With the advanced development of science and technology, the use of textiles, besides daily common clothing products, has been extensively studied for higher value added solutions for work, health, sports and personal protection. Due to an ageing society in many developed countries, an ever-growing enthusiast for sports around the world, Read more…
To reduce the fossil-based textile processing and products, efforts have been made to find viable sustainable substitute fibers. Natural fibers like flax, hemp and wool are recommended because of their renewable characteristics, but some natural fibers like cotton are under criticism due to its use of a large amount of Read more…
The concept of the circular economy – from cradle to cradle, has been widely recommended in the fashion industry. Different technologies and actions have been investigation aiming to make the supply chain move in a circular manner. Besides consumer education for product reuse, the industry is also seeking an industrial Read more…
The fashion industry has always been recognized as the top resource consumption and pollution industry. Due to the depletion of natural resources as well as stringent legislation on environment protection, intensive research has been carried out for new technologies and process for clean production. Some improvements have been made in Read more…
In the period of traditional mass distribution, what the consumer buys is decided by the collection designers, wholesalers, sourcing agents and retailers many months ago. However, the digital era has changed today’s fashion business completely. The new generation customers become much more sophisticated and closely follow the latest fashion trend. Read more…
Technology advancements in virtual modelling and design have been widely used in high end manufacturing for decades. This technology starts entering into the textile and fashion industry, especially for renowned brands, who adopted this for product design, development and sampling/prototyping. The 3D virtual modelling technology efficiently shortens the product development Read more…
Recent technology development, especially with the advent of the 4th Industrial Revolution, is fast becoming a reality for the fashion industry to adopt digitization and interconnection of every production process. The digital production fits today’s fashion industry perfectly, which changes the traditional annual two-season mode into multiple mini seasons with Read more…
With the development of new manufacturing technologies, the fashion industry has started to adopt advanced mechatronics and robotics to enable efficient production of complex textile composite structures and the whole product. In terms of wearables, automation has been gradually realized from raw materials harvest to making thread, weaving, knitting, dyeing, Read more…