The End of the Fairy Tale: Fashion’s 2026 Supply Chain Reckoning
By Sofia Laurent · 6 min read
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The scanning sound is barely audible, a faint *zip* in the quiet of a high-end boutique on London’s Bond Street.
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For years, the fashion industry operated in a comfortable fog.
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We’ve moved from the carrot to the stick.
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This has triggered what I call the 'Great Sorting.' Large conglomerates like LVMH and Kering have spent hundreds of millions of euros securing their upstream supply chains.
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But there is a silver lining for the quality-conscious consumer.
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The DPP is the central nervous system of this new era.