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Eric Trachtenberg

Executive Director International Cotton Advisory Committee
Eric Trachtenberg

Eric Trachtenberg is Executive Director, International Cotton Advisory Committee.

 
 
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Handmade India / Dokha Story First Person
A tradition kept exactly as it was can survive in archives, but one allowed to change its form can remain part of how people dress and earn.

A Himalayan Winter Garment Sheds Its Wool and Finds a New Life

  • Tapan Sharma

30 September 2026
Global Apparel / Export Strategies Analysis
A sample carries the weight of collective sign-off, yet its authority holds only while the fabric, trim, label and pack behind it remain the ones accepted.

Four Identities That Move Between Sample Sign-Off and First Production Lot

  • Yinghang Wu

8 September 2026
 
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Handmade India / Dyes & Labour Interview
Colours drawn from plants shift with season, soil, water and temperature, asking makers to work with a living material and its variations instead of a fixed industrial formula.

Fashion's Appetite for Handmade Irregularity Must Extend to the Labour behind It

  • Subir Ghosh

2 October 2026
Biomaterials / Labels and Trust Interview
Replacing fossil inputs with plant-derived carbon can reduce dependence on non-renewable resources, but the gain is only as credible as the evidence offered to support it.

Bio-Based Textiles Need Honest Labels before Their Green Claims Can Be Trusted

  • Subir Ghosh

1 October 2026
 
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Solutions / Recycling Crisis / V Interview
Cetia can sort the garments by composition and colour to obtain a homogeneous deposit for processing, and then run this deposit through its automated unravelling line. This line enables mechanical unravelling. Another approach is to consider “intelligent” dismantling to deconstruct a garment. It is currently developing an intelligent dismantling line to separate the various textile fabrics from elements such as buttons, zips, etc., so that each element can be recycled in its proper recycling route.

Inside Cetia’s Breakthroughs in Shoe Dismantling and Textile Sorting Technologies

  • Subir Ghosh

5 June 2025
Second Chance / Guatemala Story / I Feature
Beneath the layers of global fashion discard lies a self-sustaining reuse economy—where local ingenuity converts imported waste into employment, stability, and community-driven circularity.

Guatemala’s Reuse Markets Challenge Global Myths About Fashion Waste

  • Subir Ghosh

20 October 2025