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Why Didn’t Fashion Show Up for Climate Week?

This week, New York played host to one of the world’s largest climate confabs, but there was little visible presence from fashion’s biggest companies. If the industry doesn’t pull up a seat at the table, it risks getting left behind.
A light display created using drones is performed before the New York skyline and United Nations headquarters as part of a campaign to raise awareness about the Amazon rainforest and the global climate crisis ahead of the UN General Assembly, which runs alongside Climate Week.
A light display in New York City performed ahead of the UN General Assembly, which runs alongside Climate Week. (Ed Jones/AFP via Get)

Last Sunday, tens of thousands of people took to the streets of New York in the

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