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DESIGNING FOR A BETTER WORLD
How will technologies impact the future of design and aesthetics? How can design impact on personal wellbeing and enhance lifestyle? How can the environmental footprint of the creative industries be reduced?
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3000-year history of the hoodie
The hoodie is a lot more than just a comfy sweatshirt.
The Business of Fashion
Go inside the making of CHANEL's Haute Couture Spring '18 collection. Discover all the looks here: http://bof.bz/lWyB30i3yjo
The Future Of Fashion In 5 Wild New Garments
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Ellen MacArthur Foundation
The Disruptive Innovation Festival's Live Launch is in London on 6th November. Limited places are available as money, debt and banks expert Ann Pettifor, the Financial Times' Tim Harford, and futurist Mark Stevenson ask what needs to change to make 21st century economics work for people, business and the environment. Where does the circular economy fit in?
Make sure you book your place, while there are a few still remaining.
The fourth industrial revolution.
A shift in the system.
How Technology Is Shaping the Future of Sustainable Fashion
Fashion and technologies.
fashionista.com Some of the most exciting innovations in fashion aren't happening on the runway — they're happening in the lab.
“Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.” Coco Chanel
Disruptive Innovation Festival
More innovations like this during this year's Disruptive Innovation Festival. DIF 17
Over 20 billion pairs of shoes are produced worldwide every year, with 30% of the material going to waste. Thomas Leech is a new kind of designer, part of a movement creating a different future for design through his circular model for children's shoes.
For more innovative solutions, and to meet more designers, sign up to the online festival of ideas that asks: what if we could redesign everything? www.thinkdif.co
Their Turn
Responsible sourcing, consumerism, frivolity, change and sustainable fashion, it's up to us. It's that simple...
After seeing this epic and chaotic disruption, why would any institution celebrate a fashion designer like Michael Kors who uses ? Full story: http://bit.ly/2rZgqPX - Alina Cho The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Celebrating the coming together of fashion and science and their special collaboration with Bolt Threads.
The very first manifestation of this collaboration, a dress designed by Stella and made from 100% man-made spider silk, is on display at The Museum of Modern Art's exhibition, 'Items: Is Fashion Modern?' which is open now until January 28th 2018.
Innovative impermeables
Wendy Andreu has devised a system for producing water-proof fabric. She makes these items of clothing without sewing or cutting patterns. Called ‘Regen’, the fabric is double-sided with water-repellent latex on one side, and cotton rope on the other. Regen products are made by coiling the rope around a laser cut steel mould and covering it in latex. Where the dark latex seeps between the light rope it creates shading and textural detail that make each item unique. All the moulds can be used multiple times without any loss of quality, adding to the value of this innovative sustainable tool and material.
5 Sustainability Threats Facing Fashion
Products used and discarded by consumers are too valuable to lose to landfill or incineration. Unless technology can more efficiently recycle used garments, and collect enough material, current consumption rates are not sustainable.
businessoffashion.com Precious few fashion businesses are future-proofed for the threat of environmental change.
Allan Brown demonstrates the processes he takes nettle plants through, in order to extract a usable fibre for textiles.
The lost art of weaving
theweek.com A peek inside Madrid's Royal Tapestry Factory, where an ancient craft finds new life
C-VP
Textile composites
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Ashtari Moderne tapijten & kelims
Illustrating the weaving process of Ashtari carpet collection.
Ashtari is very proud to launch a short 4' documentary film illustrating the weaving process of our bespoke carpet collection. We would like to offer a glimpse and understanding of why we are so passionate about our work. The moment someone places an order with us they actually never see the entire process. How and by whom their rugs are actually made ? So many locals rely on this economy and we are very happy to be part of it. We love to share this feeling with you all. -Reza Ashtari & Wendy Guns
Our heart goes out to the weavers of the workshops that work very hard, the beautiful mountainpeople of Tibet and our loyal clients who give us confidence and keep us going.
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(watch this film in HD on Vimeo through following link: https://vimeo.com/205526201 )
Tenugui cloth, using the special way of dyeing called "注染(chusen)"
How do the people of Myanmar (Burma) make rare fabric from the lotus flower? Inle Lake in Myanmar is the only place in the world to make this textile by hand. Lotus threads are taken from the lotus stem and hand woven into sustainable fabrics and scarves.
There is certainly a surplus of skim milk which in many parts of the world is assessed at a very low price and is available for textile purposes. Casein Fibre, a new generation of innovative fiber made of milk, very similar to wool.
Through bioengineering method and with biological health care function and natural & long-lasting antibacterial effect, Casein is comfortable, has excellent water transportation and air-permeability. It is also healthier, light, soft and colorful. It's being resistant to fungus, insects and aging.
There are proteins such as the vegetable proteins in the nut, and soya bean, that have been converted into filaments, but casein stands pre- eminent from the point of view of abundance, good colour, and the possibility of isolating it without molecular breakdown.
Refibra™, the new TENCEL® fiber, is made from pulp that contains cotton scraps left over from cutting operations and discarded wood. The fiber is produced in the lyocell production process and presents opportunities to close the loop for the textile industry.
Bast fibres (h**p and flax) have a long history of textile uses. Their cultivation requires no pesticides, nor irrigation except in drought conditions, and they will grow in a range of geographical areas and climates. In recent years, thanks to innovative technologies and as interest heightened in organically grown fibres and eco-friendly production processes, bast fibres have found a niche market in organic apparel. Soft like cotton, they do have a similar colour, possess similar performance traits and are cool and comfortable to wear year-round, with the strength, moisture-wicking properties and shrink-resistance of sturdy bast fibres. Bast fibres and cotton look the same, fit the same and wash the same. Bast fibres shrink less than cotton fibres do, wick moisture better, and have increased dye uptake meaning they take less chemicals to reach the same colour levels.
Making sandals from the sea: biochemists fashion algae-based flip-flops
Biological materials - Algae-based flip-flops.
sandiegouniontribune.com UC San Diego professor's team developed sustainable footwear
PAMELA LIOU - DOTI THE DESKTOP LOOM
The Doti loom provides an alternative to commercial weaving industry-- a technology-mediated model for the cottage industry of high quality textiles. Users drag and drop an image, which is then parsed into a woven pattern. An array of motors lifts and lowers threads while the weaver passes a shuttle across the shed of the loom, generating complex fabric patterns. Patterns are easily shared over a network of looms.
Sarah Corrigan of the Roots School gathers, processes and spins dogbane fiber into cordage. She uses a horn comb for refining the material and spins it with a Turkish style drop spindle. The single ply cordage is then double plied into two ply, or woven into the twined fiber basket or made into natural fiber bow strings and snare lines.
Spider silk and stem-cell leather are the future of fashion
The sustainable future of fashion.
engadget.com On Sunday, there were no cars in Paris as the city clamped down on soaring pollution and tried to honor the climate accord that bears its name. With Paris Fashi...
Inge Cordsen & Livingstone Studio
There is a flowing sense of time, which is aligned to the shapes, textures, and the natural textiles that grace this space. Objects and fragments of nature seem to have found their natural places. Livingstone Studio - one of the most exquisite studios around.
moowon.com Inge Cordsen is one of those rare people who embodies serenity and quality. And Livingstone Studio is an extension of her very being.
Jamdani is a time-consuming and labour-intensive form of handloom weaving traditionally practised by craftspeople around Dhaka. The sheer cotton textiles are renowned for the richness of their motifs, which are woven directly on the loom. Bengali women wear Jamdani saris as a symbol of identity, dignity and self-recognition, both for everyday wear and at celebrations. The traditional motifs and weaving techniques are transmitted by master weavers to disciples and are handed down within families in the weaver community.
The traditional Li textile techniques of spinning, dyeing, weaving and embroidering are employed by women of the Li ethnic group of Hainan Province, China, to make cotton, h**p and other fibres into clothing and other daily necessities. The techniques involved, including warp ikat, double-face embroidery, and single-face jacquard weaving, are passed down from mothers to daughters from early childhood through verbal instruction and personal demonstration. Li women design the textile patterns using only their imagination and knowledge of traditional styles. In the absence of a written language, these patterns record the history and legends of Li culture as well as aspects of worship, taboos, beliefs, traditions and folkways. The patterns also distinguish the five major spoken dialects of Hainan Island. The textiles form an indispensable part of important social and cultural occasions such as religious rituals and festivals, and in particular weddings, for which Li women design their own dresses. As carriers of Li culture, traditional Li textile techniques are an indispensable part of the cultural heritage of the Li ethnic group. However, in recent decades the numbers of women with the weaving and embroidery skills at their command has severely declined to the extent that traditional Li textile techniques are exposed to the risk of extinction and are in urgent need of protection.
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Fibres made from orange peel waste. From Orange Fiber.
The embroiderers at the Sankalan embroidery design and production house in Jaipur, Rajasthan, practise a variety of stitch techniques to embellish fabrics by hand.
Great Big Story
Miao embroidery is a unique and incredible skill—weaving actual metal thread into intricate patterns to create beautiful garments. A tradition over 500 years old, Miao tin embroidery is sadly a disappearing art, as fewer and fewer girls are willing to take on the daunting and lifelong pursuit of the craft.
The Love Affair Between Fashion and Art - Google Arts & Culture
Kim Winser explores the relationship between these two creative cultures.
google.com Imagine the scene: it's summer 2017, and the elegant environs of London's Mayfair are filled with people. The doormen of Bond Street and Belgravia welcom...
4 Ways to Love both Fashion and the Planet - Google Arts & Culture
Eva Kruse on the future of sustainable clothes
google.com * #1 Empower yourself and push the industry* No matter your budget, you can support sustainable fashion. From luxury to mass market to discount, brands wo...
Ikat, the name is synonymous with one of the most intricate ti...
Ikat, the name is synonymous with one of the most intricate tie and dye textile techniques in the world. Fabrics done in ikat are among the finest pieces of art and thereby exclusive as well.
The new masters of craft
In a period of meaningless mass manufacturing, our growing appetite for hand-made objects, artisan food, and craft beverages reveals our deep cravings for tradition and quality.
Sociologist Richard Ocejo joins Cardiff Garcia to talk about the way educated urbanites have upscaled and transformed traditionally low-income manual jobs from bartending to butchery, and what it suggests about the evolution of the labour market in the age of automation.
ft.com Alphachat is the conversational podcast about business and economics produced by the Financial Times in New York. Each week, FT hosts and guests delve into a new theme, with more wonkiness, humour and irreverence than you'll find anywhere else
A Dyeing Life
A dyeing life.
nytimes.com Disillusioned with China’s urban dream, a young man set off on a 15-year walk and rediscovered his family’s ethnic Miao traditions.
Trending: Biomimicry, Changing Attitudes Poised to Revolutionize Apparel Sector | Sustainable Brands
Asking nature how to make non-toxic fibers that are far less energy-intensive to manufacture.
sustainablebrands.com Fashion continues to make headlines, with a new textile breakthrough and shifting attitudes towards clothing that are helping drive down the industry’s environmental impact: University of Cambridge researchers have created a strong, low-impact material, which can be produced without high heat or tox...
A look inside the logic of LOT2046
Engineering the End of Fashion
It wasn’t built to scale or to get acquired or to disrupt anything, except maybe the idea of fashion itself. “There’s no founder, no equity, no board of directors, no future,” the designer said. No creative director, no advertising campaign, no maniacal profit drive. “It’s important to have this ego death.”
ssense.com A look into the logic of the engineered fashion subscription LOT2046.
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