While garment tags can sometimes be a nuisance, that rectangular piece of cotton or polyester inside your T-shirt is actually mandated by consumer law in many countries. It has to tell you a few things about the garment you’ve just bought, including what it is made from, how to care for it, and where it was manufactured.
As the fashion industry grapples with reducing its environmental impact, and communicating these measures to consumers, there are calls for garment labels to be even more detailed. “We sort of really need a garment nutrition label,” the CEO of the Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel, Edwin Keh, says.
