THE KNOWLEDGE

For this issue, WeAr asked experts across the industry – from fiber manufacturers to academics, authors to retailers – how the fashion industry can use the Covid-19 crisis to establish more sustainable practices and attitudes. The responses touch upon a vast range of important topics. Some of the key themes that have emerged are new consumer mindsets; the idea of ‘less is more’; slowing down; rethinking the fashion calendar; reinventing

raw materials; recalibrating the supply chain; and, of course, a circular paradigm both in production and consumption.