Six months ago, when Precision Textiles put a toe in the water to try its hand at producing personal protective equipment (PPE), the strategy was designed to keep its plant open and employees working.

When Louis Comfort Tiffany built his dream estate on Long Island, he was so obsessed with the furnishings that he did everything short of inventing the glue gun. For the dining room chairs he chose ...

Sudō Reiko and Nuno, Vitrine (photo courtesy the Center for Hertiage Arts & Textile Hong Kong) Growing up in a small country town in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, Sudō Reiko always looked forward to the ...

Learn how to make fabric at home from recycled materials using traditional grandmother techniques. This sustainable approach to textile creation reduces waste while preserving heritage skills.

A new approach to smart textiles could lead to a host of new use cases and a level of durability that might make the technology much more attractive to adopt. A team led by John Volakis, director of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Inside a textile plant operated by Milliken and Company, one of the largest remaining textile operators in South Carolina.

Walking into ECOALF’s Berlin outpost feels like stepping into any other high-concept clothing store. Racks are filled tastefully with just enough styles and the bare concrete walls showcase a mix of ...

SAN DIEGO, April 23, 2012 – A lot of people were skeptical when two young California-based researchers set out more than a decade ago to create a completely human-derived alternative to the synthetic ...

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