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Teijin Frontier has launched a new heat insulating structure which combines sweat absorption and quick drying for innerwear and heat insulation for brushed-finish intermediate wear, or middler, worn between the inner and outer layers to retain heat. The new structure is positioned as a key material for outdoor wear in fall and winter 2021 collections.Pic: TeijinEventually, applications of the new structure will include outdoor, sports, casual and uniform applications, targeting annual sales of o
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At Interfilière in Paris in January 2020, Karl Mayer launched its first series of warp knitted ‘jersey’ fabrics, garnering great interest, especially among international lingerie brands, the company reports.© Karl Mayer.The supple, next-to-skin fabrics are calledJersey Evolutionand were produced on the high-performance tricot machine HKS 2-S, which was used in a fine machine gauge to create a sophisticated lapping design, resulting in highly elastic fabrics.According to Karl Mayer, it is possibl
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Karl Mayer has developed a range of lace fashion hybrid one-piece bodysuits, which are efficiently produced on its ML 41 raschel lace machine.“As can be seen with the strapless eye-catcher on this page, Karl Mayer has developed a garment that can be worn universally and is also extremely efficient to produce,” Karl Mayer reports.“Half bodysuit, half swimsuit, the chic one-piece cuts a good figure both when sunbathing and when strolling around town. The fabric for this street and beachwear is pro
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The outdoor brand Vaude has come out with a new method of measuring from the product development stage to the repairability of its products.After making the announcement of the new idea, the Repair Index would help strengthen its focus on repairability and reaffirm the brand's stance against a throwaway society.Antje von Dewitz, the chief executive of the company, stated that their products are to have a long service life and need to be repairable.The index will introduce a points system tha
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The 3rdsurvey conducted by Clothing Manufacturers Association of India (CMAI) amongst its members indicates a disastrous first quarter for the domestic garment industry with 74 per cent respondents showing 90 per cent drop in sales. The second quarter projections are no better as 95 per cent respondents expect operating at less than 50 per cent of capacity.Pic: CMAIIn the first quarter of 2020-21 ending June 30, the domestic garment industry saw a more than 75 per cent drop in their revenues, th
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Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has received a purchase order from Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) to supply 1.80 lakh face masks. The execution of this order will need over 20,000 metres of fabric, which will generate 9000 additional man days for khadi artisans. Khadi face masks are becoming popular due to fine quality and affordable price.Pic: KVICThe IRCS masks will be made of 100 per cent double-twisted handcrafted cotton fabric in brown colour with red piping. KVIC has especi
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EDINBURGH – Lost Stock, the UK-based initiative which was launched in May to support garment workers impacted by Covid-19 in Bangladesh and other underdeveloped countries, has announced new national charity and clothes swap partnerships in a bid to encourage its customers to make sustainable choices and reduce waste.The company is asking its customers to consider donating, swapping or recycling any unwanted items they receive in their ‘Lost Stock boxes’ and have teamed up with the British Heart
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In an exclusive Q&A withEcotextile News (ETN), Kate Heiny (KH), director, sustainability, at Zalando SE reveals why the Berlin-based ecommerce giant wants its partners to align with its own environmental and social objectives – before they can sell on its platform.ETN:Your recent initiatives on carbon emissions and the Higg Index suggest you've managed to convince top-level management to run with environmental initiatives post-Covid? How did you manage that?Source:Eco Textiles
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Scientists in China have developed a material that cools the wearer without using any electricity. The fabric transfers heat, allows moisture to evaporate from the skin and repels water. Thermal conductivity of the new fabric is higher than that of many other conventional or high-tech fabrics. The research is published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.Pic: ACSCooling off a person’s body is much more efficient than cooling an entire room or building. Various clothing and textiles have be
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Kleinert’s, a division of Hygienics Industries, unveils Fabrapel!Image Courtesy: www.schwing-technologies.comWhat’s Fabrapel all about? It’s a technical textile facial mask with two-way, two-layer protection, wherein the multilayered cotton mask ensures fluid-repellency, stain-repellency, and stops bacterial growth.The mask has been evaluated by Northeastern University College of Engineering ensuring its resistance to penetration by aerosols of virus-like nanoparticles.The comfortable mask provi