Not all that glitters is gold. This could be the subtitle of the recent report released by the Changing Markets Foundation, whose main findings are that certification schemes and voluntary initiatives facilitate greenwashing in Fashion. “Licence to Greenwash” states that the biggest such schemes – including WRAP and The Sustainable Apparel Coalition – are helping […]

Last April, McKinsey and Business of Fashion consulting companies released a new report on Fashion industries investments in technology in the next years. The study stated that, in 2021, Fashion companies invested between 1.6% and 1.8% of their revenues in technology. By 2030, that figure is expected to rise to between 3.0% and 3.5%. Behind the […]

RadiciGroup, a relevant Italian and international manufacturer of polyamide, synthetic fibres and performance plastics, teamed up with a group of Italian textile industry companies to create the first spacesuit fully designed and engineered in Italy for the Space Medicine Operations (SMOPS) analogue Mars mission simulation. This endeavour was promoted and organized by Mars Planet – […]

Last April, at Performance Days in Munich, Tuscan woolmill Pontetorto presented a new collection of activewear and fashion fabrics entirely made with Fulgar’s Q-Cycle yarn, obtained from end-of-life tyres. Q-Cycle yarn is produced by a pyrolysis process as part of BASF’s ChemCycling recycling system, in combination with Fulgar’s spinning technology. The process is said to […]

Every year, the International Woolmark Prize celebrates outstanding fashion talents from across the globe who showcase the beauty and versatility of Australian Merino wool. The 2022 edition, hold in London on April 26th, crowned the designer Saul Nash, who was praised for his modern use of Merino wool, bridging a gap between active solutions and […]