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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Daisy Lester

This is what the future of sustainable fashion looks like, according to global industry insiders

Kevin Germanier staged an upcycled catwalk show at this year’s summit - (Global Fashion Agenda)

The COP of the fashion industry, The Global Fashion Summit (GFS) takes place annually in Copenhagen. Widely recognised as one of the greenest cities in the world, the Danish capital has become a pioneer in sustainable fashion.

The future-facing little sister to London, Paris, Milan and New York, Copenhagen Fashion Week (CFW) enforces strict sustainability requirements. Labels on the schedule must ensure that 50 per cent of their collections use recycled or upcycled materials, while adhering to zero-waste show design and single-use plastic bans.

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