Textile News

• Got Some Old Socks? A Colorado Company Wants to Turn Them Into Cozy Dog Beds
  
  Colorado-based Smartwool is trying to cut down on textile waste by accepting busted socks and recycling them into dog beds.
  Mental Floss.  Thursday, 22 Apr 2021.
• A father and daughter's artistic collaboration
  
  For years the relationship between photographer William Eggleston and his daughter, fabric designer Andra Eggleston, was strained - until she came up with an idea: transform her father's abstract drawings into textiles. ...
  CBS News.  Sunday, 18 Apr 2021.
• Textile-Home Furnishing Industry Looks Great: 3 Stocks to Watch
  
  Textile-Home Furnishing Industry Looks Great: 3 Stocks to Watch
  Zacks.  Thursday, 25 Mar 2021.
• Plastic bags recycled into fabric to fight pollution
  
  Scientists turn polythene into textiles in a development designed to make fashion more sustainable.
  BBC News.  Monday, 15 Mar 2021.
• Top designer Lulu Lytle who inspired Carrie Symonds' chic eco-makeover
  
  Think oiled-oak shelving, rattan furniture, shimmering gold wallpaper and intricate textiles. A marble bathroom, perhaps, with wrought iron finishings.
  Daily Mail.  Monday, 1 Mar 2021.
• Mars landing: Devon textiles firm created parachute fabric
  
  Heathcoat Fabrics is responsible for ensuring the rover had a "soft landing" on arrival.
  BBC News.  Friday, 19 Feb 2021.
• Textile sensor patch could detect pressure points for amputees
  
  A soft, flexible sensor system created with electrically conductive yarns could help map problematic pressure points in the socket of an amputee's prosthetic limb, researchers report in a new study.
  Science Daily.  Tuesday, 2 Feb 2021.
• Air Force plans to add privacy curtains to B-52 Bombers for female crew members
  
  Earlier this month, the Air Force put out a statement soliciting information from textile companies about installing curtains around toilet facilities inside the aircraft.
  Daily Mail.  Friday, 29 Jan 2021.
• Rare Scraps of Mineralized Anglo-Saxon Textiles Found in England
  
  Archaeologists unearthed the cloth, as well as 3,000 grave goods and assorted ancient structures, ahead of construction
  Smithsonian.  Friday, 29 Jan 2021.
• This Startup Aims To Recycle Textiles Better
  
  Recycling clothes is a complex job. This startup raised $8 million from Patagonia and Marubeni to make a dent in the global textile waste problem.
  Forbes.  Wednesday, 27 Jan 2021.
• 'Stunning' Victorian Bathhouse Unearthed Beneath Manchester Parking Lot
  
  The facility offered laundry and bathing services for 19th-century textile workers and their families
  Smithsonian.  Monday, 11 Jan 2021.
• 5 Textile - Apparel Stocks to Boost Your Portfolio Amid Industry Woes
  
  5 Textile - Apparel Stocks to Boost Your Portfolio Amid Industry Woes
  Zacks.  Thursday, 7 Jan 2021.
• Design Works Prints From Tillett Textiles are Back
  
  In the late 1960s, Tillett Textiles teamed up with designers in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, for a historically significant collaboration. Now the prints are being reissued.
  New York Times.  Tuesday, 29 Dec 2020.
• Kintra And PANGAIA Announce Biodegradable Polyester To Eliminate Microplastic Pollution
  
  Synthetic textiles already account for over 60% of global textile fibers, and the microfibres they shed are toxic to wildlife and our environment and endure for tens of thousands of years.
  Forbes.  Monday, 14 Dec 2020.
• Textiles firm sees 1,550 jobs go as pandemic crushes demand from hospitality sector
  
  Textiles firm Johnson Service has embarked on a shake-up which will see 1,550 jobs go as the pandemic crushes demand from the hospitality sector.
  Sky News.  Tuesday, 17 Nov 2020.

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