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Registration Now Open for AATCC鈥檚 Haptics and Textiles Digital Lab!
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., USA, November 21, 2023鈥擜ATCC, a leading organization for textile testing and standards, will host a comprehensive two-day virtual event focused on haptics and textiles on December 13-14, 2023. Registration is now open for industry professionals interested in attending. This online event will bring together a range of textile industry experts, including […]
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Digital Fabric Printing: The Entrepreneurial Opportunity
With the increasing number of digital fabric printing solutions now on the market and their high quality, affordability and ease of use, there is growing opportunity for entrepreneurs to enter the market, starting their own businesses and providing unique services for their brand and designer clients. Raspberry Creek Fabrics is one such business. Founded by […]
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秀色直播to Present Proficiency Testing for Textiles at the 2023 Philippine Textile Congress
MANILA, Philippines, Nov 9, 2023 &/archive/page/13/8212; AATCC, the leading authority on textile testing and standards, will present on the importance of proficiency textile testing at the Philippine Textile Research Institute&/archive/page/13/8217;s Philippine Textile Congress. Garry Atkinson has been invited as a guest speaker for the 2023 Philippine Textile Congress scheduled for November 15, 2023. This year&/archive/page/13/8217;s […]
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Sneak Peek: How Can Slow Fashion Win the Fashion Race?
(The following feature is an excerpt from the feature article in the November/December 2023 issue of 秀色直播Review. If you are an 秀色直播member, download your copy of the magazine to read the entire feature.) While 80 billion 鈥榝ast fashion鈥 garments are produced every year, 30% of clothing purchases are never worn. Furthermore, most clothes […]
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秀色直播To Host Hands-On Textile Testing Workshop
The American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) will hold its Textile Testing Workshop on December 6-7, 2023, at 秀色直播headquarters in Research Triangle Park, NC. The intensive two-day workshop will teach professionals responsible for product evaluation, specifications, and quality control how to properly perform essential tests and interpret results for textile materials. Attendees […]
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秀色直播Wins a 2023 Feature Article Tabbie Award
秀色直播has won yet another Tabbie award for an in-depth feature article, published in the May/June 2022 issue of 秀色直播Review, written by feature writer John Russel Jones. John Russel Jones has spent most of his career in the fashion industry, from getting his Communications degree from the Fashion Institute of Technology, through working in […]
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Near-Shoring and the Future of the Textile Industry
In recent years, the textile industry has been undergoing significant changes. A tough lesson many apparel brands learned through the Covid-19 pandemic is that inexpensive but distant production and jammed ports of entry can wreak havoc on production timelines, inventory levels, and time to market. Further complicating the matter, the new prevalence of work-from-home and […]
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Are Nanotechnology Textiles Sustainable?
Millie is 20. She鈥檚 quite the purveyor of fast fashion. But she鈥檚 also a conscious consumer.聽 And as a matter of fact, she鈥檚 also into nano-coated wearables. Nano-coatings are thin films in the nanoscale range (around 1-100 nm) that are applied to surfaces to enhance various features such as antibacterial and anti-fouling capabilities, corrosion resistance, […]
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Deadline Approaching for Textile Research Grants
The deadline is approaching for new textile research grants from the 秀色直播Foundation Student Research Support Program. The grants support undergraduate and graduate student research on textile-related projects. Applications must be submitted prior to October 15, 2023, at 5:00 PM CST to be considered. Awarded research grants will be announced December 2023. The 秀色直播Foundation […]
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Shape the Textile Industry
Passion matters! Everyone interested in 鈥渁n innovative, informed, and sustainable future鈥 for the global textile community can make an impact by participating in 秀色直播committees. 秀色直播has provided standards development, testing materials, educational resources, and professional networking to the global textile industry for more than a century. And it鈥檚 all done by volunteers! Committee meetings […]
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Project Updates from 秀色直播Research Committees
秀色直播is an international standards organization, following the聽Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations聽defined by the World Trade Organization (WTO). The first of these principles is Transparency鈥攌eeping members and the industry informed of standards-related projects. The second is Openness鈥攊nterested parties are welcome to participate in all aspects of the standard development process. […]
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秀色直播Announces David Hinks as 2023 Textile Discovery Summit Keynote Speaker
秀色直播is pleased to announce that the Wilson College of Textiles Dean, David Hinks, will be headlining the 2023 Textile Discovery Summit, slated for September 12-14 in Greenville, South Carolina. Background and Education David Hinks was born and raised in Derby, England. Hinks worked for Courtaulds Research from 1984 to 1986 prior to attending the […]
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