Purpose – This paper, with part 1, aims to investigate the opinions of professionals working in the fashion industry on the future (i.e. next ten to 20 years) of fashion production and retailing. Design/methodology/approach – Data in the form of essays were collected from 62 professionals....

Purpose – The paper aims to investigate the opinions of professionals working in various levels of the fashion industry on the future (i.e. the next ten to 20 years) of the industry. Design/methodology/approach – This is a two‐part study, with this part focusing on the future materials of...