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NEWS: SUSTAINABILITY
reVISIONing Textile, Craftsmanship, Wearables and Digital Fabrication [Roadtrip Series]
Amsterdam on a Saturday afternoon is full of many diversions, so taking advantage of this, we found ourselves exploring new, relevant ways of designing,...
Heisel x Taylor: Best Way to Predict the Future is to Invent it
Everyone knows who Sylvia Heisel is. The early adopter of wearable technology is one of the most recognised pioneers of Fashion Technology. She is...
Buying into Sustainable Fashion To Dye For!
Did you know that one plain cotton t-shirt requires 2700 litres of water, and a third of a pound of chemicals to produce? The fact that...
NEWS: SMART FABRICS
All About Smart Textiles
Graduate of Swedish School of Textiles in Boras, Linda Worbin is the creator of smart textiles is well known for her electroluminescent pillows. Worbin...
When Fashion and LifeStyle Textiles are Getting Smart
We may not begrudge our clothes and textile furnishings for forgetting to remind us of our mother-in-law’s birthday, but we will expect them to...
Designing for Smart Fabrics: Potential Drawbacks
What are the Potential Drawbacks?
If we can access, visualize and interact with our digital lives with fabric, that brings a whole set of implications...
NEWS: RETAIL TECH
NYFW: Iconic Label Tommy Hilfiger Invests in Retail Tech
Besides Intel's efforts, it seems that fashion tech worthy of any column inches has been on the quiet side at NYFW this season. What has...
Translating Technology – Striking The Balance Is Key
As technology continues to become more complex it becomes even more important to explain it in a way people can understand. If you make...
Sustainable Apparel Coalition Partners with Avery Dennison and EVRYTHNG, Exploring New Age of Brand...
A pioneering partnership with the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) and Avery Dennison Retail Branding and Information Solutions has been announced. The partnership explores how suppliers, manufacturers,...
NEWS: WOMEN IN TECH
Karlie Kloss ‘Tech Entrepreneur’ Partners Up With ElleUK
Karlie Kloss, 'tech entrepreneur' and face of Huawei Watch is on a mission. Working together with ELLEUK, she will be taking over the March...
High Performance Stiletto To Singh Praises For
Every woman loves her heels and we are no exception. It is a complicated love/hate relationship rarely understood by the men in our lives or...
‘Frankenfashion’ Technology: Alexander McQueen’s DNA Used To Create Leather Goods
With the technology of today quickly becoming the science fiction of yesterday, I wonder, should we be shocked to hear that a collection has been...
NEWS: R&D
Automat, Taking The Internet Of Things From Prototype To Market
It wasn't long after meeting Fredrik Timour, CEO of award-winning startup Neue Labs, that we dove straight into a conversation about their latest product called AUTOMAT....
Soft Wearable Robotic Glove Made With Empathy, Science and Assistive Technology
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), around 15% of the world's population are physically impaired to some degree. In order for those with...
Smart Fabrics Technology, Don’t Believe The Hype (Just Yet)
Earlier this year, at the Wearable Technology Show in London, I met Jan Zimmermann, head of textile innovation with Swiss textile company Forster Rohner. Part...