The Fabric Brief — Tuesday, November 3: Dhaka's Fourth Day on the Picket Line & Denim's Nineties Comeback

Today's brief: a fourth day of walkouts in Dhaka, a nineties denim label stirs, Europe's fashion giants split on earnings, and a jacket grown from seaweed. • Top stories: Bangladesh's garment wage protests enter a fourth day despite a new wage board; Arvind explores a Ruf & Tuf denim revival as volumes jump nineteen percent; Africa's fashion economy sets a five hundred billion dollar target • Textile Tallys: Zalando's revenue beats expectations while swinging to a net loss, Primark's profit falls twelve percent to one billion pounds, and Hugo Boss cuts its full-year outlook • The science deep dive: how farmed seaweed is fermented, melted and melt-spun into biodegradable fibres for waterproof outdoor apparel • The controversy: a New York court upholds penalties against a boutique that refused to sell an existing bridal jumpsuit design, drawing a line between custom commissions and ready-to-wear