manufacturing
Why Manufacturers Need to Be a Part of Fashion’s Sustainability Solution
Cascale's new CEO Colin Browne on how the industry can get serious about driving sustainability.
Darn Tough Socks Celebrates 20th Anniversary With New Marketing Campaign
The Vermont-based manufacturer has expanded its lifetime warranty and created a tongue-in-cheek campaign to…
How Do You Find a Statue of an Italian American Seamstress Forty Years After It Was Sculpted?
At 95 years old, Maria Pulsone is going to have a statue of her likeness exhibited in the Italian American…
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Silk Laundry Merges Conservation With Material Innovation
The Australian brand integrated 100 percent organic cotton and pure mud silk into its new collection.
Why University of Texas at Austin Researchers Made Compostable Sequins and Recruited Designers
University of Texas at Austin researchers, faculty and students have blended science and design for…
AAFA’s American Image Awards Salute Wes Gordon, Lizanne Kindler, Carhartt and Allan Ellinger
Most of the 2024 AAFA's annual American Image Awards winners relayed messages of collective strength.
‘American Flannel’ Chronicles the Fall and Rise of U.S. Manufacturing
Using American Giant's Bayard Winthrop as a case study, the book by Steven Kurutz asks the larger question…
Baltimore’s Fashion Innovation Hub Boosts Sewing and Start-ups
The aim is to revive the city's needle trade and to advance design innovation as well as area businesses.
Sustainable Apparel Coalition Rebrands as Cascale
The group is "doubling down" on its controversial Higg Index after reforms, and will add more action programs…
Architects Celebrate Yeohlee’s Waste Not, Want Not Ethos
Several of New York City's leading architects gathered Monday night to toast the fashion designer as she…
Fashion for Good Museum Unveils Its Final Exhibition, Plans Expanded Coworking Space
In early June, the Amsterdam location will expand into a coworking space to cultivate stronger alliances…
CherryField Apparel Acquires Africa Apparels in Kenya
With the acquisition of Kenya's Africa Apparels EPZ Ltd., CherryField Apparel continues to expand its global…
Who Shirt Company Invests in Machinery to Try to Boost New York Manufacturing
Similar machinery can be found in Colombia and China, but is scarce in the U.S., according to founder Libby…
U.S. Department of Labor Recovers $1.1 Million in Wages and Damages for Factory Workers
More than 150 employees had overtime wages withheld.