Milan Fashion Week will have a showroom dedicated to sustainable garments.

Seven brands are slated to showcase their garments and accessories at the showroom. The aim is to provide buyers with a trusted reference point for sustainably sourced, verified garments worn by models who are respected in their rights and whose work is supported and protected. Demand for sustainable fashion is continuing to rise. The event comes as calls for the fashion industry to reduce its carbon footprint increase. The industry is a leading producer of greenhouse gas emissions and wastewater as well as ongoing accusations of human rights violations. The global fashion industry is responsible for eight per cent of total global emissions while textile production uses 2,15,000 billion liters of water a year. The fashion industry is also a leading producer of plastic, responsible for 20 per cent of the plastic produced each year. Milan Fashion Week will be held in Italy, February 21 to 27, 2023. The show will have 56 physical runway shows and five digital displays. We Are Made in Italy, a collective of designers and fashion professionals of color, will host a digital show. Hot-ticket names on the first show day include Fendi, Diesel and Roberto Cavalli.