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Biomaterials / AMSilk

8 August 2022

6 minutes
Spider silk claims higher purity and strength compared to traditional mulberry spinner silk. AMSilk views its products as a new class of materials previously unimaginable, providing innovative, sustainable, and smart performing solutions.

Focus for Bio-industries is How to Scale Up, Commercialise Innovations and Get Funding

Vegan, completely biodegradable and produced with bio-fabrication, AMSilk’s products are environment friendly and make a significant contribution to a future zero-waste society. Ulrich Scherbel, Managing Director at AMSilk, the world’s leading supplier of innovative high-performance biotech materials, talks to texfash.com about how he aims to make smart performing biotech materials part of everyday life.

By
  • Richa Bansal
Interview
Kidswear Market / KidCity

4 August 2022

9 minutes
The kidswear category is a recession-proof sector in the fashion-textile industry, and is expected to grow consistently, irrespective of any external factors.

No Child Play This

An entrepreneur-driven industry, the apparel kidswear sector in India is forecast to grow at 14.5% CAGR during 2021–26. And making a play for it is a 100% boot-strapped mobile app-based B2B aggregator platform—KidCity—as it onboards retailers, manufacturers and some other critical cogs in this ecosystem. Could it emerge as a catalyst to change the status quo of the last five decades or more? Tech-enabled, will it work like a magic wand to resolve the inherent structural problems? texfash.com explores.

By
  • Richa Bansal
Feature
Denim Markets / Vishal Fabrics

2 August 2022

5 minutes
With a firm and assured foothold in the domestic market, India's largest denim manufacturer has sights set on the world.

Asia's Largest Denim Bloc, Satisfied with Home Front, Turns Eye on Exports

From pre-pandemic exports a little under 2% of its total revenues to gunning for a 15-20% growth this fiscal, the Ahmedabad-based Chiripal Group, is on an expansion drive as it looks to augment its overall denim capacity to 240 MMPA.

By
  • Subir Ghosh
Report
Smart Fabrics / BeBop Sensors

18 July 2022

3 minutes
Image for representation purposes.

People Make Clothes that Light Up and Flash—a Trend with No Lasting Value

BeBop Sensors is a leader in smart fabric sensor technologies. Based in Berkeley, California (US), BeBop Sensors last month launched a new RoboSkin line of skin-like coverings for tactile awareness for humanoid robots and prosthetics. RoboSkin fits all robotic body parts: limbs, fingers, feet, head, and torso, to make robots “feel” better. Founder Keith McMillen speaks about trends in the sector.

By
  • Special Correspondent
Short Take
Human Resources / Ethiopia

15 July 2022

5 minutes
ILO CO- Addis Ababa

Factory Jobs for Ethiopian Women Haven’t Translated into Greater Participation in Politics

The Ethiopian government and the investors creating employment have a long way to go to offer women what the International Labour Organisation terms decent work. A recent research shows that the main actors determining labour conditions in Ethiopian factories have little concern for the potential damage that poor working conditions can have on their reputations.

By
  • Lovise Aalen
Analysis
Zippers / YKK

13 July 2022

6 minutes
YKK

Driving Forces for Zippers Changing, End-Users Will Exert More Influence Soon

Zipper major YKK is conducting lifecycle assessment of all its products to help guide development of sustainable trims, even as the fashion element is changing for this fashion accessory with consumer-led demands.

By
  • Subir Ghosh
Interview
Exclusive
Lasting Fashion / VYN

12 July 2022

11 minutes
Everyone has a pair of sneakers they love and don’t want to dispose of. That is where VYN offers a unique proposition with the right to personalise and renew your sneakers yourself. VYN has designed the first sneakers of its kind by incorporating all aspects of the sneakers’ use cycle from manufacturing through to end of use—in essence creating a circular care system that takes responsibility within three pillars: Creation - Use - End of use.

Buy Less, Buy Better: So, Here's Some New VYN in Old Bottle

Here’s how and why Basel-based VYN claims to be the first sneaker brand to stand for responsible materials and manufacturing, eco-innovation (designed for self-repair), care services, and at the end of life, responsible disassembly and re-use of materials and resources, thereby creating a circular system.

By
  • Richa Bansal
Interview
Luxury Markets / Young Buyers

8 July 2022

4 minutes
In the past five years, retailers have taken significant steps to court Millennials and members of Generation Z, with routine invitations to come in and purchase everything from small leather goods and high-end trainers, to micro-bags and belts.

Essential in Every Wardrobe: Young People Shopping for Luxury Like Never Before

How do cultural workers like stylists and visual merchandisers influence young people who want to keep up and stay in-step with the latest high end sartorial styles and the fashionable people who wear them? What role does social media play in stoking anxiety about who they are and what they should buy? texfash.com explores.

By
  • Jordan Foster
Commentary
Traceability / Haelixa

29 June 2022

4 minutes
Haelixa offers proprietary and innovative solutions to physically mark, trace, and authenticate products from producer to retail creating transparency along the entire supply chain (linear or circular). The solution can be applied to textiles, gold, diamonds, and other products or raw material.

Product Information is Detached from Real Life Products in Blockchain Systems

Traceability solution provider Haelixa promises to bridge current traceability gaps by physically marking raw materials and identifying them at any supply chain step, proving claims of product origin, recycling, manufacturing and quality. Chief Executive Officer Michela Puddu elaborates in this texfash.com Special.

By
  • Richa Bansal
Interview
Fashion History / Style in my DNA

28 June 2022

4 minutes
1948. Jamaicans on board the Empire Windrush.

Extracts: Style in my DNA — 70 Years of Caribbean Fashion

Wednesday last, 22 June, marked the 74th anniversary of the SS Empire Windrush arrival at Tilbury Docks carrying Caribbean workers to help rebuild Britain after World War II. Style in My DNA by Jamaica-born fashion designer Lorna Holder chronicles 70 years of different fashion trends within the British Caribbean community and the influence it had on the overarching British fashion industry. An extract.

By
  • Special Correspondent
Analysis

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