London Fashion Week September 2020 Announces Provisional Schedule

The British Fashion Council (BFC) has announced the provisional schedule for London Fashion Week (LFW) September 2020. The gender-neutral showcase will run from Thursday 17th to Tuesday 22nd September 2020 and include both digital...

FTC Cashmere adds transparency with Haelixa’s traceability technology

We all know that transparency and traceability in the textile value chain are playing an increasingly important role and that traceability and the identification of materials used are important to ensure the sustainability and...

Shima Seiki’s digital yarn sourcing website launches

Following its earlier announcement last month, leading flat knitting solutions provider Shima Seiki has announced the launch of its yarnbank yarn sourcing web service. yarnbank is the world’s first online web service for searching and...

Speeding Up Lead Times While Slowing Down Fashion: How Can Shima Seiki’s New Digital...

For designers, clear communication of design intentions to manufacturers is essential. Achieving clarity can be time consuming and create waste, involving ‘back and forth’ discussions over technical specifications. Within a design team, communication of knitted...

In Conversation with Knitwear Designer and GFW Award Finalist Amy Goacher

Amy Goacher’s debut collection values slow fashion, British knitwear heritage and beauty held within exquisitely crafted details. Graduating from Kingston School of Art with a BA in Fashion, Amy specialised in knitwear and recalls...

Shima Seiki Webinar: Transforming Fashion in the Digital Age

  Register Now Tuesday, 25 August, 2020 10am (PDT) / 1pm (EDT) / 6pm (BST). Wednesday, 26 August, 2020 11am (BST) / 6pm (HKT). To participate, please click here DX by SHIMASEIKI Leading flat knitting solutions provider Shima Seiki Mfg.,...

The European Project Native Is Born

European alliance to support talented young designers into fashion markets The driving forces behind Native are the Borås City Council in Sweden, the Prato City Council in Italy, the Akademia Sztuk Pięknych in Poland, and...

Textile Led Knitted Couture: Designer Emma Gudmundson’s Debut Collection ‘Floats’

Graduating from The Swedish School of Textiles in June 2020, Emma Gudmundson presents her collection of knitted garments, ‘Floats’. Exploring the often-overlooked technique of float creation, Emma’s garments were knitted from her lounge during...

C.L.A.S.S. ecohub launches C.L.A.S.S. ICON Award, Names Gilberto Calzolari the First Recipient

Milan C.L.A.S.S. ICON is the annual award which bestows a visionary creative who tunes fashion design with responsible innovation and communication, raising awareness to new sustainable values. For an entire year, C.L.A.S.S. and Gilberto Calzolari...

9 New Innovators Selected Virtually for Second Batch of Fashion for Good’s South Asia...

Mumbai Fashion for Good’s South Asia Innovation Programme today welcomes 9 start-up innovators into the second batch of its regional Programme. Focusing on technologies and innovations in raw materials, wet processing, packaging, end-of-use and digital...