Textile News

• 'If it's broken, fix it' - The shop trying to fix throwaway culture
  
  Glasgow social enterprise Remade Network fixes everything from phones to textiles to help reduce our impact on the environment.
  BBC News.  Monday, 26 Jul 2021.
• Inside the unprepared city that 'has to change' after devastating floods leave lives in ruin
  
  Verviers is nicknamed the water capital of its region because the city used the River Meuse to build its wealth in the textile industry.
  Sky News.  Saturday, 17 Jul 2021.
• Italy is stopping its Presena Glacier from melting by covering the massive ice sheet with a TARP
  
  The giant tarp is made of geotextile tarpaulins that reflect sunlight, maintaining a temperature lower than the external one, and thus preserving as much snow as possible through the summer.
  Daily Mail.  Wednesday, 14 Jul 2021.
• CEO Secrets: 'Don't sell your technology too early'
  
  The CEO of an eco-friendly textiles firm advises holding out for the biggest customer you can find.
  BBC News.  Wednesday, 14 Jul 2021.
• GAP pulls UK and Ireland brick-and-mortar stores while looking for new partner offerings
  
  The textile brand will continue to have online sales despite physically withdrawing from the British Isles.
  Entrepreneur.  Monday, 5 Jul 2021.
• "Reminiscent": How One Designer Used Scented Textiles to Capture the Fragrances of Home
  
  For her project 'Reminiscent,' designer Pallavi Padukone infused textiles with smells that remind her of people and places from her home in India.
  Mental Floss.  Thursday, 24 Jun 2021.
• Cancelled by the Royal Academy: Jess De Wahls was banned for her views on the transgender issue
  
  The Royal Academy of Arts has apologised to textile artist Jess De Wahls, from Berlin, after it made a decision to 'cancel' her last week following a concerted campaign by trans rights activists.
  Daily Mail.  Wednesday, 23 Jun 2021.
• Industry attacks travel changes, G7 targets tech tax-avoiders, and textiles get 21st century twist
  
  The travel industry counts the cost of tourists fleeing Portugal, G7 urged to tackle tax avoidance by tech firms, and the British company taking textiles and giving them a 21st century twist.
  Sky News.  Friday, 4 Jun 2021.
• Mexico accuses cultural appropriation of Zara, Anthropologie and Patowl brands
  
  The Ministry of Culture asked for explanations for the copying of different textile designs from indigenous communities.
  Entrepreneur.  Monday, 31 May 2021.
• 5 Textile - Apparel Stocks to Buy on Robust Industry Trends
  
  5 Textile - Apparel Stocks to Buy on Robust Industry Trends
  Zacks.  Wednesday, 12 May 2021.
• Almanac: The Luddites
  
  An anti-technological innovation movement was born on March 11, 1811, when textile workers in Nottingham, England, destroyed machines they believed threatened their livelihoods. Jane Pauley reports.
  CBS News.  Wednesday, 12 May 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.
• 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.

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