| ITMA ASIA + CITME 2026 Ready to Showcase Intelligent and Sustainable Manufacturing |
Event Preview |
ITMA Asia |
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| International Pavilions From Eight Regions Prepare Displays of Craftsmanship and Sourcing Strength at Shanghai Fair |
Event Preview |
Intertextile Shanghai |
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| India's Fashion Brands Have a New Gatekeeper and It Is Not Human |
A.I. Impact |
India Story |
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| New Programme Tests Whether Artisan Labour Can Command Luxury Prices Globally |
Handloom Livelihoods |
Women of the Loom |
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| Digital Prints Now Imitate Block Work as India Reweighs Handmade Value |
Handloom Livelihoods |
Women of the Loom |
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| Slow Fashion Sells the Story but the Weaver Sees Little Money |
Handloom Livelihoods |
Women of the Loom |
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| Atlas Documents Thousands of Textiles, Tools and Archaeological Sites Spanning European Craft and Trade Throughout History |
Heritage Textiles |
Open Tools |
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| Compostable Leather Alternative Reaches Continuous Sheet Production Through Pulp-Based Mycelium Fabric Process, Study Finds |
Mycelium Project |
Alt Leather |
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| Saving a Handmade Textile Means Rebuilding the Buyers Who Once Prized It |
Handloom Livelihoods |
Women of the Loom |
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| Faster Sourcing Options Draw Eight Colombian Manufacturers to SOURCING at MAGIC |
Event Preview |
Sourcing at Magic |
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| Expanded India Pavilion Brings Larger Cotton Supplier Presence to Yarn Expo Autumn 2026 in Shanghai |
Event Preview |
Yarn Expo |
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| Heritage Means Little Until the Women Who Make It Are Named |
Handloom Livelihoods |
Women of the Loom |
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| New Effort to Test Alternative Water- and Oil-Repellent Options Involves Brands, Manufacturers and Technology Providers |
Tackling PFAS |
New Initiative |
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| ITMA 2027 Receives Strong Industry Response |
Event Update |
ITMA 2027 |
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| Why Cleaner Water Has Not Meant Less Pollution; Fashion Keeps Fixing Wrong Leak in the Pipe |
Water Pollution |
New Study |
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| In Mexico, the Absent Inspector Is a Policy Choice, Not a Budget Accident |
Country Overview |
Mexico Workers |
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| Global Apparel Industry Must Shift Away from Lowest-Unit-Cost Sourcing in Favour of End-to-End Productivity, New Manifesto Argues |
Global Apparel |
IAF Manifesto |
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| New University Study to Test Whether Counterfeit Football Shirts Release More Microplastics Than Genuine Kits |
Microfibre Pollution |
Fake Tshirts |
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| Fashion Has Discarded 110 Million Tonnes of Textile Fibre a Year with No Biological Recovery Path, Case Studies Find |
Recycling Textiles |
Circularity Gap |
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| Fungal Textile Degrades Almost Completely in Soil Within 41 Days, Researchers Find |
Textile Innovation |
Biodegradibility |
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| Shape-Shifting Knitted Textiles Can Count Steps and Control Lights, New Research Shows |
Functional Clothing |
Knit Textiles |
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| Engineers Create Elastic Yarn as Strong as Spandex That Can Be Melted and Reused Again and Again |
Fibre Innovation |
Elastic Yarn |
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| High-Performance "Super Silk" Retains Strength and Shape through Spinning, Weaving and Wet Conditions |
Fibre Innovation |
Super Silk |
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| Old Fibres and New Intelligence Compete for the Soul of Textile Manufacturing |
Event Roundup |
IT Shenzhen |
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| Cashmere Production's Environmental Impacts Are Driven by Herd Management, Not System Type, Study Finds |
Cashmere Standards |
LCA Study |
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| Australia Moves to Rebuild Onshore Garment Production with First Clothing Smart Factory Feasibility Study |
Garmenting |
Smart Factory |
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| Fabric Identification Standards Get a Boost as NIST Releases Test Material for Fibre Sorting Methods |
Testing Standards |
Fibre Sorting |
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| Gaps in Droplet Physics Are Holding Back Progress in Waterproof and Moisture-Managing Textile Design |
Functional Textiles |
Water Droplets |
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| Brussels Proved Circularity Has Grown up; Now Industry Needs to Catch up |
Event Roundup |
Brussels 2026 |
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| Textile Circularity Stalls Where Education, Community and Business Fail to Connect |
Going Circular |
Waste Flows |
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| Indian Knitwear Gets a Design Overhaul as One Label Rejects Seasonal Limits |
Knitwear Designs |
India Market |
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| Third Edition of India's Largest Textile Event Set to Draw over 7,000 Buyers and 1,600 Exhibitors |
Event Preview |
Bharat Tex 2026 |
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| Hemp Finds a Business Case and India Is Where It Will Be Tested |
Hemp Prospects |
India Story |
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| Fashion's Circular Economy Promise Collects the Money but Skips the System |
Circularity Issues |
EPR Schemes |
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| Sales Fluctuation Forecasting Reaches 82.7% Accuracy for Terry Cloth and Home Textiles Manufacturers |
Sales Forecast |
New Model |
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| The Design Instinct Upcycled Fashion Brands Need to Unlearn |
Upcycling Fashion |
Drawbacks |
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| Sustainable Innovation and Heritage Suppliers Help Drive New Business at Intertextile Shenzhen 2026 |
Event Report |
Intertextile Shenzen |
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| Yarn Expo Shenzhen 2026 Closes with Higher Visitor Numbers and Strong Focus on Sustainable Sourcing |
Event Report |
Yarn Expo |
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| Circularity Without Decay Is Fashion Pretending Nature Doesn't Matter |
Going Circular |
Nature of Fashion |
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| Climate Pressure Forces a Reckoning Across Pakistan's Cotton Belt |
Climate Action |
Pakistan Cotton |
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| Expo Riva Schuh and Gardabags Debuts AI Runway Shows for the First Time in Fair History |
Event Roundup |
Riva Schuh and Gardabags |
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| Three Key Prototypes Complete the Hardest Stages of SORTED's Automated Textile Sorting System |
Textile Sorting |
Automation |
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| Professional Wardrobes Now Demand Their Own Rules for Resale Trade |
Resale Story |
Reflaunt |
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| Fibre Traceability Systems Cannot Meet New Regulatory Evidence Standards, New Paper Argues |
Tracing Fashion |
New Regulations |
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| The Quiet Recalibration Inside India's Most Aspirational Shopping Address |
Indian Retail |
Market Dynamics |
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| Fibre Composition Labelling and the Digital Product Passport Need Clearer Boundaries Before New Rules Are Added |
Textile Labels |
Policy Gaps |
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| Europe's Textile EPR Systems Remain Highly Fragmented, Burdening Producers Operating Across Borders |
EPR Policies |
System Gaps |
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| Pakistan's Circular Textile Recycling Capacity Positions Country to Capitalise on EU Digital Verification Demand |
Going Circular |
Pakistan Prospects |
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| Designers Area Launching at Munich Fabric Start Unites Art, Craft and Textile Innovation at Anniversary Show |
Event Preview |
MFS 30 |
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| Forever Chemical Levels in Textiles Fall by Up to 99.99% After US State Bans, New Testing Finds |
Toxic Fashion |
PFAS Ban |
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