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Futures 100 Innovators : May

By The Future Laboratory 22 : 05 : 2023 Design : Food & Drink : Retail

In the fifth longlist of our 2023 Futures 100 Innovators, we reveal The Future Laboratory’s chosen innovators and change-makers who are set to disrupt the lifestyle categories in 2023 and beyond.

The Rise of the Expert Influencer:

As users increasingly seek transparency, trust and intention on Instagram, a new wave of influencers are emerging, full of professional...

Retail : Advertising & Branding : Fashion

The Overconsumption Mindset:

Dr Daniel Benkendorf, professor of psychology at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York, considers why a growing number...

Sustainable Fashion : Climate Change : Global Warming

Regenerative Luxury Jewels:

Thanks to advances in materials and manufacturing, the jewellery industry is entering a new era of sustainability.

Luxury : Sustainability : Fashion

Four luxury fashion brands stepping into the home:

As consumers spend more time and money upgrading home spaces, luxury fashion brands are racing to develop dedicated homeware lines.

Luxury : Fashion : Design

Spiritual Cosplay:

Gen Z’s appetite for mysticism has infused the fashion world, drawing on pseudo-spirituality and the cohort’s desire for escapism.

Youth : Fashion : Society

In our body hostility era:

After a decade of dieting rebranded as wellness and a Western awakening to inclusivity and representation of marginalised groups in the...

Youth : Body Positive : Dieting

Kidswear Market:

Following in the global fashion market’s footsteps, the children’s section is becoming more agile and eco-conscious.

Fashion : Youth : Retail

Autumn/Winter 2023: The Download:

From a diversity downturn to a theatrical-versus-commercial polarity, these are the key takeaways from fashion month for autumn/winter...

Fashion : Luxury : Events

Chinese Outdoor Fashion Market:

Propelled by Covid, China's surging interest in local outdoor sports hints at new opportunities worth billions of yuan for the fashion...

China : Global Fashion And Style : Moncler

Safety Fits:

Merging functional gear with activism, emerging designers want to turn clothes into modern-day armour.

Fashion : Society : Technology

The collaborative future of fashion creatives:

Heralding an era of decentralised taste-making, fashion brands are exploring alternatives to the omnipotent creative director – from...

Fashion : Luxury : Retail

Heating up luxury fashion for Gen Z:

Heat co-founders Mario Maher and Joe Wilkinson explain how their mystery box concept taps into Gen Z mindsets, while offering a new way...

Luxury : Fashion : Youth

Collegiate Nostalgia:

Collegiate-inspired fashion and entertainment is soothing Gen Zers who feel their youth was stolen by the pandemic.

Youth : Media & Entertainment : Fashion

Laundry tech is reshaping circular fashion:

Wajahat Hussain and Richard Toon have created a solution to address the shrinking lifespan of garments. We discuss how Biorestore is...

Fashion : Sustainability : Technology

How to curb clothing consumption?:

Journalist, lecturer and sustainability adviser Olivia Pinnock explores the need for de-growth in the fashion industry.

Fashion : Sustainability : Society

Future Forecast 2023: Fashion:

From dystopian aesthetics and lab-based textile alternatives to the growth of resale platforms and monetised archives, we look ahead to...

Fashion : Design : Sustainability

How to create a fashion-forward metaverse:

With Brand New Vision, fashion veteran and entrepreneur Richard Hobbs is building a Web3 eco-system dedicated to fashion.

Fashion : Metaverse : Technology

Five luxury fashion brands advancing biotechnology:

Luxury fashion houses are increasingly recognising the potential of biotechnology and experimenting with bio-textiles for a more...

Fashion : Technology : Luxury

Teen Fashion Market:

Brands are re-imagining teen fashion with engaging activations spanning physical retail and the metaverse as the sector undergoes a...

Youth : Fashion : Retail

Doom Dressing:

Driven by a gathering mood of pessimism, a new dark, dystopian and eerie aesthetic is emerging, infused with satire and subversion.

Identity : Fashion : Climate Change

Resale Redux:

The resale market is enjoying a resurgence, taking on fast fashion as a (mostly) guilt-free alternative, and allowing younger consumers...

Retail : Fashion : Sustainability

Haute Couture Market:

New directions in the haute couture market reveal how the traditional sector is still at the forefront of fashion innovation and...

Luxury : Sustainability : Fashion

How fashion is tackling invasive species:

Aarav Chavda, co-founder and CEO of Inversa Leathers, explores how invasive species can enable fashion to rebalance and heal the planet.

Fashion : Leather : Sustainability

We must co-create to decolonise fashion:

Current sustainability initiatives are failing to decolonise the fashion and textiles industries. How can co-creation pave the way for...

Society : Fashion : Sustainability

Why brand futures lie in decolonising sustainability:

Moussa Mchangama, co-founder of sustainable and ethical consultancy In Futurum, discusses why sustainable action must be approached from...

Sustainability : Lifestyle : Fashion

Global Fashion Summit: forming fashion’s new alliances:

favour of planet-first, radical collaborations.

Fashion : Sustainability : Retail

Selfridges’ Andrew Keith on retail’s hyperphysical future:

The managing director of Selfridges examines the ways that retailers can create immersive, engaging and Hyperphysical Store experiences.

Retail : Stores : Department Stores

Sustainable Fashion Market: India:

Driven by glocal changemakers, India’s sustainable fashion market is growing rapidly – with a focus on circularity, heritage and innovation.

Fashion : Luxury : Sustainability

Streetwear Brokerages:

A series of new platforms are transforming fashion’s resale market into a bona fide investment arena, cementing garments as tradeable...

Fashion : Finance : Streetwear

Carbon Wears:

Emission-to-textile innovators are helping fashion brands to create new products while reducing the environmental impact of both the...

Fashion : Sustainability : Carbon

Second-life Bridal Market:

As a historically unsustainable category, the wedding sector is ushering in greener options to cater for brides’ increasingly...

Retail : Weddings : Bridal

Repurposed Roadwear:

Car brands are combining fashion and material innovation to promote sustainable practices in mobility’s green age – without sacrificing...

Mobility : Fashion : Sustainability

How fashion NFTs can spark eco-action:

Brad Morris, founder of digital fashion house MYAMI, shares how NFTs can be used as virtual tools for prompting environmental action.

Fashion : Metaverse : Climate

Convertible Clothing Market:

As the sustainable fashion landscape evolves, brands are experimenting with long-lasting garments that adapt, change or grow with wearers.

Fashion : Design : Sustainability

Unpacking luxury’s NFT and metaverse opportunity:

Daniella Loftus, a member of Red DAO, describes how non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and digital goods can open new revenue streams and...

Luxury : Technology : NFTs

Gucci’s Robert Triefus on redefining luxury:

Gucci’s executive vice-president of brand and customer engagement discusses the inter-Covid lessons for luxury – and what The Five...

Luxury : Retail : Fashion

Eco-motional Fashion:

As climate anxieties abound, a new wave of change-makers are paving the way for a more positive, human-centric approach to sustainable...

Fashion : Sustainability : Sustainability Futures

Food’s Fashion Strategy:

Fashion is becoming a lucrative strategy for food, drink and dining brands, leading to new revenue streams, collaborations and...

Food : Fashion

Streetwear: are we buying the fuss or the fabric?:

The co-founders of nascent fashion brand Ballyhoo discuss why the future of hype lies in informed curation that fuses past, present and...

Fashion : Branding : Sustainability

Sneaker Hubs Market:

A new wave of online sneaker hubs is gaining traction by providing community, trust and independent perspectives beyond the original...

Fashion : Footwear : Resell

Five future paths for luxury collaborations:

Historical rivalries are being put aside as luxury firms embrace the benefits of working together, from authentication projects to...

Luxury : Sustainability : Fashion

Fashion Rental Market:

Fashion rental services are evolving to benefit brands and consumers, providing new revenue streams, peer-led style inspiration and...

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Galaxy’s live-stream app animates fashion resale:

Danny Quick, co-founder of retail app Galaxy, explains why live video selling will foster a community-led future for fashion resale.

Retail : Fashion : Sustainability

Coterie Consumerism:

As e-commerce booms, Generation Z fashion brands are turning our digital habits into physical activations to make the shopping...

Fashion : Retail : Youth

Eyewear Market:

After the shock of Covid-19, the eyewear market has its sights on enhancing physical retail, more inclusive optical designs and...

Fashion : Design : Intersectionality

Fashion Meta-networks:

Breaking away from oversaturated social media platforms, fashion communities are finding connection and inspiration in alternative...

Fashion : Technology : Metaverse

Barter Brands:

Inter-Covid, bartering is gathering pace, giving retail brands a chance to explore systems where customers trade items for access to...

Retail : Society : Payments

Accelerating African Fashion:

Cross-cultural collaborations and digital innovations are helping to advance African fashion on the global stage, while preserving local...

Africa : Fashion : Retail

Fashion rental’s future is locally peer-to-peer:

Jen Charon, co-founder of Loanhood, explains why local communities and peer-to-peer interactions will drive the future of fashion rental.

Fashion : Retail : Sustainability

Interactive Eco-labels:

To inspire greener behaviour among customers, fashion brands are elevating their product labels to promote transparency and product...

Fashion : Sustainability : Retail

Adaptive Fashion Market:

Fashion brands are addressing the sector’s ableist design history, tackling representation, wearability and material innovation for a...

Fashion : Retail : Inclusivity

Four innovators shaping bio-positive fashion:

Sustainability demands are pushing forward material innovation in the fashion sector, resulting in a series of smarter processes, from...

Fashion : Retail : Material

Dematerialising fashion:

Marjorie Hernandez de Vogelsteller, co-founder of The Dematerialised, examines the future of clothing and the potential for digital...

Fashion : Retail : Digital Fashion

Fashion 2030: Hacked, tracked and rationed:

As fashion counts the cost of its planetary impact, we future-gaze to 2030 and posit an era when fast fashion is not only traced – it’s...

Fashion : Technology : Sustainability

MetaFactory creates internet-owned brands:

Drew Harding and Hammad Jutt, co-founders of MetaFactory, discuss how cryptoculture and decentralised brand economies are redefining retail.

Retail : Cryptocurrency : Fashion

Second-hand Brands:

Brands are taking back control of their second-hand stock and launching dedicated platforms and spaces to sell pre-owned products.

Retail : Resale : Fashion

How The Yes is re-imagining algorithmic retail:

Julie Bornstein, co-founder and CEO of The Yes, explains her vision for intelligent e-commerce and the importance of curated online...

Retail : Media And Entertainment : Fashion

Deadstock Designers:

As the pandemic leaves fashion brands with a glut of unsold apparel, designers are shifting focus to dead stock and agile new waste...

Fashion : Retail : Design

DIY Dressing Market:

With sustainability increasingly front of mind, consumers are getting creative with their clothing and opting for DIY fashion over new...

Fashion : Sustainability

Anti-viral fabric for the inter-Covid era:

IFTNA (Intelligent Fabric Technologies North America) creates anti-viral textile solutions. Giancarlo Beevis, CEO, discusses the...

Fashion : Materials : Covid-19

Agile Artisans:

Revealing a more resilient business model, ethical fashion and homeware brands are supporting their artisan suppliers during the...

Fashion : Homeware : Retail

Epidemic Retail Futures:

How will retailers in 2025 cater for future viral outbreaks and enable consumers to move effortlessly in and out of lockdown periods?

Inter-covid : Scenario : Retail

Raw and real: a new era for influencer marketing:

A migration towards smaller influencers more deeply in touch with their audiences will shape how brands work in the years ahead.

Retail : Covid-19 : Feedback Frontiers

Studio Stores:

Faced with declining footfall and fallout from coronavirus, retailers are reclaiming their stores as multimedia hubs for content creation.

Retail : Media : E-commerce

In-game fashion:

The synergy between fashion and gaming is swelling as designers and brands produce garments for wearing in-game and IRL.

Gaming : Fashion : Media

The digital future of Fashion Weeks:

The impact of Covid-19 and growing climate concerns are pushing luxury and fashion brands to technology that digitises the runway and...

Fashion : Luxury : Retail

Feedback Frontiers:

As communications with consumers become more circular and conversational, brands are treating every micro-interaction as a valuable...

Retail : E-commerce : Digital

Voyage Apparel:

Clothing and accessories brands are catering for Liberated Luxurians with new collections and services for ever-more peripatetic...

Luxury : Fashion : Travel

Pollution Apparel:

Leading creatives are using water pollution as a resource to highlight unsustainable production practices in the fashion industry and...

Fashion : Apparel : Sustainability

Refashioning charity retail:

Julie Neeve, project manager of new store formats at Oxfam, on the perks of housing the charity’s new superstore on an Oxford industrial...

Retail : Sustainability : Fashion

Fast Fashion Rental:

Clothing rental is moving from high-end fashion to the high street, creating new paths to discovery and access for trend-conscious...

Retail : Fashion : Retail Technology

Microbes will make manufacturing transparent:

Dr Jessica Green, CEO and co-founder of Phylagen, on using microbiomes to verify brands’ ethical manufacturing practices.

Fashion : Supply Chain : Transparency

Instagram isn’t the space for sustainable fashion:

As more brands strive to be sustainable, it’s time to re-think social platforms that promote incessant newness and instant in-app...

Sustainability : Fashion : Instagram

Future-proofing India’s organic cotton farmers:

Sustainability adviser Derek Sabori and Volcom chief marketing officer Ryan Immegart on the brand’s traceable organic cotton initiative...

Fashion : Sports : Sustainability

Gaming Garments Market:

Esports and gaming culture are infiltrating the world of fashion, with inspiring brand collaborations and innovation in performance wear.

Fashion : Esports : Leisure

Automated Apparel:

The next generation of connected clothing will use artificial intelligence to react and recalibrate, catering for continually changing...

Fashion : Wellness : AI

Sustainable Footwear Market:

Following in the footsteps of fashion, the shoe industry is embracing sustainability, not only through materials and assembly, but also...

Fashion : Footwear : Sustainability

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GCDS makes signature heels accessible to all with larger sizes

Edgy Italian fashion line GCDS (Giuliano Calza Design Studio) has taken a step towards greater inclusivity with three models of high heels now available as unisex products in EU sizes 36 to 46.

Fashion : Health & Wellness : Design

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Lululemon hosts first dupe swap to enhance brand engagement

Athletic apparel company Lululemon has tackled dupe culture and cheaper alternatives to its Align Leggings from competitors by hosting its first dupe swap at Westfield Century City Mall in Los Angeles for two days in May 2023.

Fashion : Sustainability : Retail

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Futures 100 Innovators : May

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Stone & Mason introduces handbags made with recycled crisp packets

Established by a mother-daughter duo in 2018, Stone & Mason added a series of limited-edition bags made with hand-woven, recycled crisp packets to its collection in March 2023.

Fashion : Bags : Sustainability

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America puts the new in neurodivergence

As inclusivity is no longer optional, mainstream US businesses are adopting accessibility strategies tailored to the neurodivergent community.

Design : Health & Wellness : Youth

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Luxury house Patou launches AI-powered authentication system

LVMH–owned fashion house Patou has introduced Authentique Verify, an artificial intelligence (AI) authentication system developed by fashion tech specialist The Ordre Group.

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South African designer Wanda Lephoto and cider specialist Savanna introduce Dry Goods

Cider brand Savanna has called on South African designer Wanda Lephoto to create Dry Goods, a limited-edition collection of waterproof apparel imagined for a world facing rising sea levels.

Fashion : Food & Drink : Cider

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Equinox and Valentino create the ultimate Met Gala beauty experience

Equinox Hotels is teaming up with Italian fashion house Valentino to provide The Ultimate Met Gala Beauty Experience to invitees and aspirational attendees.

Luxury : Fashion : Beauty

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Coach introduces Coachtopia line saving fashion from landfill

American fashion brand Coach has launched a new line, Coachtopia, in a bid to elevate its commitment to regenerative fashion.

Luxury : Sustainability : Fashion

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Stat: Growing HNWI demand for home products hints at new opportunities for fashion and lifestyle brands

A recent report published by The Business of Fashion (BoF) Insights reveals that more than 70% of high-net-worth shoppers are more likely to look for home products from brands they already know and love.

Luxury : Fashion : Retail

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AI Fashion Week is here

The world’s first AI Fashion Week (AIFW) is set to take place in New York later this month (20–21 April).

Fashion : Technology : Design

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Netflix Spain turns promotional vinyl billboard into free handbags for fans

A colossal vinyl billboard displayed on Madrid’s main street and promoting season two of Netflix’s reality show I Am Georgina will soon be transformed into designer handbags and gifted to fans of the show.

Media & Entertainment : Fashion : Advertising & Branding

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Saint Laurent Productions brings the luxury megabrand on the big screen

The luxury sector is entering cinema with the launch of Saint Laurent Productions, a subsidiary dedicated to producing fully fledged movies.

Luxury : Media & Entertainment : Fashion

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The appointment-only Gucci Salon opens for top clientele in Los Angeles

The Italian luxury megabrand has opened the Gucci Salon in Los Angeles, a lavish retail haven geared towards select VICs.

Luxury : Retail : Fashion

Futures 100

Futures 100 Innovators : April

This month, we uncover the next 10 innovators to watch as part of our Futures 100 Innovators Awards, highlighting the brands, businesses and people innovating for change – and a better future.

Technology : Retail : Beauty

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