I was looking at my copy of the latest Eco Textile News and was reminded show season is coming up again. Here are just a few global textile shows coming up in January. Are you going? To which ones? Please feel free to comment with additional shows you feel are worth mentioning.
January 2011:
12th - 15th
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Leave A CommentRecycled ground coffee used to make an odor control, fast drying, environmentally friendly, absorbent fabric. Brilliant!
Tags: coffee, Fabric, innovation, Material, Sustainable, Textiles
Leave A CommentHi Folks. I was introduced to this amazing video recently and couldn't wait to pass it along. Water soluble fabrics are used to create garments. What a fantastic experiment of chemistry and fashion.
The point? To get us thinking about the materials we use and what happens to them when we've decided we're done.
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Tags: color, Design, Fabric, Fashion, innovation, Material, Sustainable, technology, Textiles
Leave A CommentYes, that Starbucks. No, they haven't stopped making coffee. What they have started doing, though, is furnishing their interiors with a revolutionary new textile made from natural and renewable materials.
Through upcycling (creating waste materials into new products), Starbucks coffee sacks are combined with wool to create a completely unique sustainable fabric called "WoJo". The company ...Read More >>
Tags: Design, Fabric, Fibers, Furniture, innovation, Interiors, Material, Sustainable, technology, Textiles, Upholstery, wool
Leave A CommentSo, yes, it's wool week. Interesting. I have to say I really didn't have any inkling of the existence of the Campaign for Wool until I stumbled upon an article on the British Vogue website. Apparently, the campaign was started by the Prince of Whales in January of this year to educate people on the ...Read More >>
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1 commentHave you ever stumbled upon a new company that seems to have managed to fill a niche that was so desperately in need of being filled, it's unbeliveable that no on jumped on it sooner? Well, that is exactly how I felt when I was introduced to Source4Style.
Started by a few lovely industry pros with ...Read More >>
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