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The Trouble with Wearables
As all kinds of wearables continue to be brought to market鈥攅verything from rings and watches to smart clothing鈥擨 don鈥檛 know about you, but I love to geek out with these things. Smart pajamas? I鈥檒l try those. Heart monitoring built into a shirt? Well, maybe I don鈥檛 need that yet, but it鈥檚 nice to know it鈥檚 […]
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秀色直播To Host Textile Events Addressing Critical Sustainability Challenges
The American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) announces a series of upcoming conferences dedicated to addressing pressing environmental concerns in the textile and apparel industry. These events will provide crucial platforms for industry professionals to collaborate on innovative sustainability solutions. Building a New Method Forward for PFAS in Textiles Conference Per- and polyfluoroalkyl […]
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Apply for 2025-2026 秀色直播Funding
The 秀色直播Foundation scholarship and fellowship application deadline is approaching for the 2025-2026 academic year. Undergraduate and graduate students in any textile-related discipline may apply for more than a dozen separate scholarships and $100,000 total funding with one simple online form. All scholarships have a deadline of February 28, 2025, and recipients will be notified […]
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Bug Off!
The Science Behind Insect-Resistant Textiles 鈥淭he mosquito is the world鈥檚 deadliest animal,鈥 the female members of its 3,700 varieties causing dengue, malaria, and West Nile Virus, among other diseases, as reported by the Center for Disease Control鈥檚 (CDC) Global Health Center. Other insect vectors include fleas infected with Yersinia pestis, the bacteria responsible for […]
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Participate in the NEW 2025 C2C Competition
秀色直播is still accepting submissions to the NEW 2025 Concept 2 Consumer Design & Merchandising Student Competition. The popular design and merchandising competitions have now been combined into one to allow students to better showcase their full range of skills. Textile students are tasked with designing and merchandising an apparel collection based on the 2025 […]
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Introducing AATCC鈥檚 Latest Book鈥擟olor: From Concept to Consumer
秀色直播has just published a new book on color and coloration for all fashion, textile, and apparel students and professionals. 聽Martin Bide, professor emeritus at the University of Rhode Island (URI), has written 鈥淐olor: From Concept to Consumer鈥擧ow Hard Can It Be to Dye the Right Color?鈥 At URI, Bide taught courses in textile science, […]
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Apply for the NCTO Paul T. O鈥橠ay Scholarship
The 秀色直播Foundation is pleased to partner with the National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) to offer the聽Paul T. O鈥橠ay Scholarship. Eligible applicants must have聽at least one parent or guardian employed by an NCTO member company and/or organization.聽Applicants may be any children, legally adopted children, or stepchildren of any active employee of an NCTO member […]
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秀色直播Announces President and Interest Group Representatives
This fall, 秀色直播individual members elected their 2025-2026 President and Interest Group representatives. Election results were announced at the 秀色直播Annual Meeting, preceding the Technical Committee on Research (TCR) meeting November 13, 2024. All officers began their term on January 1, 2025. President Christina Rapa, W.L. Gore and Associates, will serve two years as President […]
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It鈥檚 an AI-volution!
A look at how artificial intelligence is being used for fabric surface design.聽 Over the last few years, artificial intelligence (AI) has become part of our everyday lives. From Google using AI to provide better searches, Amazon using AI to suggest products based on your shopping history, to Alexa using AI to remind you […]
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秀色直播Announces the 2024 Herman &/archive/page/7/038; Myrtle Goldstein Graduate Competition Winners
(left to right, first row) Melissa Armistead, Yahya Absalan, Nur-Us-Shafa Mazumder, Hassan Ali, Kanti Jasani, Renuka Dhandapani. (left to right, second row) Dallas Crotts, Nelson Houser, Barry Brady, 秀色直播President John Crocker. The 秀色直播Herman and Myrtle Goldstein Graduate Student Paper Competition, held under the auspices of the Education Advisory Board, aims to further the […]
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Announcing the Century Edition of the 秀色直播Manual of International Test Methods and Procedures
The 2025 Volume 100 marks the Century Edition of the 秀色直播Manual of International Test Methods and Procedures and will be available starting January 1, 2025. As this is the 100th anniversary of the Manual, 秀色直播has decided to use a special red cover to celebrate it. 聽Containing two new standards and sixteen revised standards, […]
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秀色直播Signs MOU With The Textile Association (India)
As part of the Association鈥檚 international outreach, 秀色直播(American Association of Textile Chemists & Colorists) has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with The Textile Association (India) (TAI). The goals of the MOU include promoting communication between the two organizations; avoiding duplication of work efforts where possible; promoting knowledge of the standards development activities; […]
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