fur and leather — just how open is fashion to embracing a circular economy? As the industry enters what some view as a renaissance, the movement, while well in motion, is still being met with resistance, according to experts attending the recent editions of Première Vision Paris and Texworld Paris. Coming on the heels of the digital revolution, it’s “adding an additional challenge for the brands, hence the industry, including our mills,” said Première Vision managing director Gilles Lasbordes. With the shift to eco-responsible consumption now representing a major groundswell impacting the entire sector — as reflected in a study presented by the Institut Français de la Mode at the event, as part of the IFM-Première Vision Chair — “companies are having to find solutions,” he said. “Demand is coming,” said Jackie Andrews-Udall, a teacher at Central Saint Martins in London. Across her career she has consulted for Stella

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