EU research is helping to turn old clothes into new, quality products, aiming to reduce textile waste and make recycled ...

When people talk about the fabric of life, they most often mean it metaphorically. But many of the most basic materials humans touch and use everyday are made from fabrics. From bed sheets, clothing, ...

The environmental impact of our clothing has now been mapped in the most comprehensive life cycle analysis performed to date. For the first time, this makes it possible to compare the environmental ...

Virginia Tech (VT) researchers have been busy developing efficient e-textiles -- electronic textiles and clothing with embedded wires and sensors -- for six years now. Their computerized clothing can ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. – With the fragmentation and globalization of the U.S. textile and apparel industry, business activities and roles have changed, impacting their organizational identity. The evolving ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about health tech, women's health and female entrepreneurship. The latest IDTechEx report predicts that the smart textiles ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Most people don’t spend much time thinking about where their clothes come from—until prices ...

1. Creator -- The needlework arts in the art of Remedios Varo / Patricia Campbell Warner -- Technology : shaping the aesthetic product / Elizabeth K. Bye, Karen L. LaBat -- Teaching aesthetics in a ...

Apparel and footwear production contribute to around 10 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. The fashion industry also produces 20 percent of global wastewater, and 85 percent of textiles end ...