News Wrangler to double sustainable cotton use GREENSBORO – US denim business, Wrangler, has committed to doubling its use of sustainably farmed cotton over the next year Read More »
News PVH supports water stewardship in Ethiopia NEW YORK – International apparel group, PVH Corp, will work with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to support water stewardship efforts Read More »
News Spandex market soars as women ditch jeans for stretch knits LONDON – New research suggests the global spandex market will grow rapidly thanks to growing consumer demand for stretchable fabrics. Read More »
News Sateri viscose earns bio-based product label SHANGHAI – Chinese viscose staple fibre manufacturer, Sateri, has earned the prestigious Bio-based Product Label from the United States Department Read More »
News New technology cools clothing when user is too hot MUNICH – New patent-pending technology used to treat fabrics automatically cools clothing when the user gets too hot. The smart Read More »
News Anna Gedda: “Large scale fashion can be sustainable” STOCKHOLM – H&M’s head of sustainability, Anna Gedda, has finally addressed the thorny issue of whether fast fashion can ever Read More »
News West African organic cotton sector gains momentum TEXAS – US textile industry NGO, Textile Exchange, has announced the launch of a Regional Organic Roundtable to help develop Read More »
News Scientists chance upon polyester-eating enzyme PORTSMOUTH – Scientists have engineered a bacterial enzyme which can digest some commonly polluting plastics, providing a potential solution to Read More »
News Scanfil and Coloreel sign manufacturing deal ÅTVIDABERG – A pioneering Swedish tech business which has developed patented technology that provides high quality colouring of textile thread Read More »
25 NGOs call on EU to halt fast fashion 16th June 2021 No Comments BRUSSELS – 25 NGOs have launched a new campaign urging the European Union to “stop the runaway overproduction of textiles.” The groups claim that decades Read More »
Report charts online fashion’s plastic problem 16th June 2021 No Comments LONDON – Almost half of clothing listed by leading UK fast fashion brands was made using virgin plastic, new research found. The Royal Society for Read More »
SAC launches latest Higg Product Module 16th June 2021 No Comments SAN FRANCISCO – The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) and its tech spin-off Higg Co claim to have developed a new tool that can evaluate the Read More »