​The Lycra Company has entered into an agreement that has a more sustainable future for the fibre at its heart.

Paris Fashion Week is all about seeing independent designers, like Christelle Kocher at Koché, Emeric Tchatchoua at 3.Paradis and Jun Takahashi at Undercover. Even if the best show was Nicolas Di Felice for Courrèges.

France's Balmain is continuing its partnership with MintNFT to launch the luxury house's official NFT-based membership program, coinciding with Paris Fashion Week. 

Balenciaga is the latest luxury actor to join the resale market by partnering up with secondhand startup Reflaunt to give clothes and accessories a new life. 

Walmart announced on Monday the launch of two new immersive experiences in the metaverse platform, Roblox. 

​Esprit has announced London and New York as two new locations for Futura innovation hubs, joining the existing Amsterdam hub as its turnaround gathers pace.

It’s going to be the “world’s first luxury virtual reality shopping universe”, we’re told. And although the so-called Xydrobe universe doesn’t officially open until 2023, it has just started taking registrations.

​Adidas by Stella McCartney is continuing to dive into sustainability and has revealed what it says is a “first of its kind sportswear garment designed to demonstrate the potential of a circular fashion ecosystem”.

​Scotch & Soda has linked up with Salesforce and LA-based AE Studio to launch its latest loyalty programme. Called Club Soda 3.0, it’s “enabled by NFTs”.

The department store has designed 'Tailored Insights', a customer analysis and personalization platform for its partner brands in the fashion and home sectors.

Dubbed 'Be Your Own Model', the technology brings the in-store fitting room experience to online shoppers by allowing customers to use their own photo to better visualize how clothing will look on them.  

Usain Bolt, Winnie Harlow and Skepta all took the stage at the Futrograde event, Puma's 2022 show for New York Fashion Week. A metaverse experience at a downtown space transformed by lights, music and projections.

The sportswear, intimates and loungewear brand is stepping up its commitment to fitness with Oysho Training, its first sports, yoga and running workout app. The app is already available in nine countries.

Californian sustainable sneakers brand Allbirds is launching a new material called 'Plant Leather' for its new 'Plant Pacer' sneaker; an alternative to regular leather developed for new lifestyle collections. 

​Puma — like many other companies this year — is diving deep into the metaverse with its first metaverse website experience, called Black Station.