A grape-based leather alternative and sequins made from tree cellulose are among 15 material innovations on show as part of fashion house Stella McCartney's exhibition at the COP28 climate conference. More about Stella McCartney presents Sustainable Market of material innovations at COP28
Following the opening of his first hotel in Portugal, French designer Christian Louboutin, famous for his red-soled shoes, discusses creativity and sustainability in this exclusive interview. More about "It's fine to be useless, totally fine" says Christian Louboutin
Sportswear brand Puma has said it is a step closer to launching a truly biodegradable shoe, following a trial in which a specially made version of its Suede sneakers decomposed under strict conditions. More about Puma reveals results of Re:Suede experiment to make a biodegradable shoe
Architect Katy Marks of Citizens Design Bureau has created Uno, a one-cup bra for women who have undergone mastectomies, to empower and celebrate post-surgery bodies. More about Katy Marks designs one-cup Uno bra for women to feel "confidently asymmetric"
Dutch company Human Material Loop is using an unusual waste source to make a zero-carbon wool alternative that requires no land or water use: human hair. More about Human Material Loop sets out to commercialise textiles made from hair
Design studio Spacon & X created a runway installation for Danish fashion brand Stine Goya, centred by six towers of sand that collapsed as models walked by. More about Spacon & X designs Stine Goya fashion show around crumbling sand towers
The process of using bacteria to colour textiles has been brought to a commercial scale by British company Colorifix, which hopes to cut the fashion industry's use of toxic chemical dyes. More about Colorifix harnesses bacteria for non-toxic clothes dyeing
Chinese car manufacturer Nio has launched Blue Sky Lab, its own sustainable fashion brand, which has been shortlisted for a 2023 Dezeen Award. More about Carmaker Nio unveils fashion made using waste from its own production
Looking back on the 2022/2023 academic year, we present some of the most intriguing fashion student design projects recently pinned on Dezeen's School Shows Pinterest board. More about Seven student-designed garments from Dezeen's Pinterest
Textile company Bananatex has developed a biodegradable lightweight jersey fabric by extracting fibres from the stalks of Abacá banana plants. More about Bananatex produces compostable jersey made from Abacá banana plants
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Felicita Gāga has turned the practice of doomscrolling into a digital outfit. More about Felicita Gāga designs digital dress "made of social media noise"
Sportswear brand Nike has launched the Nike Swoosh 1 trainer, a colourful Flyknit shoe for young children that is made from 80 per cent recycled materials and designed to feel like "cruising around barefoot". More about Nike releases Swoosh 1 Flyknit trainers for babies and toddlers
Charlene Prempeh's Now You See Me book celebrates the work of Black designers during the past century – from the lauded to the chronically overlooked. Here, she selects nine that have had a particularly significant impact. More about Nine Black designers who left their mark on the past 100 years
Promotion: Colmar has commissioned Guatemalan-Amercian artist Joshua Vides to reimagine best-selling pieces from the skiing brand's archive to celebrate its 100th anniversary. More about Joshua Vides designs trompe l'oeil fashion collection for Colmar's centenary
US studio Aranda\Lasch has created an interior facade for a Dior store outside of Doha with towering, curvaceous fins backlit by glowing translucent panels. More about Aranda\Lasch creates glowing facade with undulating fins for Dior in Qatar
Singapore brand Will & Well has designed a clothing collection to enable people with disabilities to dress more easily, while also appealing to anyone who ever struggled with a clasp. More about Will & Well designs Adaptable collection to make fashion more inclusive
Fashion house Prada has teamed up with commercial space company Axiom Space to create lunar spacesuits for NASA's Artemis III mission, which will be the first crewed moon landing since 1972. More about Prada designing lunar spacesuits for NASA moon mission
British fashion designer Ozwald Boateng says there is "definitely an opportunity" to disrupt the furniture industry in the same way he shook up the tailoring traditions of London's Savile Row in this interview. More about "Tradition has to evolve or it dies" says Ozwald Boateng
Artist Yoshihisa Tanaka made "hundreds of metres" of pleated and folded washi paper to create an interactive installation for Japanese brand Issey Miyake's Spring Summer 2024 show at Paris Fashion Week. More about Yoshihisa Tanaka creates reactive "membranes" from washi paper for Issey Miyake show
Costume designer Ane Crabtree drew on the style of New York City's Washington Heights neighbourhood and created a coat to function as "a house that you wear on the street" for Apple TV+ series The Changeling, she tells Dezeen in this interview. More about Ane Crabtree designs The Changeling costumes as a "respectful nod to Black history"