Kohl’s next design collaboration, an Adidas sustainability initiative, and other fashion news that made headlines this week.

• Adidas is partnering with the Parley for the Oceans initiative to develop fibres made from marine plastic waste.
• For the second year in a row, Adidas Originals is bringing out a capsule collection for Topshop.
• For its seventh DesigNation collaboration Kohl’s is teaming up with Thakoon Panichgul.
• To coincide with Earth Day, J.Crew launched its second Save the Bees campaign on Wednesday.
• The North Face is rolling out its “Clothes the Loop” recycling programme nationwide. The goal for 2015 is to salvage 100,000 pounds of clothes and footwear.

Fun Fashion Fact

Did you know that Liz Claiborne developed marketing strategies that changed how brands are presented in retail stores. She insisted that her clothing line was displayed separately, as a department to itself, accompanied by all the other items she offered. “This was the first time customers were able to select many types of clothing articles by brand name alone in one location of a department store.”