SUSTAINABLE
Moving Fashion Into the Next Generation of Sustainable Production
By Dorothy Crouch, Contributing Writer | October 3, 2025
California Apparel News asked apparel sustainability experts: How are companies blending nature with technological tools to advance sustainable progress in fashion?
Pulp Friction: To craft a more circular supply chain, Renewcell grinds old apparel into new
What is the future of fashion? No, not the next style but the actual process of making and selling it. Increasingly it’s looking like a new paradigm based less on the fast and disposable and more on the durable and recyclable.
New L.A. Lifestyle Line Looks to Greener Future
Fashion and society exist in symbiotic relationship and change in tandem. Losano, a new sustainable luxury-apparel brand, has entered the market focused on a conscious consumer who puts “people and planet above all else.”
Changing the Industry Through Technology Innovations, Communication
Printing United Expo, which was held Oct. 19–21 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, is one of the largest and most diverse marketplaces for printing technology and is an incubator for new directions.
Strategizing the Holiday Season and What Lies Beyond
With the holiday shopping season upon us, what data will you be tracking to inform your products and services for 2023?
Otrium Aims to Close the Loop Between Waste and Want in Fashion
In the world of supercars, nothing’s more tragic than a Ferrari that spends all its time jailed in a garage. And in the fashion world, a new website and app are making sure no garment gets imprisoned in a closet but instead gets to see the light of day—and maybe even a night on the town.
CBX Software and Higg Integrate Environmental Sustainability Data
The next big fashion trend might very well be not some hot new item but rather how that item has been made. CBX Software, one of the retail industry’s leading providers of supply-chain-management solutions, has partnered with sustainability insights platform Higg to integrate environmental sustainability data.
Levi’s Gives Its Customers a BOOST With New Technology
Levi Strauss & Co. began making dungarees for gold miners, cowboys, ranchers and everyone else in the Old West. It was “pioneering” then and hasn’t slowed down with innovations.
Port of Long Beach Welcomes First Environmentally Sustainable Ship
You may have heard of the madness of King George—there’s a superb 1994 biopic about it—but that’s certainly not the case with this George III, who’s not a monarch but a cargo ship.
LYCRA and Browzwear Enter Partnership to Save Time, Reduce Waste
When it comes to wearing clothes, one of the highest virtues is simplicity. When it comes to making them, it’s efficiency. And now The LYCRA Company, the global textile giant, plans to make that a lot easier for designers thanks to a new partnership with Browzwear, a pioneer of 3D software for the apparel industry.
3M Develops New Yarn to Enhance Outdoor-Wear Properties
Adding to its evolving mix of textile solutions, 3M has introduced 3M-Specified Water Repellent Greige Yarn, which joins its other fabric-based innovations including 3M Thinsulate Insulation and Scotchgard Protector.
Solstiss Returns to L.A. With a New Showroom
Fashion goes round and round in cycles, which is not so different from the way Earth orbits the sun. Solstiss may sound like the twice-annual event that occurs at the height of summer and depth of winter, but this kind of solstice is perennial.
Supima and TextileGenesis Form Strategic Partnership for Cotton Traceability Standards
If you’re going to be part of a fashion scandal, it’s much better if you’re, say, the designer of a risqué dress worn on the red carpet since a little notoriety can be a boon to business. The kind you don’t want is the kind that befell red-logoed retailer Target six years ago when it turned out a bunch of fashions from so-called Egyptian cotton it was selling that were not, in fact, from the land of the pyramids.
Elomi
Elomi, a Korea-based lingerie and swimwear brand designed for fuller figures, has partnered with Hyosung, the world’s largest manufacturer of spandex, for an elegant new swim collection made from Hyosung’s creora highclo spandex.
Calico Helps Brands Regain Control of Their Supply Chains
In an effort to tackle returns, the Toronto-based supply-chain OS company Calico aims to provide a smart solution that helps retailers streamline their supply chains, allowing them to solve the problem earlier rather than post-sale.
