It ain't fashion, if it ain't sustainable

Evan D Patamia

Functional Fabrics / Chalk Coating

23 August 2024

A chalk-based coating attaches to various commercially available textiles, including cotton and synthetic fiber, to create cooling fabrics, such as the treated synthetic material (right) that’s brighter than the untreated fabric (left).

Scientists Develop Cooling Fabric with Chalk-Based Coating

Inspired by crushed limestone-based plasters historically used to keep houses cool in extremely sunny places, US scientists have devised a durable chalk-based fabric coating that cools the air underneath the treated fabric by up to 8° Fahrenheit.

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Young India Fashion Survey 2025

Textile Recycling Expo

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Circularity Narratives / ESCF Project Report

Participation in ESCF was not token—it demanded deep engagement from all. For Yee Chain, this meant drawing from years of hands-on trials in circular textile manufacturing. As supply chain partners, it was committed to share its existing knowledge and to advance development/ use of new knowledge and tools to actively contribute to the project.

Enabling Systemic Circularity and a Collective Push for Industry-Wide Change

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Advantage India / New Trade Disorder / V Report

There are already reports of US companies asking for discounts. This is true as much of India, as it is of the smaller apparel-making nations.

Trump Tariffs Give Indian Industry a Chance to Recalibrate its Global Textiles Trade Strategy

Richa Bansal

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