Now bits of yardage languishing in warehouses and adding to pollution will be made accessible to suppliers and brands through the just launched Deadstock Depot by digital sourcing platform Material Exchange.

Google’s new AI model powers its virtual try-on (VTO) feature through generative AI model to show what clothes look like on a wide range of people with different body shapes, sizes, and poses.

Lenzing and Södra are pooling their decades-long experience, knowledge and technology to develop the OnceMore process under a project, which will receive €10 million in funding from the European Union. The joint project will make a significant contribution to the EU’s action plan for circularity.

Nonprofits Textile Exchange and Leather Working Group have together launched a global initiative to address deforestation and promote sustainable practices within the leather industry to create transparent and equitable supply chains, protecting natural ecosystems.

A ‘playbook’ from nonprofit Accelerating Circularity charts out the fundamental steps for creating circular systems to turn spent textiles into the raw materials used to produce new textiles.

Europe has moved a step ahead in its bid to make products in the EU more environment-friendly, circular and energy efficient throughout their lifecycle with a key committee of the European Parliament voting to to make sustainable products the norm.

A labour watchdog has provided first-hand evidence of forced labour in the 2022 cotton harvest in Turkmenistan and called for comprehensive reforms to end forced labour and create a broader enabling environment for labour rights.

The UK Fashion & Textile Association (UKFT) is working towards a blueprint to innovate, combine and advance existing and new supporting technologies to overcome current barriers to materials circularity.

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.

Biological science and design company Ecovative has received funding which will be used to increase production of Forager Hides and Foams ahead of new commercial product launches in footwear and apparel.