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Fashion upcycling blog

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Blog posts, research signals, and practical reflections from the people shaping fashion upcycling.

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August 18, 2026
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August 18, 2026

Art, Manufacturing, Commerce, or Something Else: Why Circularity Policy Needs a New Category for Upcycling

What if the biggest gap in fashion's circularity strategy isn't a missing technology, but a group of artists, independent designers, and creatives the system doesn't yet know how to classify? That's the question sitting underneath Episode 4 of COM/VERGE, where Angie sits down with Katarina Biloglav, Public Affairs Manager at The Policy Hub, to look at where EU fashion regulation is actually heading — and where upcyclers fit into a picture that, right now, mostly doesn't include them.

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