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

Innovation

Going Sustainable / Technologies

6 February 2023

2 minutes

Large-scale applications of green fibres made from bio-sources will eliminate the poor degradability and microfibre contamination from petroleum derived synthetic fibres.

Mechanical Recycling Will Become Major Technology for Single-Material Textiles, Says Study

Promotion of green science and technology will be crucial to solve sustainability issues from the root to the end of textiles' lifecycle, a research study has underlined.

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Turn of Events / MFS SS24 / V

20 January 2023

3 minutes

Nature as a 3D printer: material designer and underwater photographer Zena Holloway creates shapes and forms from wheat grass roots that grow in self-carved moulds made of beeswax. Each growth cycle produces a different result – all products are therefore individual pieces that can be further shaped by cutting, sewing, tearing or linking. For example, they can be used to create large, hanging structures, to shape vessels or to produce clothing and accessories.

Pushing the Frontiers of Innovation: Crafts That Concern and Communicate

Innovation and sustainability are not disparate elements — they go hand in hand at Munich Fabric Start. The Sustainable Innovations forum at the event is a stepping stone towards big things for startups and design entrepreneurs. Simon Angel, the Curator of Sustainable Innovations, talks about newcomers and industry. Brought to you in association with and being presented at Munich Fabric Start.

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Spotlight: MFS SS24

Innovation / ProtectiveWear

19 January 2023

Clothing that can kill viruses and bacteria on contact helps protect the people who protect us, but getting that type of protective finish onto the uniforms first responders wear is a big challenge.

Canadian Researchers Aim to Make Virus-Killing Clothing a Good Fit for Production Line

A $1 million funding is supporting researchers in the University of Alberta to make the science behind self-decontaminating fabrics a good fit for the production line.

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Innovation / Fabric Marvel

17 October 2022

Many occupations, from firefighters to farmworkers, involve harsh hot or cold environments. Many other job sites require workers to make frequent transitions between different and sometimes extreme temperatures. Such regular temperature changes are not only uncomfortable but can cause illness or even injury.

The Fabric of All Things: Engineers Make Fabric that Heats Up or Cools Down Wearer Depending on Need

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.

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Innovation / RISE Award

3 October 2022

2 minutes

Disposable nappies are a waste problem that stay in landfill for hundreds of years. Melbourne-based startup DiaperRecycle recycles used diapers into absorbent and flushable cat litter after separating the plastic and fibre in its bid to decrease the climate-changing emissions of diapers from landfills.

Startup that Recycles Diapers into Flushable Cat Litter Wins INDA Innovation Award

And now used diapers from households and institutions will be recycled into litter for your pet cat, and justifiably so it has won the RISE Innovation Award. A texfash.com report.

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Innovation / Sustainability Challenge

13 September 2022

3 minutes

Kelvin Wong, Interim Director of the Knowledge Transfer and Entrepreneurship Office at PolyU (left); Sunny Tan, LegCo Member (Textiles and Garment) (middle), Betty Law, Head of Communications and Corporate Sustainability at Hang Seng (right), officiated at the launch ceremony of the Hang Seng x PolyU Sustainable Future Challenge: Textile and Fashion.

Hong Kong Polytechnic University Announces Fashion Challenge

In a bid to nurture innovation and technology talent and encourage young people to embrace innovative and entrepreneurial mindset to drive change for social good and societal impact, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University has announced a Sustainable Future Challenge: Textile and Fashion.