Every Friday, The Future Laboratory team offers an end-of-week wrap-up of the topics, issues, ideas and virals we’re all talking about. This week, senior foresight analyst Rose Coffey reflects on the state of fashion and where the system is heading. : As fashion month draws to a close, questions about the health of the industry feel more urgent than ever. Climate instability, geopolitical tension and slowing global demand are intensifying scrutiny of a system long associated with excess.