Recycled fabrics, eco-friendly materials and beautiful commitments ... Fashion week, inaugurated in Paris on Monday, September 30th for the collections of summer 2020, plays the ecological card.

Famous British designer Stella McCartney set the tone on Monday, calling on the fashion world to "wake up" and help save the planet after her first fashion show as a personal advisor to LVMH boss Bernard Arnault. "The world is calling for change and it is our duty to act now," said the designer, one of the pioneers of ethical fashion.

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These statements come a few days after sharp statements of Bernard Arnault, second richest man in the world, against the face of the climate Greta Thunberg, he criticized for his "absolute catastrophism on the evolution of the world."

LVMH is considered to be lagging behind the environment in comparison to its main competitor Kering (Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent and Alexander McQueen), while fashion is now the second most polluting industry in the world.

With AFP