Updates

How to create a textile recycling supply chain? Canadian nonprofit Fashion Takes Action (FTA) has a prototype following the successful conclusion of a mechanical textile recycling pilot project. 

Applications are open for the New Landscapes Catalyst Grant Scheme — an international programme led by UAL’s Fashion, Textiles and Technology Institute (FTTI), in partnership with the British Council.

Aspiring fashion professionals from across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) can apply for a fully paid scholarship for a Masters in Fashion Brand Management Program commencing in April 2024.

Biotech company Evolved By Nature has come up with a biofinishing system that gives leather all the performance and required style variations, without many of the toxic chemicals.

A new standard for sustainable cotton — Regenerative Cotton Standard (RCS) — has been launched by the Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF).

The Microfibre Consortium (TMC) along with specialist test instrument manufacturer James Heal conducted the first public demonstration of a test method for fibre fragmentation from fabric.

The 4.0 version of the Higg Facility Environmental Module (FEM) tool that promises to deliver better data quality is out.

The Better Cotton Platform, Better Cotton’s just launched own traceability solution for the fashion and textiles sectors from the ginning stage right through to the retailer or brand, will enable suppliers to log transactional information, culminating in visibility of where the raw material has originated from and how much is within a product.

Stakeholders from raw material supply chains of cotton, leather (bovine, caprine, ovine), cashmere and wool can apply for the Regenerative Fund for Nature for grants ranging from $120,000 to $620,000 with a project duration of 3–5 years.

All these years you were matching your clothes to your skin tone. You were wrong, says a research that propounds the importance of the eyes.