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The UK boasts a world class fashion education system and is undoubtedly the centre of creativity, yet fashion and accessory designers face a high failure rate, and in many cases, never even manage to get their brands off the ground….
E-commerce – short for ‘electronic commerce’ – refers to the selling, exchange, distribution and marketing of products and services between a person or organisation and their stakeholders. Especially, within the fashion industry, e-commerce must be a priority for every brand…
Established in 2007 by Donzelli (S.A.S.), MAD is a fashion design company specialising in clothing and fashion accessories for women, which express passion for the sea, the sun, and the wild and unspoiled charm of Sicily’s land. Production is based…
WEAR Sustain is organising two Europe-wide competitions in April 2017 and October 2017, to develop what could or should be considered Next Generation Wearables and smart textiles that are critical-ethical-aesthetic. The program is seeking applications from teams in art or design…
Technology related to yarn and fabric production and related to sewing is constantly improving. The textile and clothing sector benefits a lot from research in many disciplines (from chemistry to computer science and biology), but often in a not entirely…
An interesting alternative to water-based recipes preparing yarns for weaving is coating with hotmelts, especially from an energy point of view. Traditional coating of warp yarn is done mostly on water based recipes: single yarns are coated conventionally within a…
Forecasting is absolutely essential since the entire fashion industry progresses based on trends. In this globalized fashion environment where everything changes very quickly, a common denominator is the trend. In the fashion life cycle, inspiration and design based on forecasting…
Fashion constantly recycles the past. Textures, colours, decorative motifs, all reappear: but not in exactly the same form, as materials and technology evolve and – above all – because context changes. Design the future through the past It is no…
Modifying the way textiles interact with water is a fundamental product differentiator. This report discusses super-hydrophobic surfaces used to create self-cleaning materials, faster-drying textiles, and improved stain resistance. Water Resistance This report concerns hydrophobicity in the context of textiles manufacture….