India's textile industry can turn 'fast fashion waste' into an opportunity, leveraging the country's diverse traditional skills in textile recycling and upcycling, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday evening, speaking at Bharat Tex 2025.

Explore the top sustainable fashion trends of 2024, from upcycling and organic materials to animal-friendly innovations, shaping a greener and more ethical future in style.

With upcycling of food, one can aim to reduce food wastage and enhance global food security, explains the researchers.

On World Environment Day 2024, a look at fashionable outfit repeats courtesy coveted Bollywood Celebrities.

Designer Rahul Vijay, who designed the outfit, recently took to his Instagram to share details about it

The partnership between Usha and the Sewaj Neesim Foundation is empowering women and giving old uniforms a new identity, a new purpose, and a new pride

Students of the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad are working on a design project wherein they are repurposing old clothes, giving a new life to second-hand clothes, scraps of cloth and textile waste

The faculty at the National Institute of Design is encouraging the students to innovate with the leftover fabric from not only within the campus but also outside it

The denim waste was a huge bother for Pooja Malhotra and Prerna Anand. So much so that they both left comfortable jobs of almost 20 years to start the social enterprise, Rejean

Founded by Akanksha Kaila Akashi, Refash is a platform that brings together all brands providing upcycled clothes and accessories

Textile waste arrives in Panipat from Kandla port in Gujarat where shipping containers bring in worn, discarded clothes from across the world

MotherQuilts has a campaign called Make Your Quilt (MYQ) where people can bring old sarees with memories to turn them into warm comforting quilts

Pabiben Rabari is an extraordinary craftswoman from the Rabari community in Gujarat who has emerged as a pioneer in the world of sustainable fashion through her innovative use of upcycled clothing

Sweet Root by Farah Ahmad resues and reinvents baby clothes into memory quilts

'Project Purkul' aims to uplift the underprivileged sections of society by providing them with opportunities for skill development and entrepreneurship

Started in Auroville, Pondicherry in 2010, by Kathy and Jessaminjh, EcoFemme makes cloth pads that are good for women's bodies and also for the Earth

NGO Samajbandh works with middle-class, lower-middle-class and Adivasi or tribal women on menstrual health and education

45-year-old Medha Bhaat is a trained designer who has been threading her journey by advocating zero waste and making art with fabric discards

Twirl.Store, an award-winning social initiative, founded by Sujata Chatterjee aims to reduce fabric waste and empower women

Share At Door Step (SADS) collects discarded clothes and other items right from your doorstep and distributes them to over 135 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) who in turn take them to those who need the most

The Sewaj Neesim Foundation upcycles old military uniforms into articles of use like bags and caps, among others

Radhika Apte makes sure her fashion choices are as sustainable as they are stylish

Project Jeans is turning discarded jeans into sleeping bags. The team of Project Jeans has collected thousands of pairs of jeans and has so far distributed around 900 beds

45-year-old Vilas Mahadu Shinde who lives in a chawl in Versova is a dabbawala. He has been collecting clothes while delivering lunchboxes for six years now