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Jordan Foster

PhD Student, Sociology University of Toronto
Jordan Foster

Jordan Foster is a PhD Student, Sociology at the University of Toronto.

 
 
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Mission Cotton / India Story Analysis
The Mission for Cotton Productivity targets 140 districts across fourteen states, a coverage that reflects the crop's political and economic weight in India's agrarian landscape.

India Cannot Sell Its Cotton to the World Until It Admits Why the World Stopped Buying

  • Subir Ghosh

8 May 2026
Socialwashing / Rana Plaza Analysis
The industry-level corpus of 322 reports from 69 companies replicates the topic-priority and positive-framing patterns found among Accord and Alliance members, indicating that environmental emphasis and rhetorical optimism are sector-wide disclosure norms rather than crisis-specific responses.

Apparel Brands Turned Disclosure into a Performance of Responsibility After Rana Plaza

  • Richa Bansal

1 May 2026
 
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Event Report / Performance Days Report
Circularity, natural performance, seamless construction, and lightweight design are no longer differentiators in the bodywear category. They are the minimum a material must offer to be considered.

From Display to Delivery: Functional Textiles Sector Full of Tools and Short of Systems

  • Subir Ghosh

12 May 2026
Functional Clothing / Adaptive Garments Feature
Conventional garment construction assumed two-handed dexterity and full-range mobility as starting conditions, distributing ease of dressing unevenly across the full range of bodies that needed to wear clothing.

The Clothing Industry Called It Accessibility and the Market Called It an Opportunity

  • Richa Bansal

11 May 2026
 
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Fabric Identification / Matoha Interview
An early investment provided the funding to debut the beta version of Matoha’s FabriTell desktop ready by mid-2020 which the company sold in the middle of the COVID-19 lockdown.

Sorting out: Making Recycling Easier with Technology That Identifies Fibres and Fabrics

  • Richa Bansal

26 October 2023
Traditional Textiles / Cultural Appropriation Interview
Walking Hand-in-Hand, an initiative of CDS Art Foundation, uses the format of fashion shows to showcase the very best of Indian textiles, while also spotlighting all the artisans involved in the creative process — weavers, dyers, printers, painters, embroiderers, designers, tailors. CDS has since enabled innovation, revival and collaboration with 40 crafts, 40 artisans, 40 designers, creating visibility for the artisan and craft as well as creating a market place for other practitioners of the craft.

Manish Malhotra Controversy: Artisans and Weavers Deserve Credit, Not Just Lip Service

  • Richa Bansal

7 August 2024