News Iconic Italian fashion designer Valentino dies, aged 93 LONDON – Valentino Garavani, the Italian designer whose gowns helped define post-war glamour and dressed generations of royalty and film Read More »
News Lenzing and Energie AG extend RVL deal to 2040 LENZING – Fibre maker Lenzing and Energie AG Umwelt Service have extended their partnership in Reststoffverwertung Lenzing (RVL) to the Read More »
News South Korean team targets microplastics with magnets SEOUL – South Korea researchers have developed a method that removes microplastics in minutes by drawing the particles together with Read More »
News Wool impacts slashed when biogenic flows included SYDNEY – New research shows how wool’s reported carbon footprint can fall sharply when biogenic carbon flows are included in Read More »
News Archroma and HeiQ sign co-marketing agreement PRATTELN – Archroma and HeiQ have entered a co-marketing agreement to expand HeiQ’s textile performance technologies to retailers and mills Read More »
News Next Level Apparel joins U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol CALIFORNIA – Next Level Apparel, which sells premium blank T shirts and other basics, has joined the U.S. Cotton Trust Read More »
News Natural Fiber Welding secures funding for restart PEORIA – US biomaterials developer Natural Fiber Welding (NFW) has secured fresh funding to continue work on its bio-based material Read More »
News UN Fashion Charter signatories not disclosing climate targets LONDON – Four in ten companies who signed the UN Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action are still not disclosing Read More »
News Asahi Kasei restarts Bemberg production at Nobeoka site NOBEOKA – Asahi Kasei will restart Bemberg production this month at its Nobeoka facility, the only site where the company Read More »
‘Paying bus ticket, expecting to fly’ 24th April 2019 No Comments LONDON – Clothing and footwear brands are “paying the bus ticket and expecting to fly,” according to one garment factory owner interviewed for a major Read More »
Brand transparency edges upwards 24th April 2019 No Comments LONDON – 70 out of the 200 major fashion brands contacted are now publicly listing their first-tier manufacturers, where clothes are cut, sewn and finished according Read More »