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EU Digital Product Passport for Clothes, Explained
EU Digital Product Passport: What It Will Show on Your Clothes
The EU’s Digital Product Passport will attach a scannable record to clothes sold in Europe, covering fibre composition, care, durability and origin. The textile rules are due to be adopted... Read more...
US Clothing Tariffs: How They Reach the Price Tag
US Clothing Tariffs: Why $1 of Duty Can Add $2.50 to the Price Tag
Since 24 July, clothing imported into the US has paid its ordinary duty plus a Section 301 tariff of 10% or 12.5%, depending on origin. How that duty is multiplied... Read more...
EU Green Claims Ban: What ‘Eco’ Labels Mean on Clothes
EU Green Claims Ban: What ‘Eco-Friendly’ Means on Clothing Labels Now
Since 27 September 2026, EU law bans generic green claims such as “eco-friendly” on clothing unless backed by recognised top environmental performance, along with home-made sustainability badges and offset-based “carbon... Read more...
What Happens to a Fashion Brand After It Is Sold?
What Happens to a Fashion Brand After a Luxury Group Sells It?
When a luxury group sells a label, the buyer is usually a rival group, a brand-management company that licenses the name, or a founder or specialist. How Versace, Marc Jacobs... Read more...
Is It OK to Give Secondhand Gifts? How to Buy Pre-Owned
Is It OK to Give Secondhand Gifts? How to Buy Pre-Owned That Feels Special
Most people now say a secondhand gift is fine — and many say they would prefer one. A ThredUp survey found 62% of Americans plan to buy pre-owned gifts this... Read more...
What ‘Made in Italy’ and ‘Made in France’ Mean
What ‘Made in Italy’ and ‘Made in France’ Actually Mean on a Clothing Label
A ‘Made in Italy’ or ‘Made in France’ label tells you where a garment had its last substantial transformation — not where the fabric, yarn or design came from. Here... Read more...
Selling Clothes on Vinted or eBay: Do You Pay Tax in the UK?
Selling Clothes on Vinted or eBay: Do You Pay Tax in the UK?
Most people selling their own clothes on Vinted or eBay owe no tax, HMRC says. Platforms report sellers above 30 sales or about £1,700 a year, but tax applies only... Read more...
EU €2 Parcel Fee: What It Means for Temu and AliExpress
EU €2 Parcel Fee From 1 November: What It Means for Temu and AliExpress Orders
The EU’s €2 handling fee applies from 1 November to every item line in parcels shipped to shoppers from outside the bloc, on top of the €3 duty in place... Read more...
Can a Tailor Take In Clothes? What Alterations Fix
Can a Tailor Take In Clothes After Weight Loss? What Alterations Can Fix
Tailors and cobblers report rising demand for alterations as more people change size. Here is what a tailor can take in easily, what is hard or impossible to alter, what... Read more...
Why Is Gucci Struggling? Kering’s Q3 Numbers Explained
Why Is Gucci Struggling? Kering’s Third-Quarter Numbers Explained
Gucci’s comparable sales fell 6% to €1.29 billion in the third quarter and Kering dropped its 2026 growth goal. What is going wrong, what GucciCore is, whether prices are falling,... Read more...
Can ChatGPT’s Virtual Try-On Tell You If Clothes Will Fit?
Can ChatGPT’s Virtual Try-On Tell You If Clothes Will Fit?
ChatGPT added a virtual try-on button to its shopping results on 1 October. It is useful for judging colour and proportion, but OpenAI warns images may not show true fit.... Read more...
How to Check a Designer Bag Before Buying Secondhand
How to Check a Designer Bag Before Buying Secondhand, Step by Step
A step-by-step guide to checking a pre-owned designer bag: test the seller and the price first, then the leather, stitching, edges, hardware, stamps and serial or date code, judge condition... Read more...
Cashmere Grades Explained: What Decides Quality
Cashmere Grades Explained: What Actually Decides the Quality of a Jumper
Grade A, B and C cashmere are retail labels, not a standard. The legal definition is fibre averaging 19 microns or less. This guide explains what fineness, fibre length and... Read more...
Double Denim for SS27: How to Wear It and Buy It Well
Double Denim Is Back for SS27: How to Wear It and Buy Denim That Lasts
Double denim is one of the clearest SS27 runway trends, from Tibi and Zimmermann to Sacai and Prada. Here is how to wear jacket-and-jeans without it looking like a costume,... Read more...
How to Read a Clothing Label: What the Fibre Percentages Really Tell You
How to Read a Clothing Label: What the Fibre Percentages Really Tell You
Every clothing label must list its fibres by percentage of weight, largest first. Here is what EU and US rules make brands disclose, what they let them leave out, which... Read more...
EU Ban on Destroying Unsold Clothes: What It Covers and What It Means for You
EU Ban on Destroying Unsold Clothes: What It Covers and What It Means for You
The EU’s ban on destroying unsold clothing, accessories and footwear has applied to large companies since 19 July 2026. Here is what it covers, the eight exceptions, why handbags are... Read more...
Wool Coat Quality: How to Judge One in the Shop
How to Judge a Wool Coat in the Shop: Label, Weight, Fibre and Make
How to tell a good wool coat before you pay: what the composition label must disclose in the EU and US, why cloth over 400 g/m² matters more than a... Read more...