Jo Storie and Jo Lennon (left). © KnitLab North.

UK Entrepreneurs launch Crowdfunder to grow KnitLab North

Two British knitwear industry entrepreneurs have partnered to create a knitwear design studio with the facility to support their clients with prototyping and micro-production, in North East England. KnitLab North British Knitwear Prototyping has...

World Circular Textiles Day: Countdown To 2050

The 8th of October 2020 was World Circular Textiles Day, an event marked with a webinar to introduce the collective vision of achieving full circularity by 2050. In celebration of the diverse group of...

Stoll Trend Collection – FASTER: From(CONCEPT)–To(STORE)

Stoll’s latest trend collection, FASTER: From (CONCEPT) – To (STORE), is driven by the motto of its Fashion & Technology department ‘Design to Inspire’. “Contrary to best practice in the fashion industry, we encourage other...

Students explore communities behind responsible apparel manufacturing

In the fifth episode of filmmaker Rod Murphy’s Crop to Campus minidocumentary on apparel sustainability, college students explore the benefits of ethical manufacturing on the communities where plants are located. In this episode published today,...

Top fashion brands back Infinited Fiber’s recycling technology

Infinited Fiber Company has announced its collaboration with six of the world’s leading fashion and textile brands. The Finnish biotech’s technology can turn discarded textiles into high-quality, bio-based regenerated fibres, over and over again,...

British Fashion Council launches inaugural IPF project

London The British Fashion Council (BFC)’s Institute of Positive Fashion (IPF) announces its first flagship research project, the Waste Ecosystem Project. The research will lead to a focused action-driven plan, detailing solutions for how the...

Students Visit Hanesbrands’ apparel plants in Crop to Campus Documentary

The fourth episode of filmmaker Rod Murphy’s Crop to Campus minidocumentary, in which college students explore apparel sustainability, was released today and features the students visiting HanesBrands’ textile fabric and sewing operations in El...

SupplyCompass partners with The Woolmark Company

Fashion production software company, ​SupplyCompass​, has announced it has entered into a partnership with ​The Woolmark Company​, a global authority on wool. Together, the two industry innovators are setting up trusted wool supply chains...

Healthy Seas Web Lab: Eco-innovation & Sustainability in Fashion

Carvico and Jersey Lomellina in partnership With Healthy Seas, are holding a webinar on Monday 28 September 2020 at 4:00pm entitled Healthy Seas Web Lab: Eco-innovation & Sustainability in Fashion. Presenters are Lucy Siegle,...

Gerber Technology launches Fashion Transformation Initiative

New York City Gerber Technology has announced a new Fashion Transformation Initiative that makes a worldwide network of fashion experts available to help manufacturers, designers and retailers adapt and digitalize for success in the post-COVID...