Fully-fashioned tank top made from Algiknit.

Welcome to Knitting Industry Creative

Welcome to Knitting Industry Creative, a new online resource for creatives in the knitting industry. Knitting Industry Creative, will provide a fresh new look at the worldwide knitted products supply chain - from a designer’s perspective.  And...

Tiziano Guardini Brings Filmar Eco Cotton to the Catwalk

Having been awarded the Franca Sozzani GCC Award for Best Emerging Designer and the Peta Couture Award with his Spring Summer 2018 collection, eco-focused designer Tiziano Guardini presented his Autumn Winter 18 collection as...

Digital Technology as a Driver of Sustainable Innovation

By Anne Prahl The emergence of new digital tools and technologies for the apparel and footwear industry provides designers, brands, manufacturers and retailers with exciting sustainable innovation opportunities, which cover the entire product lifecycle from...
Knit swatch from AlgiKnit.

In Conversation with Asta Skocir, Co-Founder of AlgiKnit

New York City AligiKnit, the New York based biomaterials research group is on a mission to rescue the planet from the enormously harmful effects of the fashion industry.  They have developed a compostable yarn from...
SpinExpo knits

SPINEXPO Paris SS19 – Inspiring Curiosity and Creativity

Charlotte Cameron reports from Paris In the first week of February, we travelled to SPINEXPO’s first Spring/Summer showcase in Paris at the Cite de la Mode et du Design, the city’s creative space on the...
Rory Longdon knit

In Conversation with Rory Longdon – Refining Creative Knitwear

This month, we feature our conversation with Rory Longdon, a British knitwear designer now based in Italy, where he works on the ground with artisan knitwear manufacturers to create his modern, textile-led knitwear collections....
The new Luxury Jersey fabrics are made using GOTS-certified organic cotton and EVO® by Fulgar bio-based polyamide.

Luxury Jersey Launches Bio-based Fabrics at Premiére Vision

Milan, Luxury Jersey, a high-quality Italian product that benefits from the textiles culture of the renowned Boselli family, has launched two unique fabrics at Premiére Vision in Paris this week.  According to the manufacturer, the...
PITTI FILATI 82: THE IMAGES OF TRADESHOW - 039 Credits to: - collective AKAstudio

New Developments Inspire Designers at Pitti Filati 82

Charlotte Cameron reports from Florence At the end January, we travelled to Florence, Italy for the 82nd edition of Pitti Filati, the highly-anticipated knitting yarn event, where designers, buyers and press from over 50 countries...
Filling Pieces strike arch runner

Filling Pieces ‘Strike’ with KnitwearLab

Dutch footwear label Filling Pieces, have collaborated once again with the Netherlands-based knit design studio, KnitwearLab. Filling Pieces' latest collection features the Strike Arch Runner, a tonal knit and soft nubuck sneaker with a...

ISPO 2018: Textile and Technology Trends

Anne Prahl reports from Munich Over 2700 exhibitors, including sports, outdoor and snowsports brands as well as machine, textile and garment manufacturers, presented their products and technologies during ISPO Munich 2018. Key textile and technology...