Australian-born Danish Queen Mary has called for the fashion sector to become an industry ''that gives more than it takes''. The 52-year-old, promoted to Queen in January, delivered an opening address to the Global Fashion Summit in Copenhagen on Wednesday. The style icon has long been a champion of sustainable fashion and climate change action and travelled to cyclone-prone Fiji and Vanuatu in 2023 to meet Pacific islanders on the frontline of global warming.
The annual two-day summit in Copenhagen discusses the fashion industry's environmental footprint, ethics, human rights issues and labour conditions in the supply chain. Journalism for the curious Australian across politics, business, culture and opinion. ''Our planet is beautiful and fragile and we have a responsibility to protect and preserve it for our children and coming generations,'' Queen Mary told the summit.
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a fashion industry that gives more than it takes from people and planet.'' Queen Mary met her husband Frederik at a Sydney pub during the 2000 Olympics. The couple celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary on May 14 and were pictured wearing matching vests aboard the royal yacht headed to Norway for an official visit.
The Danish Queen regularly re-uses outfits and ball gowns. At this year's Danish royal New Year's Gala, she wore a burgundy gown that she had previously worn to six other official events. The mother-of-four said her two daughters could fit into her clothes and shoes.
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