Polimoda and Missoni Launch MA Programme in Knitwear Design

Polimoda, one of the leading fashion schools in the world, has announced its new master’s degree in knitwear design created in partnership with Missoni. The nine-month programme identifies the urgent need for designers in...

Disruption and Recycling at SPINEXPO

The upcoming 34th session of SPINEXPO Shanghai, which has been held in China for over 20 years and is the global flagship event for spinners and knitwear manufacturers, will take place from 3-5 September...

Vibrant Sculpture: Discovering the Creative Process of Fashion Scout Endorsed Knitwear Designer Yu-mei Huang

Saturated with colour and enveloping the female form in sculptural silhouettes, Yu-mei Huang’s distinctive MA Collection combines playful approaches to design with logical methods of garment engineering. Featured during her Work in Progress Show...

Sustainable Sourcing Platform to Receive £1.5m Funding

SupplyCompass, a design-to-delivery sourcing platform that provides an efficient and sustainable solution for global supply chains, has agreed a £1.5 million seed fund deal led by early-stage venture capital investor, Episode 1. The deal...

Feel the Yarn Celebrates 10 Years of Creativity in Knitwear

The annual design competition Feel the Yarn has become an intrinsic part of the creative ideas displayed at Pitti Immagine Filati each summer in Florence. It provides maximum targeted exposure for ideas in knitwear...

In Conversation with Kasey Hatch: The New Designer Behind OSTEO.FIT – Sportswear for Women...

Kasey Hatch, the designer behind Katch.Sport graduated from NTU in Summer 2019, and after a whirlwind show at New Designers 2019, we caught up with her to learn more about the innovative work she...

New Online Resources for Knitwear Designers

Barcelona Leading computerised flat knitting machine manufacturer Shima Seiki, has launched a new portal site called Shima Seiki Online Services, or Shima online for short, which collectively introduces the Japanese company’s range of web-based services...

Trends ‘Reenchanted’ at Texworld Paris

Texworld Paris’s artistic directors design, season after season, the trends and forums of the show. For the cold Autumn/Winter 2020-2021 season, they propose that we get rid of all schemes to build quickly and...

KNIT VISIONS: A Look Ahead with Shima Seiki

Vol. No.1, 2019 Welcome to Shima Seiki’s KNIT VISIONS. This issue features the Japanese company's 2020 Spring-Summer collection along with interactive digital content. Here are some of the elements that make up this issue, which...

Advancing the Sustainability Agenda at OutDoor by ISPO 2019

The first edition of OutDoor by ISPO took place from the 30 of June to the 3 of July in Munich and attracted 1018 exhibitors from 35 countries, who presented their materials, products and...