Sustainability and circularity will have to increasingly become a part of the textile-apparel industry, especially in India. The pre- and post-consumer waste, the missing economies at the drawing board, in design and across the supply chain — all these and more are imperatives that need to be taken up with urgency. The process that led to the recent CITI Sustainability Awards underscored that and more. A texfash.com report. 

How a government-led movement against second-hand clothing in Indonesia will eventually pan out, time will tell, what cannot be negated is that this practice of thrifting could well emerge as a way of life to deal with economic challenges, or even a means to express issues of identity and social responsibility toward the environment.

Rampant greenwashing in the textile-fashion-apparel industry is now up front on the EU radar as it declared the 'Proposal for a Directive on Green Claims', even as industry analysts call for it to be writ into law by Member States.

A New Delhi-based just-minted startup is formalising the business of retailing yards and yards of the timeless Indian drape in your living room. The heritage weaves from all over the country also have an online platform.

Primal Soles, a Netherlands-based start-up, makes insoles from natural Mediterranean cork, claiming it to be the planet's first 100% circular, recyclable and sustainable shoe insole brand.

With emerging risks, the demands for functionality and performance from clothing will evolve continuously and spontaneously, and both technology-forward and market-back innovations will come up. Besides, the requirements of consumers are getting more and more diversified. All these issues will drive advances in R&D. Three renowned academicians at the ongoing International Conference on Functional Textiles and Clothing in New Delhi discuss at length.

As the third edition of the International Conference on Functional Clothing and Textiles gets under way in New Delhi today, texfash.com analyses the operating environment. It's a look beyond numbers.

The third edition of the International Conference on Functional Clothing and Textiles that gets under way on 10 February at New Delhi will be a confluence of some of the best research and development minds working to make fashion smart and user-friendly.

Australia's book-end approach across its cotton supply chain that combines actions by producers and retailers is perhaps the best way to rid the global cotton supply chain of exploitation.

As a leading international trade fair with participants from 129 nations, Heimtextil 2023 was a global stage where textile sustainability was holistically mapped — with products and innovations that have shown that scalable and sustainable innovations are not a contradiction in terms. Olaf Schmidt, Vice-President (Textiles & Textile Technologies) at Messe Frankfurt talks to texfash.com