Anouk Wipprecht, a Dutch-based high-tech fashion designer and innovator, has created a ‘Proximity Dress’ to help the wearer maintain physical distancing during the pandemic.Image Courtesy: boudoirnumerique.comThe dress creates a physical barrier around the wearer when it detects a person within the personal, intimate, social and public space – using proximity and 3D sensors.The dress depicts the use of a robotics 3D printed hip mechanism built into the dress and a resin 3D printed transparent co

Sanitizing quickly and safely, it ensures a level of safety that allows the product to be used without risking healthIt combines ozone technology with humidity controlThe company is in contact with the main textile groupsJeanologia,world leader in sustainable and efficient technology development, presents “Sanibox”, the only sanitization technology on the market certified to eliminate the coronavirus from textiles, apparel, workwear, and footwear.“Sanibox”has a 98% sanitization level, is certifi

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), the most common word in the current world as demand for PPE increased unprecedentedly during this COVID 19 pandemic situation.PPE’s main goal is to reduce disease transmission so that PPE design should be allowed for intuitive but standardized doffing in a logical manner that minimizes the risk for self-contamination. Adaptive technology will enable health providers to deliver better and more intensive care and treatments to save lives.Figure 1: PPE’s main go

has exempted fabrics made in Vietnam and India and synthetic yarn and curtains made in South Korea and Hong Kong from new import tariffs imposed on some textile products from May this year till November 2022, according to the country’s finance ministry. The move aims at protecting the domestic upstream industry from a recent surge in imports.In 2019, the Indonesian government imposed temporary additional duties on imports of textiles and textile products up to 67.7 per cent, according to Vietnam

Unless immediate steps are undertaken to permit unfettered and uniform opening up of all shops, market complexes, and mall (while maintaining social distancing and health check norms), as well as factories, and the banks step in to assist the industry,s heading towards an unmitigated disaster, a CMAI survey has revealed.Pic: ShutterstockIndian garment industry is going through an unprecedented crisis, and millions of jobs are at stake. In such a situation, timely intervention by the Government a

Byborre has raised € 3.2 million in a series A funding round led by Shift Invest (Vandebron, The Renewal Workshop, Protix), along with existing investor the Amsterdam Climate & Energy Fund (Vandebron, Aectual) and existing angel investors. Byborre is an Amsterdam based textile studio working on aesthetics, functionality, technology, and material research.The funding will be used to accelerate Byborre’s on-demand textile platform (Textile Development Kit, or TDK) and expand its global on-dema

Due to a strong background in woven textiles, Concertex’s design director, Aaron Mensik, has transformed the traditional appearance of coated fabrics with a new digital print named Warp. Headquartered in the US, Concertex is dedicated to developing performance driven product that will revolutionise the hospitality, healthcare, and contract markets.Pic: ConcertexThe original technology is the first of its kind for the performance driven line. Designed by Mensik to mimic the beauty of yarns that r

APS Group has developed an antiviral and anti-bacterial knit fabric that is considering a groundbreaking development for the whole world in this dire situation and also the developers can give an edge to the functional fashion industry.Figure 1: APS Group has developed an antiviral and anti-bacterial knit fabric.This year people of the world going through an unknown and critical situation due to the deadly virus COVID-19 which has been first found in China end of the last year.Though peoples are

Jeanologia, the renowned finishing technology from Spain, unveils Sanibox, a sanitising chamber for sanitising the garments and footwear.Image Courtesy: s.yimg.comThe certified technology was originally developed for face masks during the peak of pandemic in Spain and delivers 98 per cent sanitisation level.The Sanibox technology uses a combination of ozone technology with humidity control that results in quick elimination of bacteria and viruses. The innovation is a result of customer demand fo

European Lingerie Group AB (ELG) has published its unaudited First Quarter 2020 Report (1 January – 31 March 2020), including condensed interim consolidated financial statements and reports a financial covenant breach under the terms and conditions for its bond for the reference period ending on 31 March 2020.“We are all facing a dynamic and unprecedented situation due to the COVID-19 outbreak, which started in Wuhan, China and in the first quarter of 2020 affected practically the whole world. T