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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...

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...
Kniterate machine

Create with Kniterate

Kniterate - the brain-child of Gerard Rubio, a design student who, whilst studying in Barcelona in 2013, set out to do for knitwear manufacturing what 3D...

In Conversation with Kate Morris, CROP – Conscious Knitwear

This month, we spoke with Kate Morris, fine-artist turned knitwear designer, who last year set up her ethically and sustainably conscious knitwear label, CROP....