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The Care Category Series: Apparel, Our Commitment to Longevity

Our modern wardrobes are remarkably diverse. A single closet might hold structured cotton shirting, delicate wool knitwear, synthetic activewear, vintage denim, and blended fabrics designed for per...

Would a Regenerative Model Even Be Possible in Fashion?

We hesitate to say it, but the concept of sustainability has begun to feel like old news in the broader climate and ecological discourse. A few years into its widespread adoption, it has proved (at...

The Care Category Series: Sneakers, Our Original Frontier

When we launched The Lab some 13 years ago, we didn’t begin with a universal detergent or a generic “all-fabric” solution. We began with sneakers. That decision was deliberate. Sneakers are one of ...

Why the Future of Sustainable Fashion Requires Practice

At The Lab, we’re particularly interested in how clothing's environmental impact continues to unfold in wardrobes, laundries, repair studios, and daily routines. How often it is worn, how it is was...

Designing for the Middle of Life and Why We Build for What Happens After Purchase

Most sustainability narratives in fashion still concentrate on two moments; the beginning and the end. We ask how something is made — what fibres, what factories, what footprint — and we ask what h...

Lessons from the First Generation of Bio-Fabrication at Scale

The first generation of bio-fabrication has crossed an important threshold, as it moves  from speculative promise into the far more difficult terrain of proof, operations, and survival. The story o...