Creative team and furry friends at the Netherlands’ Knitwear Lab. © Knitwear Lab.

Knitwear Lab hosts in-house Yarn Show

The COVID safe exhibition will showcase the latest collections from some of Europe’s leading spinners of knitwear yarns. Almere, Netherlands based Knitwear Lab is hosting Lynn Hinkelmann and Peter Wissmann to create its own small...
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Shima Seiki presents SHIMANAVI: e-learning for 3D virtual sampling

During its latest webinar, Shima Seiki delved into more detail about the 3D garment design development processes that its new software Apex Fiz offers. Shima’s SDS-ONE APEX series system supports planning, design, production and sales...
yarnbank allows users to browse yarns from all over the world. © Shima Seiki.

Researching 2022 spring-summer yarns with yarnbank

Leading flat knitting machines and design systems manufacturer Shima Seiki, is holding an online seminar, to introduce the latest features of its yarnbank web service. yarnbank allows users to browse yarns from all over...
Carla Woidt of Wolfgang Scout at woolgrower Kia Ora. © Wolfgang Scout.

ReWire Sustainability 2021: The power held within brand ethos

Simon Cotton, CEO of Johnstons of Elgin and Carla Woidt, founder of Wolfgang Scout came together on day 2 of the ReWire Sustainability conference to discuss how ethos based decision making could impact the...
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Call for UK government to save bright young minds of creatives

Barren jobs market and no EU agreement for creatives leaves the young choosing higher education over unemployment. London Against a background of body blows by the pandemic to the world of fashion, design and creative arts,...
Shima Seiki Student Competition 2021 winners, Rosalba Fucci and Linxi Zhu. © Shima Seiki Europe.

Shima Seiki Student Competition 2021 winners announced

Despite the pandemic, design students are still producing great work and creating outstanding knitwear, as evidenced in this year’s Shima Seiki’s annual student competition. Due to restrictions surrounding the Covid Pandemic, it has been an...
Pre-pandemic Pitti Filati goers in February 2020. © Pitti Immagine.

Sustaining the fashion world at Pitti Filati

Pitti Immagine Connect, the digital multi-platform of the Florence shows was pressed into full service last year when lockdowns began. For 2021 the concept of the digital platform has been honed into an understandable...
Stoll headquarters in Reutlingen, Germany. © Stoll.

Stoll’s sustainable knitwear webinar for Fashion Council Germany

Leading flat knitting machine manufacturer Stoll is to offer a webinar on 22 March 2021, via Fashion Council Germany’s online platform, on the topic of digitalisation and sustainability in Stoll flat knitting. Webinar description Digitalisation and...
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Shima Seiki launches Apex Fiz: Is this the texture focussed digital solution that knitwear...

Beth Ranson reports Shima Seiki’s high-tech flat knitting machines are programmed via the company’s ‘SDS-ONE Apex Series’ software, which designers also use to design and develop knitwear. Until now designers had to have access to...
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Gap introduces Generation Good – forces for good across generations

New York, NY From passionate teen activists to self-defined creators, generation good is shaping the future, forging a positive and inclusive path for people and the planet This Spring, Gap continues to champion modern American optimism...