Fabrics

What does it take to stay relevant in this ever-changing world? From a business standpoint, this may well be the central question of our time. Relevance versus redundancy seems to be the modern-day dichotomy, as if there is no room left for naive yet stable growth with the aim of becoming relevant, or as if there is no forgiveness for recognizing and reversing obsolescence early enough.

Europe's leading fabric trade show—Munich Fabric Start—will showcase trends for Autumn/Winter 24/25 through 1,100 collections which will reflect the production market across fashion categories.

A durable copper-based coating on some fabrics can detect and capture toxic substances in the surrounding environment and thus be used to make protective equipment, environmental sensors, and smart filters.

Textile engineers at Japan's Shinshu University have developed a fabric woven out of ultra-fine nano-threads made in part of phase-change materials and other advanced substances that combine to produce a fabric that can respond to changing temperatures to heat up and cool down its wearer depending on need.

The three-day Munich Fabric Start event kicked off on Tuesday confirming its standing as one of the most important European fabric fairs and trend authority: full exhibition halls, exciting highlights and innovations, new areas and a large number of visitors comprising international buyers, designers and product managers.

Munich Fabric Start has unveiled a one-stop solution for holistic fashion sourcing at this year's event later this month. The new feature for international manufacturing, which will be running concurrently with Munich Fabric Start and Bluezone, is called ‘The Source’.

Munich Fabric Start, from 30 August to 1 September in Munich, positions this edition as a place for reliable and flexible sourcing solutions for adjusted quantities and rethought post-pandemic logistics chains.

The View Premium Selection of Munich Fabric Start stands for the latest developments, first colour and material trends and the presentation of a selected, high-quality product portfolio.

In the coldest of climes the best insulation comes from down—the underside plumage of geese and ducks. A tightknit family based out of Vernon in the United States that has been in this business for over three decades, conscious of sourcing with responsibility and processing sustainably too, Allied Feather + Down has promised to debut its carbon neutral down insulation by Fall 2023. With its first sustainability report on the anvil, Creative Director Matthew Betcher shares with texfash.com the steps it has been taking to reduce its carbon footprint.