Explainer: Why New Sustainability Rules Are Worrying the Fashion Industry

European policy makers have laid out ambitions to end fast fashion. The proposed regulations will change the entire industry.

Industry bodies including France’s Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode, Italy’s Camera Nazionale Della Moda Italiana and the UK’s British Fashion Council have spent the last year considering the potential impact on the sector they represent. They’re not entirely happy.

Some of the planned regulations…