The US apparel industry faces many problems these days – not least of which are a potentially turbulent transition to the Biden Administration and the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic.By industry consultant Robert Antoshak, and Fashion+Sustainability advisor Thomasine Dolan Dow. As Americans, we’re concerned that the presidential transition will be rocky. Refusing to accept the election results, Trump will stall and obfuscate, as will many of his supporters in the Republican Party, ins

Cone Denim, a leader in denim authenticity and sustainable innovation, has launched its Cone Community Collection fabric in support of efforts to end the global water crisis and increase access to clean water around the world. Cone promotes sustainability through its Sustainblue denim fabrics representing the highest standards in responsible manufacturing.Pic: Cone DenimCone will donate a portion of proceeds from the sale of its water-inspired Clean Water selvage denim to Water.org, an internati

After launching several successful store concepts like Nike House of Innovations, Nike Rise and Nike Live, Nike is introducing Nike Unite.Image Courtesy: news.nike.comWith this, Nike intends to create new in-and-out-of-store experiences by connecting locals to sports.Each Nike Unite store will be designed to celebrate local communities with the store itself being a reflection of their heart and spirit.From local landmarks to athletes belonging to their hometowns, the stores will make people feel

Smartex, AI-based quality inspection for the textile industry, unveils Smartex-V1!Image Courtesy: nanonets.comSmartex-V1 is the advanced camera vision system that reduces defective production by 0 per cent in circular knitting machines, including lycra faults, yarn thickness, holes, needle defects and more.The camera inspection system helps in reducing the production costs of textile manufacturing by detecting defects and stopping the production machines.It utilises computer vision and artificia

The product mix of Kanpur-based store Amiraah comprises casualwear, Indo-Western, ethnic, resort wear, western wear, everyday wearable sustainable fashion, couture and bridalwear, according to founder Pooja Gupta, who said the percentages of each of these categories differ according to their viability, the margins and the visibility of the brand or designer.Western-wear, bridal wear, and couture are the top-performing categories, she said.The store gets orders from everywhere across India, but m

STOCKHOLM - H&M has entered into a five-year agreement with Swedish recycling innovator Renewcell to replace virgin fibres with recycled textiles in garments at scale.By the end of the deal, Renewcell will be providing H&M's suppliers with 10,000 tons per year of its Circulose material which is made from 100 per cent recycled cotton and viscose from used clothes.H&M introduced Circulose in its SS2020 Conscious Exclusive Collection but the new agreement - said to be an industry fi

The latest episode of "Preferred Textile City Fabric -- Suppliers' Live Stream Series" isscheduled to be carried out from9:30-10:30a.m.on November 21st, 2020 (This Saturday).At that time,Tongnian Textile will bring acetic acid fabric, imitation acetic acid fabric, TRfabric andyarn-dyed plaidfabricand ShidieTextilewill bring Binice fabricand linen-like fabrictothelive streaminghallof E-commerce Service Center on the 5th floor of East Market.They willinteract with purchasers in the l

Reflective fabric, reflective leather and other reflective materials developed and produced by Zhejiang Anming Reflective Materials have better reflective effect than traditional materials. It is not only applied to garments, but also applied to bags and suitcases. This year, Zhejiang Anming Reflective Materials will bring its new products to China Textile Material Exhibition, Keqiao, Shaoxing. You are welcome to attend the exhibition and purchase products fromZhejiang Anming Reflective Material

The European textile industry is renowned for high-quality products and a front runner in the shift to circularity. Companies have already been investing and introduced circularity in both production and products. Now Euratex, the European Apparel and Textile Confederation, has proposed the development and set up of European Textile Recycling Hubs (ReHubs).Pic: EuratexAccording to Euratex’s release, the traditional linear textile business model (from virgin materials to products and then waste),

Kelheim Fibres, the Bavarian viscose speciality fibres manufacturer, has partnered with the European Technology Platform for the Future of Textiles and Clothing (ETP) in two strategic programmes: Bio- Based Fibres and Circular Economy. Bringing together over 200 members, ETP is the largest European network for promotion of textile research and innovation.Pic: Kelheim FibresAgainst the backdrop of the increasingly important sustainability debate, fundamental changes inside the textile supply chai