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Fashion Accessories / New Glitter

18 October 2024

The research team is now in the process of creating a range of cellulose-based glitters, sequins and films which contain no mica, titania or plastics and are entirely biodegradable.

Researchers Develop Cellulose Glitter as Sustainable Answer to Plastic Alternatives

Researchers have identified a type of sustainable glitter that has no impact on the environment. It is made from novel cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) which is extracted from biological sources including cotton.

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PRESS RELEASE / Event

30 January 2024

6 minutes

Around 1,300 exhibitors, represented companies and brands from 39 countries, including the world’s largest producing countries, participated.

Expo Riva Schuh & Gardabags Concludes 100th Edition, Releases List of Trends for 2024/25

Expo Riva Schuh & Gardabags, which just ended its 100th edition, has released a list of trends for the next winter based on what product was in the limelight.

Around 1,300 exhibitors, represented companies and brands from 39 countries, including the world’s largest producing countries, participated. Gardabags (bags and accessories) featured around...

Event Preview / Expo Riva Schuh & Gardabags

12 January 2024

3 minutes

Over its first 100 editions, the fair has hosted roughly 70,000 footwear collections. This is an underestimation since this assumes that at every edition, each exhibitor presented only one collection

Expo Riva Schuh & Gardabags Gets Ready for 100th Edition

A celebration night, some historical stakeholders, more than 1k exhibitors and brands from 39 countries, and a whole lot more will mark the 4-day 100th anniversary celebrations of Expo Riva Schuh & Gardabag beginning 13 January at the Riva del Garda.

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Fashion Accessories / Innovation

18 May 2023

2 minutes

VNTANA’s 3D infrastructure software provides the back-end “plumbing” that enables brands to scale 3D quickly and across digital platforms such as ecommerce sites, B2B virtual showrooms, social media and the metaverse.

First Ever 3D Configurator for Custom Trim Sales from YKK

Tokyo-based fastening manufacturer YKK has launched the first ever 3D configurator that would help improve the process of trim design by using technology from VNTANA, a first-of-its-kind 3D infrastructure platform.

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Fashion Accessories / Buttons

2 January 2023

9 minutes

Ecuador exports between 700 and 1,200 tonnes of corozo blanks per year. In 2011, the demand for the corozo skyrocketed, with 2,000 tonnes (about 1.5 billion blanks) exported. The goal is for demand to return to these levels because it helps people not to cut down the forests where corozo grows wild, since they can live on what the forest offers them.

A Rainforest, Palm Trees and Blanks that Make for Buttons

A rainforest nut that falls off a huge palm tree provides an organic alternative to the ubiquitous button required by the fashion industry as a necessary accessory and at times even an embellishment. Ecuador-based Trafino SA is one of the largest enterprises in the business of exporting these ‘blanks’ made from the tagua nut. texfash.com talks to its Executive President Ignacio Maya to know more.