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Related Keywords: Epson America, fashion, sportswear, SureColor, Textile, UltraChrome, workwear

Epson America today introduced new 64-inch dye-sublimation printers – the SureColor® F9470 and SureColor F9470H. Designed to offer reliability and high image quality with outstanding print speeds, the new printers are ideal for roll-to-roll textile, home décor, promotional product, and soft signage markets. The SureColor F9470H also offers businesses the option of printing with two genuine fluorescent inks – Yellow and Pink – which brings bright, vivid colors to the production of sportswear, workwear and fashion items.

Related Keywords: app, apparel, clothing, fashion, fast fashion, India, rental fashion, sustainable, technology, United Kingdom

Brits purchase more clothing than any other European country, spending £2.7 billion ($3.5 billion) on fashion that they only wear once.

The founder of a fashion technology company called By Rotation is hoping to change consumer habits, and help the planet to boot.

U.K.-based, India-born and Singapore-raised Eshita Kabra came up with the idea when she was planning her honeymoon.

Related Keywords: apparel, fashion, Singapore, sourcing, supply chain, Zilingo

Global fashion platform Zilingo announced plans to set aside US$100 million to build out its fashion supply chain business amid its ongoing expansion in the US.

Zilingo launched its operations in the US in the summer of this year, with offices in New York and Los Angeles. It said this is part of its accelerated growth plans in new markets such as those in Australia, Europe, and the Middle East.

Related Keywords: Aquapak, brand, environment, fashion, Finisterre, garment, packaging, supply chain

Finisterre has become the first fashion brand to introduce their products in garment bags made from Aquapak polymer. Their new packaging will begin to enter the supply chain with select knitwear lines this October, before a full roll out in February, where the packaging will be included with all garments in their spring 2020 collection.

Related Keywords: brand, Coca-Cola, Conversen, denim, Diesel, environment, fashion, plastic bottles, Recycle

Companies from various industries are taking responsibility for the waste they contribute to the environment.

Case in point: Diesel teamed up with Coca-Cola to launch a new collection made with recycled cotton and recycled plastic bottles.

The co-branded Diesel x Coca-Cola: The (Re)Collection offers men’s, women’s and unisex denim, sportswear and accessories made from the recycled fibers. The collection consists of 12 pieces, including a unisex denim jacket and jeans with workwear influences, and women’s high-waisted jean shorts with Coca-Cola red accent stitching.

Related Keywords: clothing, environment, fabrics, Fashinnovation, fashion, Inditex, sustainability, Zara

Sustainability is the fashion industry’s latest trend. Brands, retailers and designers are pledging their hearts to the environment and to protecting their workforces, and yet the industry remains the second largest polluter in the world. The horrendous working conditions and illegally low wages at Boohoo’s factories have not stopped the company’s profits from growing, or consumers wanting their fast fashion.

Related Keywords: apparel, Asia, China, export, fabric, fashion, garment, Lectra, technology

Lectra unveiled its flagship Industry 4.0 solutions for Asia — Fashion On Demand by Lectra and Furniture On Demand by Lectra — as well as the new VectorAutomotive iP9 fabric-cutting solution for automotive seating and interiors this week, at the 2019 edition of the China International Sewing Machinery and Accessories (CISMA) exhibition in Shanghai.

Related Keywords: cork tree, Cork-A-Tex, cotton, fashion, fiber, innovation, natural, New York, Portugal, sustainable, Têxteis Penedo, Textile, yarn

At the New York Market – It took much persistence and passion. But now, after eight years in development, Têxteis Penedo is at New York Home Fashions Market with its Cork-A-Tex innovation, developed to turn cork into fabric for home textiles.

At its headquarters in Guimarães, Portugal, the company recently opened a new factory to produce sustainable home textiles made of 30% cork fiber and 70% cotton.

Related Keywords: apparel, BCI, brand, Chargeurs, cotton, environment, fashion, manufacturing, polyester, sustainable

Chargeurs*PCC Fashion Technologies, an apparel interlinings manufacturer, today announced the launch of the Sustainable 50™. The product line is the first complete collection of interlinings — the technical components that give garments their shape and structure — to be made with eco-responsible materials, including BCI cotton, hemp, recycled polyester textiles, recycled plastics and Bemberg.

Related Keywords: America, brands, Brooklyn, fashion, Fashion week, New York

New York Fashion Week came to an end in 2001 with a Marc Jacobs show because of tragedy: The morning after his extravaganza on Pier 54, complete with disappearing walls to access the after-party and Donald Trump in the audience, the planes hit the Twin Towers and the world changed.

And New York Fashion Week came to an end this season with a Marc Jacobs show that acknowledged that moment: A paean to lost optimism and lost friends, and a bouquet of memory.