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    • People: A Long-term Problem
    • More About the Modern "Sports Coat"
    • More About the History of "Paisley"
    • Leading Needle Manufacturers Today
    • Who Manufactures Zippers Today?
    • Button-Making Today
    • Role of a Sewing Machine Mechanic
    • Role of a Sewing Operator
    • Properties and Characteristics of Flax
    • Properties and Characteristics of Silk
    • Man-Made Fibers: A Synthetic Revolution
    • Different Properties and Uses of Cotton
    • Different Quality of Wool Fiber
    • Needle Data (From 1963)
    • Let's Talk Baseball(s)
    • An Undercover Invention
    • Mid-Century (1900-1910)
    • Cotton Picking Time
    • Making Dresses for Miss Europe
    • Bone Fragment Reveals
    • Coveralls for Paul Bunyan?
    • F.I.T. - College for Apparel Industry
    • Keighley Pioneer
    • 1949 Carrihim Machine
    • Jan Ernst Matzeliger’s Invention
    • 1845
    • Development of Production Methods
    • Early Sewing Machine Developments
    • Conclusion
    • WAAC Fitted for Uniforms
    • Now It's Fabric from Milk
    • Byrd Cloth Garments
    • First Sewing Machines Made In Africa
    • Union Special Headquarters
    • The Long and Short of Mattress Making
    • World's Largest Pillow Q&A
    • Sewing History Revisted
  • UpFront
    • UpFront with CreateMe
    • UpFront with Skander Negasi
    • UpFront with American Leather
    • UpFront with Mackey McDonald
    • UpFront with Hohenstein
    • UpFront with the Merrow Group
    • UpFront wih Consew
    • UpFront wih Jeanologia
    • UpFront wih Diamond Needle 2
    • UpFront wih Alpine Fit (Part 1)
    • UpFront wih Alpine Fit's Jen Loofbourrow
    • UpFront wih FABRIC, Part 1
    • UpFront with FABRIC, Part 2
    • UpFront wih Unionwear (Part 1)
    • UpFront wih Unionwear (Part 2)
    • UpFront wih Americas21st
    • UpFront wih Morgan Tecnica
    • Upfront with the Berzacks
    • Harry L. Berzack’s Sewing Machine Museum
    • Welcome Dr. Trevor Little
  • Industry Opinion
    • Banks Trying to Maximize Incomes
    • Are Higher Tariffs a New Reality?
    • Foundations Before Technology
    • How AI and Data Are Reshaping Apparel
    • Technology is Crucial
    • How Automation Compares to Nearshoring
    • Managing Across Generations
    • Banks to Introduce Crypto Products?
    • Nearshoring Solves the Next Three Years.
    • The Human Foundation
    • Will Kevin Warsh Follow His Predecessor
    • Factories Are Not Classrooms
    • When Fit Becomes a False Diagnosis
    • Is Private-Credit Echoing Subprime Melt
    • Rebuilding the U.S. Apparel Supply Chain
    • Why Technology Rarely Works as Expected
    • Is Borrowing Cost Going to Rise Again?
    • Financing and Policy Alignment
    • Benefit from a Credit Card Cap
    • Sustainability and Circularity
    • Fed's Independence
    • The Case for Domestic Production
    • Is America Benefiting from Trump-Xi Meet
    • A Love Letter to Lifelong Learners
    • Rebuilding the U.S. Apparel Supply Chain
    • Is Crypto Going to Substitute
    • The Bottleneck No One Wants to Admit
    • The Future Will Be Redesigned (Part 1)
    • The Future Will Be Redesigned (Part 2)
    • MADE TO LAST
    • THREADBARE POLICY
    • Fast Fashion: Can It Ever Be Good?
    • America’s Reshoring Revolution
    • My Point of View
    • 90-Day Trade Truce
    • Domestic Reshoring in Motion
    • Reverse Mentorship
    • The Disappearing Art of Garment Mastery
    • ‘Made in the USA’ Isn’t a Premium
    • The Reshoring Initiative
    • The Silent Crisis in Garment Engineering
    • The Times They Are A-Changin'
    • Large Store Concept Threat
    • U.S. - A Concern for Bangladesh
    • Changing the Relationship
    • The Global Trade Equation
    • Forging the Future
    • Technologies Reshaping Sewn Goods
    • Don’t Worry, Humans Still Matter
    • GenAI Solutions and Benefits
    • Automated Manufacturing
    • Coalition to Close "De Minimis" Loophole
    • Promise and Pitfalls of Lean
    • Generative AI
    • Upcoming Trends Europe
    • Who is the Unknown Stranger?
    • Don’t Discount Value of Associations
    • Focus on Tech Suggests IAF President
    • Is Sewing a Dying Skill
    • Technology is Crucial to Manufacturing
    • Trade Policies that Work
    • Apparel May See Fewer Orders
    • Time to Close an Import Loophole
  • Industry News
    • Esquel-Linked Vietnam Factories
    • US Launches $480 Million Textile Program
    • ISAIC Partnership with TUKATECH
    • U.S. Reshoring Momentum
    • Lectra Partnership with Caron
    • Cone Denim to Exit China
    • NCTO Concerns over Forced Labor Actions
    • Mexico Retains Preferential Access
    • NSF Support for NC State Research
    • Carolinas Textile Manufacturers
    • EURATEX Setting Course
    • Authentic Brands to Acquire Lee
    • EU and Mexico Sign Trade Agreement
    • New E-commerce Duty for Small Packages
    • Pathfinder Launches Mexico-Latin America
    • U.S. and Mexico Seek to Deepen Trade
    • Retail Groups Rally to Defend Trade Deal
    • U.S. Sets Talks with Mexico
    • unspun Plans to Build Domestic Hubs
    • Leading Apparel Brands Back unspun
    • YKK Launches YZiP Light Zipper
    • Kornit Digital Unveils Atlas MATRIX
    • IAF Statement on Current External Shocks
    • Otto Group Teams Up with Nvidia
    • Paradise Textiles Builds New Egypt Hub
    • FKGROUP Alliance with MACOCA
    • Frankfurt Tradeshow Double
    • NCTO Urges House to Block Legislation
    • President Trump Clears DPA Funds
    • US and India Have Agreed to a Trade Deal
    • AAFA Applauds AGOA and HOPE/HELP
    • US Apparel Backs Nicaragua Tariffs
    • Guatemala Trade Agreement
    • Strategic Alliance: TEMyN and MEXCOSTURA
    • AAFA Welcomes Trade Progress
    • ITMF and IAF Successful Joint Convention
    • President Trump Clears DPA Funds
    • Stefano Festa Marzotto New IAF President
    • Juan Parés New ITMF President
    • FIT Honors President Dr. Joyce Brown
    • Textile Industry Urges Stronger USMCA
    • Military Considers ‘Buy American’
    • ABM Acquires Atlantic Attachment
    • NC State Professor Wins Industry Honor
    • Champion's Poovey Family Scholarship
    • ISAIC 2026 Honors, Co-Hosted by SPESA
    • Relocating Historic Draper X3 Looms
    • NCTO Applauds House Passage of NDAA
    • AAFA Gets Jump on 250 Years
    • Lectra Appoints John Brearley
    • European Federations Mobilize
    • VF to Divest Dickies Brand
    • NCTO Praises End of De Minimis
    • India Suspends Cotton Import Duty
    • Gildan and HanesBrands Agree to Combine
    • U.S.-Africa Trade Desk
    • NCTO Commends Passage of the NDAA
    • De Minimis Exemption Ends Suddenlyl
    • European Accessibility Act
    • U.S. Buyers Delay Apparel Orders
    • Royal Apparel and MadeInUSA.com Unite
    • PTC Launches Supply Chain Intelligence
    • ATA State of the Industry Report
    • Cotton Street Gallery
    • Levi Strauss Selling Dockers
    • Soho Apparel American Agenda
    • NCTO Elects Hall and Bircher Bruyn
    • AAFA Reacts to USTR
    • IAF Position on U.S. Tariffs
    • Karl Mayer Group Plans Reorientation
    • Milliken Fuels NC State Research
    • Avalo Hires Textile Veteran Tricia Carey
    • Jeanologia Celebrates 30th Anniversary
    • Bangladesh Takes Automation Route
    • Lectra Launches Valia Fashion
    • Cansew Celebrates 100 Years
    • A&E Expands Facility in Bangladesh
    • Avantex Appoints Carlos Botero
    • VDMA to Hold Joint Meeting
    • OECD Forum on Due Diligence
    • Kontoor Brands to Acquire Helly Hansen
    • NCTO Announces Katherine White
    • AAFA, FLA Delegation Visits BGMEA
    • DeSL-Browzwear Partnership
    • Mexico Ends Border-Skipping Loophole
    • Coloreel Expands with Juki America
    • EU and Mercosur Agreement
    • Cascale Assembles U.S. Policy Team
    • Zalando and ABOUT YOU Team Up
    • Lutai Group to Egypt
    • Dickies Relocating to California
    • Andritz Receives Engineering Order
    • SPESA Hosts Successful Conference
    • The Show Miami
    • Ecuador’s Textile Association Initiative
    • Atlanta Attachment Rebranded
    • Lectra Partnership With Six Atomic
    • NCTO Calls to Limit De Minimis
    • A Successful Techtextil North America
    • Apex Mills Launches New Fabrics
    • AATCC Journal of Research
    • MWI Welcomes Two New Representatives
    • Freudenberg Factory in Vietnam
    • USFIA Benchmarking Survey
    • Coloreel Group AB Files for Bankruptcy
    • NC Textile Manufacturer to Invest $24mil
    • CEMATEX Appoints Alex Zucchi
    • Mario Jorge Machado President of EURATEX
    • NCTO Welcomes Textile Enforcement Plan
    • Omron Selects Spartanburg County
    • Inspectorio Launches Platform
    • How Digitalization is Driving Growth
    • Santoni Completes Acquisition of Terrot
    • Zünd Helping Aerospace Take Wings
    • Fire at Former Singer Factory
    • Lectra Launches the Observatory
    • HanesBrands Expands Workplace with DXC
    • Turkey Clothing Makers Face Rising Costs
    • U.S. Government Must Act Now
    • California Garment Industry Requirements
    • US DoC Invests in Textile Manufacturing
    • Tukatech Partnership with EcoShot
    • Alpine Fit's Jen Loofbourrow Wins Award
    • AEC Appoints Jeff Crisco President
    • NC State - Textile Training in Honduras
    • A&E Unveils New Sustainables
    • TSGD Status Report
    • Tukatech and Inèdit Partner
    • Cone Denim Joins CIRCULOSE Network
    • Best of Bangladesh in Amsterdam
    • OECD Study: Latest Trends
    • Fire-Dex Takes Over Kitsbow Facility
    • Former Hickey Freeman Factory
    • Introducing The Bremen Cotton Exchange
    • VF Corp Names Bracken Darrell
    • Ocean State Innovations Acquires Cloud9
    • Nike's New Aerogami Technology
    • Texprocess Americas Innovation Awards
    • Career and Training Center at Texprocess
    • Seamless Transition at Dürkopp-Adler
    • Elevate Recapitalization-New Ownership
    • Dürkopp Adler Acquires Sonotronic
    • Freudenberg Certification
    • VDMA at ITMA
    • Hodges International and Tukatech
    • Lectra Brings Production Back In-House
    • Zünd-Texprocess Americas 202
    • CGS Issues 2023 Report
    • Inspectorio Rise Expands
    • Next Level Apparel Partners With Grupo M
    • AAFA Formalizes Partnership with IFAI
    • Outlook into Fashion Future
    • Turkish Manufacturers Resume
    • TGSD Fighting Quake Aftermath
    • Open Letter to International Apparel
    • OECD in Paris
    • Nazma Akter’s Opening Key Note
    • Methods Workshop Under New Management
    • APTMA Rejects Claims
    • Style3D Announces Acquisition of Assyst
    • APTMA, BGMEA to Enhance Cooperation
    • Zünd Establishes a New Subsidiary
    • Black Design Collective
    • Senate Passes Bill
    • Japanese Garment Giants Leave China
    • NC State and Under Armour Partnership
    • Rieter’s Financial Commitment
    • Classic Fashion
    • Garland Apparel Group
    • Amazon Shuts Online Store Fabric.com
    • Gas Supply Crunch Stifles Bangladesh
    • Stitch 3D and Hatch Join Forces
    • Sonobond Becomes Part of Inductotherm
    • M&S to Exit from Sourcing in Myanmar
    • A Global Brand Preserves Carolina Legacy
    • 3DLook
    • Dürkopp Adler Universal Sewing Drives
    • U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol
    • BGMEA, Tonello to Partner
    • Canadian Defence Minister Announcement
    • Tukatech launches GP-800 High Ply Cutter
    • 3D Avatars in PLM
    • New York Governor Pledges 10 Million
    • Merrow Superior Acquires Goldberg Supply
    • OECD Nations Face Labor Shortages
    • New Management for Heimtextil, TT, TP
    • Clothing Textile Flammability Standard
    • EU Moves to Ban Forced Labor Products
    • Bangladesh Eyes 100 Billion USD Exports
    • U.S.-Honduras Education Partnership
    • Kraig Biocraft Laboratories
    • Juki-Mitsuishi-Meiryo Joint Venture
    • Cut-and-Sew Manufacturing Returns to NC
    • Due Diligence for Supply Chains
    • Sae-A Factory in Costa Rica
    • Valentino Garavani Turns 90
    • DuPont Joins Forces With Heriot-Watt
    • Datacolor Announces Partnerships
    • Reshoring Latin America
    • Lectra Recognized by Deloitte
    • LYCRA Company Browzwear Partnership
    • Frankfurt Tradeshow Trio
    • 2022 Innovation Awards by Messe Frankfur
    • The LYCRA Company
    • Meta Announces
    • US Textile and Apparel Exports Up
    • How to Hone Honduras’s Potential
    • Australian T-Shirt Producer Looking
    • Okabashi Brands Growing
    • Sri Lanka Defaults on Debt
    • Small Brands Are The Future
    • Zund America Announces Manuel Merkt
    • Lectra’s Chess Move
    • Eastman Machine Co. and ACG Nyström
    • Elevate Releases Sustainability Report
    • Standing With Ukraine
    • BELLA+CANVAS
    • Intradeco Holdings
    • Textile Industry Preparing
    • Lectra Equips Bespoke Manufacturing Co.
    • Eastman Appointed Airborne Partner
    • Software Tools for Automatic Cutting
    • Buy Local
    • i-SMART Globally Launched
    • Sewn Products Reshoring Award
    • Latin American Apparel Exports Growing
    • Increasing Exports
    • NextGenerationEU Package
    • Coloreel Hirsch Expand Partnership
    • Henderson and Optio Partnership
    • Q1 2022 Barometer
    • Needs to Bring Factories into Compliance
    • College Partnerships
    • EU-UK Trade Figures
    • US Textile and Apparel Exports Up
    • Vietnam Garment and Textiles
    • OEKO-TEX New Regulations 2022
    • Alvanon Launches Fit Studio in Milan
    • National Safety Apparel
    • Rising Star Amiri Opens in Miami
  • Industry Technologies
    • Smartpolymer Launches TITK’s Development
    • Lectra Unveils Apogy
    • Textile Factory 7.0
    • Jack Collaborates with Siemens
    • Goodwill Adopts Lectra Platform
    • Implementation of the DPP
    • Is DPP an Opportunity for Turkey
    • Casting the Dye
    • Olympic Gold for von Allmen
    • Nike Debited a Smart Insulation Era
    • Aptean Launch
    • CreateMe Partners with UNTUCKit & Supima
    • ZÜND: Digital Competence
    • Sewing Machine Supplier Commitment
    • Twine-Henderson Expand Collaboration
    • Automatic vs. Manual Sewing Systems
    • The Zipper Is Getting Major Upgrade
    • A Potential ‘Green’ Alternative
    • Tukaweb Launches Made-to-Measure
    • Revolutionary Patented Pattern-Based Fit
    • Doppl Virtual Apparel Try
    • The Truth About Multi-Ply Cutting
    • Hohenstein Supports Textile Scheme
    • Robotics Living Lab Opens
    • Role of Attachments
    • Hohenstein and DuPont Assessment
    • YKK Unveils Innovative Zipper
    • Axiom Space, Prada Unveil Spacesuit
    • PatternFast Transforms Fashion
    • Tukatech-Tronog Join Forces
    • Kornit Digital Empowers Hybrid Digital
    • How AI Is Impacting Legal Issues
    • Brother Unveils State-of-the-Art Aveneer
    • Tech and Fashion
    • Weaving Recycling Knowledge
    • Debunking the Myths of CAD/CAM
    • SINBON and MAKALOT Partner
    • Shinwon Leads Innovation with AI
    • Plataine to Enhance Fabric Cutting
    • Hemmers Binders, Folders, Attachments
    • Fashion Goes Green Thanks to Technology
    • Navigating Production Planning
    • Slice and Dice: Art of Cut Planning
    • Walmart and unspun
    • High Ply Cutters
    • New NSF Center
    • Tukatech Launches Innovation Center
    • BASF and Inditex Recycling Breakthrough
    • Mechanics
    • Training Sewing Machine Mechanics
    • MTM
    • What’s Next for Smart Factories?
    • TextileGenesis Traces Material Origins
    • Seams and Stitches (Part 1)
    • Seams and Stitches (Part 2)
    • ITSCD Conference
    • ZCC Zünd Cut Center
    • Lectra Launches New Cutting Equipment
    • Exploring the Future
    • Leather Made from Beer
    • Sewng with Threads, Part 3
    • Smart Textiles Enable Communications
    • Sewng with Threads, Part 2
    • Sewng with Threads, Part 1
    • Kornit Rolls Out New Curing Technology
    • Researchers Separate Cotton From Poly
    • AI-based Business Planning and Forecast
    • What’s Happening in 3D CAD for Fashion
    • PFAFF Launches New Machine
    • JUKI Renews DDL-9000C Series
    • Automation Eases RMG Workload
    • Fabric Cutting Optimization (Part 3)
    • Technology Drives Luenthai
    • Brief History of the Sewing Needle
    • Today’s Sewing Needles
    • Industrial Sewing Thread Needle Sizes
    • Sewing Machine Needle Buyers Guide
    • US DoD Partners with OROS
    • Always in the Comfort Zone
    • YKK Develops AquaGuard NATULON
    • Bespoke Selects Zebra AMRs
    • Walmart Introduces Virtual Try-on Tech
    • Fabric Cutting Optimization (Part 1)
    • On-Demand Manufacturing
    • Coats Digital Launches FastReactFabric
    • Fashinza Apparel Manufacturing Platform
    • Fabric Spreading
    • Spreading Machine Buyers Guide
    • Embedding Fundamental 3D Transformation
    • China’s Tech Giants Test the Waters
    • S.W Specialty Papers
    • Stand-Alone vs. 2D-3D
    • Digital Cutting Software from Zünd
    • Cameras on Cutters
    • 3D: No Wonder Tool
    • Automation Gaining Ground
    • Jeanologia Introduces Colorbox
    • Part 3 - Artificial Intelligence
    • The Metaverse Is Just An Idea
    • Commerce Department Awards $54 Million
    • Part 2 - Artificial Intelligence
    • Speed PLUS Variety - Elastane Processing
    • Part 1 - Artificial Intelligence
    • Digital Thread & Yarn Dyeing System
    • Future of Textiles
    • Cutting
  • Intelligent Textiles
    • DTB & HSN Conference on Digitalization
    • Carrington & Noble Create Stealth
    • DPC Concepts
    • Brandix Sparks New Era with AI
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Light, Heat, Data: From Fiber to Appar 2
    • Airbag Jeans: Safe & Smart
  • Industry Leaders
    • Lew Feinberg Passes
    • Isak Andic Dies
    • Hank Little to Retire
    • In Memoriam: Dorothy Fullam
    • In Memoriam Harry van Dalfsen
    • Frank Henderson Receives SEAMS Award
  • Supply Chain
    • U.S. Textile Industry Faces Pressures
    • Sri Lanka Upstream US Trade Pressures
    • Countries Helped China Evade Tariffs
    • Crowley, Port Houston Launch Route
    • Mexico to Thwart Illegal Imports
    • Bangladesh Apparel Supplier to U.S.
    • Argentina Textile Industry Runs at 24%
    • Understanding the Geopolitical Energy
    • EU Ban on Destroying Unsold Clothes
    • CGS And Lodestar Strategic Partnership
    • Hansae's Guatemala Hub Will Reduce Costs
    • Costco: Clothing Retailer
    • African Sourcing: Uncertain Future
    • Canada Scaling Back Retaliatory Tariffs
    • Key Strategies to Enhance Productivity
    • Impacts of "America First" Policies
    • Cross-Border Trades Against Standby LC
    • Balancing Automation and Employment
    • AGOA Time Running Out
    • American-Sewn: A Comeback
    • U.S. Reduces Garment Imports from China
    • Bangladesh, Vietnam Surge
    • Textile Imbalances
    • Hugo Boss Resumes European Manufacturing
    • Alpine Group Applies FibreTrace
    • Trillion-Dollar Problem for Retailers
    • Forced Labor in the Clothing Industry
    • EU Bans Products Made with Forced Labor
    • Understanding Nearshore Manufacturing
    • Stitching the Future of Apparel
    • Textile Execs's VA Concerns
    • H&M Begins Exit from Myanmar
    • Factory Strikes Flare Up in China
    • Uniqlo to Have Manufacturing in India
    • Sri Lanka Garment Manufacturing
    • Philippine Garments Industry
    • Sri Lankan Apparel Industry Crisis
    • Sourcing in Africa, Part 4
    • Sourcing in Africa, Part 5
    • Chinese ‘Fast Fashion’ Brands
    • Chinese Brands Mishandled Customer Data
    • Sourcing in Africa (Part 1)
    • Sourcing in Africa (Part 2)
    • Sourcing in Africa (Part 3)
    • Covid-19 Outbreaks
    • US Ports Face Empty Containers
    • Is Reshoring/Nearshoring Tide Turnin
    • Traceability
  • Sustainability
    • Amazon Coalition for Sustainable Fashion
    • Levi Strauss, M&S Launch Collaborative
    • Europe Bans Destroying Unsold Clothes
    • IAF Launches Manifesto
    • State Bans on PFAS
    • From Plastic Waste to Wolfpack Wear
    • Bezos Earth Fund Commits US$34 Million
    • Hohenstein Sustainability Report
    • Italy Intercepted Textile Waste
    • OEKO-TEX® Chooses TextileGenesis
    • China Has Unique Opportunity
    • CiCLO Technology Takes Home Award
    • Databeyond Automated Waste Sorting
    • Banana Fiber in Uganda: A Sustainable So
    • AI Can Help Cut Down on Waste
    • Selenis and Syre Form Partnership
    • Wrangler x Jeans Launch
    • Hohenstein Sustainability Report
    • Global Standard Launched GOTS Handbook
    • New Low Microfiber Discharge Standard
    • Hugo Boss Launches Eightyards
    • eBay Expands Circular Fashion Fund
    • OEKO-TEX Reports 50,000+ Certifications
    • UNIFI Launch
    • Fashion Opens the Doors to ‘Econogy'
    • Debrand Opens U.S. Textile Sorting Plant
    • EU Commission Rules
    • Syre Launches Mission to Decarbonize
    • Carhartt Joins US Cotton Trust Protocol
    • Freudenberg Apparel: Next Step
    • Climate Tech Startup
    • Portugal's Textile Sector
    • Elevate Textiles Sustainability Report
    • Carrington Textiles’ Portuguese Factory
    • Modern Meadow - Earthletica Collaborateo
    • PTC, Made2Flow Partner
    • Keel Labs Unveils Seaweed-Based Kelsun
    • Crystal Elevates Sustainable Fashion
    • New Way to Tackle Clothing Waste
    • KlarTEXt Project
    • Lycra Initiative to Support FitSense
    • Messe Frankfurt’s Textile Trade Shows
    • Alpine Fit Joins 1% for the Planet
    • IAF Food for Thought
    • Sustainable Apparel Coalition Report
    • STTI Update: June 2023
    • Sustainable Cotton Hub
    • Vaude: PFAS-Free in All Apparel Fabrics
    • European Industry Associations
    • HanesBrands Sustainability Goas
    • Freudenberg Milestone
    • Freudenberg Mlestone Innovation
    • Gildan Publishes Climate Change Report
    • Renewcell New Textile Fiber Prep
    • Sustainable Apparel Coalition
    • Innovative Recycling Product by Ecoalf
    • How Sustainability is Improving Fashon
    • What Is Fast Fashion?
    • Sustainability Rating System Exposed
    • Apparel Company Pivots
    • Death of Fast Fashion
    • STTI Gains Two New Members
    • Eight Start-Ups
    • Game-Changing Legislations
    • Higg Partners with AII
    • Archroma and Jeanologia
  • World of Fashion
    • On Snaps Up Mbappé from Nike
    • Hong Shan Stake in Golden Goose
    • The Emperor Has Passed
    • Italy’s Fashion Industry Flourishing
    • Italian Design Continues to Set Standard
    • Live-Shopping: Whatnot
    • Deloitte Survey
    • BFC Presents: The Fashion Awards 2025
    • Europe Using Taxes to Slow Fast Fashion
    • Fashion World Mourns Giorgio Armani
    • SUMMER 2025
    • The Future of Fashion
    • The Inditex Phenomena
    • The Influence of Technology on Fashion
    • Preparing Future Fashion Leaders
    • ISAIC Reveals 2025 Honors Winners
    • Streaming Meets Street Fashion
    • Morse Code Clothing Expands to the U.S.
    • Virtual Try-on with Anthropics
    • Tom Ford Secures Belgian Haider Ackerman
    • LVMH and Alibaba Expand Partnership
    • Calvin Klein Opens New Lifestyle Store
    • Rise of the Hemp Revolution
    • Tribute to Iris Apfel
    • Trending: Hallyu - The Korean wave
    • z-emotion, Setting off from Seoul
    • Axiom Space, Prada Join Forces
    • 95 Years of Film and Fashion History
    • South African Designer Sindiso Khumalo
    • Five Ways Technology is Aiding Fashion
    • Virtual Fitting Rooms
    • CORDURA - MYSTERY RANCH Collaboration
    • CORDURA and MYSTERY RANCH
    • Epson and Designer Yuima Nakazato Show
    • Outlook into Fashion Future
    • The Birkin Bag Case
    • McKinsey Outlook Pessimistic
    • Sales Price Hikes
    • LVMH Names Pietro Beccari
    • New Study Explores AI
    • Christie's Auctions Talley Collection
    • "Gucci Twinsburg" on the Milan Catwalk.
    • What to Wear on Mars?
    • Matching Elegance with Sophistication
  • Industry Events
    • Technical Textiles, Nonwovens in Raleigh
    • Texprocess 2026
    • TPA and TTNA 2025
    • Alphabet Soup Collective to Atlanta
    • SPESA Welcomes
    • IAF Extends Cem Altan’s Term
    • SEAMS Packs ’Em in
    • VDMA: Sales Still On Growth Track
    • IACDE International Convention 2023
    • 38th World Fashion Convention
    • FEDTEX 2023
    • Training Takes Time
    • New Micro Plant at FME
    • Micro Plant at FME
    • Kuris USA
    • World Fashion Convention
    • ideation on the Road 2
    • ideation on the Road
    • Join IAF World Fashion Convention
    • Interior Trends 2003
    • The Fox Company
    • Snippets Around Texprocess
    • 37th IAF
    • Furniture Manufacturing Expo
    • Advancements in Manufacturing Tech
    • Texprocess / Techtextil (Atlanta)
    • Texprocess / Techtextil (Frankfurt) 2
    • Texprocess Americas 2022
    • Texprocess 2022 – Frankfurt
    • American & Efird
    • Atlanta Attachment Company
    • DAP America
    • Brother International Corporation
    • Eastman Machine Company
    • Juki America
    • Techtextil and Texprocess 2022
    • MACPI Spa Pressing Division
    • Mitsubishi Electric Automation
    • Sewn Products Equipment Co.
    • RSG Automation
    • Texprocess Americas / Techtextil North A
    • Heimtextil Summer Special
    • NAUMD 2022
    • IAF-Euratex Photo Gallery
  • Associations
    • EURATEX Launches Horion Europe Project
    • IFAI Now Advanced Textiles Association
    • AAPN Confers Walter Wilhelm Award
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  • Champion Thread Co. Announces Poovey Family Scholarship at NC State’s Wilson College of Textiles
  • ISAIC Announces 2026 ISAIC Honors, Co-Hosted by SPESA
  • Mount Vernon Mills and KaKa Cotton Partner to Relocate Historic Draper X3 Shuttle Looms to Trion, Georgia
  • NCTO Commends Passage of the National Defense Authorization Act That Closes Military Procurement Loophole
  • Global De Minimis Exemption Ends Suddenly: The Biggest U.S. Trade Shock Since Section 301
  • European Accessibility Act Affecting Apparel E-Commerce around the world
  • AAFA Reacts to USTR Determination on Section 301 Shipbuilding Proposal
  • IAF Position on U.S. Tariffs
  • Karl Mayer Group Plans Strategic Reorientation
  • Milliken Naming Investment Fuels NC State Research In The Textile Protection And Comfort Center
  • Avalo Hires Textile Veteran Tricia Carey to Lead Commercialization
  • 10th Annual BlueCherry Global Supply Chain & Technology Report: AI Insights and Merchandise Demand Planning Top Priorities for Fashion and Apparel Brands
  • Jeanologia Celebrates its 30th Anniversary with the NextGen Summit: A Kick-Off for Future Initiatives.
  • Bangladesh Takes Automation Route
  • A&E Expands Global Footprint with New Manufacturing Facility in Bangladesh
  • Avantex Appoints Carlos Botero as President for Latin America
  • VDMA to Hold Joint Annual Meeting for Textile and Machinery Sectors
  • 2025 OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector
  • Canadian Apparel Federation and BlueCherry Partner to Drive Digital Transformation in the Canadian Apparel Industry
  • Kontoor Brands Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire Iconic Global Outdoor and Workwear Brand Helly Hansen®
  • NCTO Announces Former USTR Chief Textiles and Apparel Negotiator Katherine White as Vice President of Policy
  • NCTO Welcomes President Trump’s Executive Order on Trade Directing Federal Agencies to Investigate the Impact of Unfair Trade Practices and Review Penalty Tariffs and De Minimis Reform
  • AAFA, FLA Delegation Visits BGMEA to Strengthen Collaboration on Workers' Rights
  • What's Driving The Future of Fashion and Apparel
  • DeSL And Browzwear Partnership Bridges PLM And Digital Workflow
  • National Defense Authorization Act Aims to Expand Government Procurement of American-Made Goods in Boost for U.S. Textile Industry
  • Mexico Ends Border-Skipping Loophole Frequently Exploited by E-Commerce Companies
  • EU and Mercosur Reach Political Agreement on Groundbreaking Partnership
  • Cascale Assembles U.S. Policy Member Expert Team to Shape Industry Priorities During Key Political Period
  • Zalando and ABOUT YOU Team Up to Lead the Way in European Fashion and Lifestyle E-commerce
  • Lutai Group to Establish its First Factory in Egypt with $385M Investments
  • Texas-Based Company 'Dickies' Headquarters is Relocating to California
  • Developing Circularity in Fashion: ANDRITZ Receives Engineering Order for Landmark Textile Recycling Plant from Circ®
  • SPESA Hosts Successful 2024 Executive Conference in Montréal, Marking Its First-Ever Event in Canada
  • The Show Miami – Contemporary Concept for an Innovative Fashion Trade Event
  • Bangladesh Government Dissolves BGMEA Board
  • Ecuador’s Leading Textile Association Launches New Initiative, Paving the Way for the Industry’s Digital Transformation on Its 80th Anniversary
  • Lectra Propels Fashion Brands and Manufacturers Into A New Technological Era With the Launch of Valia Fashion
  • Dominican Textile Sector Raises Concerns Over Proposed Tax Reform
  • SPESA Hosts Successful 2024 Executive Conference in Montreéal, Marking Its First-Ever Event in Canada
  • The Show Miami – Contemporary Concept for an Innovative Fashion Trade Event
  • NCTO Calls White House Announcement on Actions Limiting De Minimis a Step Forward; Calls for Comprehensive Action to Address Abuse of De Minimis
  • Cansew Celebrates 100 Years
  • Lectra Announces A Strategic Partnership With Six Atomic
  • A Successful Techtextil North America
  • NCTO Applauds Comprehensive Bipartisan Legislation Closing the De Minimis Loophole to Majority of Textile and Apparel Imports
  • Apex Mills Launches New Fabrics For Super Long-Lasting Stretch
  • AATCC Journal of Research to Become Open-Access
  • MWI Welcomes Two New Representatives for the U.S. Market
  • Freudenberg Performance Materials Apparel Inaugurates State-of-the-Art Thermal Insulation Factory in Vietnam
  • USFIA Benchmarking Survey: Political Uncertainty Joins Economic, Compliance, and Logistics Challenges in 2024
  • Coloreel Group AB Files For Bankruptcy
  • CEMATEX Appoints Alex Zucchi as New President
  • Mario Jorge Machado Elected President Of EURATEX
  • Coloreel Expands into the Sewing Industry Through Partnership with Juki America
  • NCTO Welcomes Textile Enforcement Plan Outlined by Homeland Security
  • Omron Automation Selects Spartanburg County
  • Inspectorio Launches Supply Chain Management Platform Powered by AI
  • How Digitalization is Driving Growth: Panel Discussion
  • Santoni Completes Acquisition of Terrot
  • Zünd Helping Aerospace Take Wings
  • 100 New Jersey Firefighters Battle Blaze at Former Singer Sewing Machine Factory
  • Lectra launches the Observatory of Innovation and Transformation in the Fashion, Furniture, and Automotive Markets
  • South Korea Extends Foreign Research Center Concept: Ethio-Korea Techno-Park in Action
  • HanesBrands Expands Workplace Transformation With DXC Technology
  • Turkey’s Clothing Makers Face Rising Costs from the Push to Help Textile Sector
  • The U.S. Government Must Act Now to Step Up Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Enforcement and Close the De Minimis Loophole
  • California Garment Industry Requirements for Manufacturers
  • U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $1.1 Million to Support Development of the Textile Manufacturing Industry in Dallas, North Carolina
  • Tukatech Partnership with EcoShot by Metail
  • Alpine Fit's Jen Loofbourrow Wins Alaska Woman-Own Business of the Year Award from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
  • AEC Narrow Fabrics Appoints Jeff Crisco President
  • NC State University’s Wilson College of Textiles to Create First of Its Kind Textile Training and Education Program in Honduras
  • A&E Unveils New Sustainable Thread Products Awarded Gold Level C2C Certified™ Material Health Certificates
  • TSGD Status Report 200 Days after the Earthquake: Clothing Manufacturers Operational Again
  • Tukatech and Inèdit Partner to Bring neoTextil Suite of Adobe Photoshop© Plugins to North America
  • Cone Denim Joins CIRCULOSE Supplier Network
  • Best of Bangladesh in Amsterdam: Exploring Untapped Opportunities
  • OECD Study: Latest Trends in Jobs and Wages: Stabilized Labor Markets
  • Fire-Dex Takes Over Former Kitsbow Facility, Plans to Rehire Laid-Off Workers
  • Largest U.S. Custom Clothing Maker to Purchase Former Hickey Freeman Factory in Rochester, NY
  • Introducing The Bremen Cotton Exchange — Mission: Strong together
  • VF Corporation Names Bracken Darrell President and CEO
  • Nike's New Aerogami Technology Is Designed to Keep You Cooler
  • SPESA and Messe Frankfurt Announce Texprocess Americas 2023 Innovation Award Winners
  • Career and Training Center at Texprocess Americas
  • Seamless Transition at Dürkopp-Adler
  • Elevate Textiles Announces Comprehensive Recapitalization and New Ownership
  • Dürkopp Adler and SG Group Announce Strategic Acquisition of Sonotronic Nagel GmbH
  • Ocean State Innovations Acquires Cloud9 Fabrics
  • Freudenberg Receives “Material Health” Certification for Comfortemp® Product Series
  • VDMA Members@ITMA, Milan: In the Spirit of Circular Economy
  • Hodges International and Tukatech Unveil TUKAcenter in North Carolina, USA
  • Lectra Brings Production Back In-House with the Inauguration of its Manufacturing Facility in Tolland, Connecticut
  • Zünd@Texprocess Americas 2023 – #LetsTalkWorkflow
  • CGS Issues 2023 Global Supply Chain and Technology Trends Report
  • North Carolina Textile Manufacturer to Invest $24 Million in Winston-Salem Expansion
  • Inspectorio Rise Expands for Improved Supply Chain Sustainability and Compliance
  • Next Level Apparel Partners With Grupo M for Nearshore Manufacturing
  • AAFA Formalizes Partnership with International Apparel Federation
  • Outlook into Fashion Future: Between Real and Digital?
  • Turkish Fashion Manufacturers in Earthquake-Affected Areas Resume Production
  • TGSD Fighting Quake Aftermath: 350,000 Apparel/Textile Workers Live in the Region
  • Sanem Dikmen and Ramazan Kayan, Co-Chairs of the Turkish Garment Manufacturing Association, Share an Open Letter to the International Apparel Community
  • OECD in Paris: European Corporate Due Diligence Must Create A Level Playing Field Through Effective Enforcement
  • Nazma Akter’s Opening Key Note at the OECD Due Diligence Forum Paris
  • Methods Workshop Under New Management
  • APTMA Rejects Claims of the Decline of Pakistan’s Textile Industry
  • Style3D Announces Acquisition of Assyst
  • APTMA, BGMEA to Enhance Cooperation in Garment Manufacturing
  • Zünd Establishes a New Subsidiary in Spain
  • Black Design Collective (BDC) Partners with TUKAweb
  • Senate Passes Bill Aimed at Expanding Government Procurement of American-Made Essential Products as Part of the NDAA Conference Report
  • Japanese Garment Giants Leave China for Cambodia
  • NC State and Under Armour Partnership Takes Innovation to the Next Level
  • Rieter’s Financial Commitment for Aid to Flood Victims in Pakistan: Severe Support to Local NGO
  • Lectra Announces the Acquisition of the Majority of the Capital of TextileGenesis
  • 3D Avatars in PLM: Centric Software and Alvanon Team Up for the Perfect Fit
  • Tukatech launches GP-800 High Ply Cutter at US$99,000.00
  • Freudenberg opens ATSC – Asia: Further expansion of innovation capacities
  • New York Governor Pledges 10 Million Dollars to Fund Fashion Innovation Centre
  • Merrow Superior Acquires Goldberg Supply Company
  • Firms Across OECD Nations Face Unprecedented Labor Shortages
  • Clothing Textile Flammability Standard to be Amended
  • EU Moves to Ban Forced Labor Products
  • Bangladesh Eyes 100 Billion USD Export Earnings by 2026
  • U.S.-Honduras Education Partnership
  • Juki-Mitsuishi-Meiryo Joint Venture
  • Cut-and-Sew Manufacturing Returns to NC
  • Due Diligence for Supply Chains
  • Sae-A Factory in Costa Rica
  • DuPont Joins Forces With Heriot-Watt
  • Datacolor Announces Partnerships
  • Reshoring Latin America
  • Lectra Recognized by Deloitte
  • LYCRA Company Browzwear Partnership
  • Frankfurt Tradeshow Trio Techtextil, Texprocess, Heimtextil: Innovation Hub and Reloading Platform
  • 2022 Innovation Awards by Messe Frankfurt — Impulse Provider for Numerous Branches
  • The LYCRA Company Announces New Equity Ownership
  • Meta Announces Digital Designer Clothing Store for Avatars in the Metaverse
  • US Textile and Apparel Exports Up 12.83% YoY in January-April 2022
  • How to Hone Honduras’s Potential
  • Australian T-Shirt Producer Looking to Expand
  • Okabashi Brands Growing
  • Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Takes Next Step in Launching Spydasil Apparel Brand
  • Aptean Apparel Manufacturing Solution Receives Software Innovation Award
  • Sri Lanka Defaults on Debt, IMF Bailout Likely
  • Small Brands Are The Future of U.S. Apparel Manufacturing
  • Zund America Announces Manuel Merkt as President
  • Lectra’s Chess Move In the Turkish Market: Closing Ranks With Glengo Teknologji, Istanbul
  • Eastman Machine Co. and ACG Nyström Strengthen Exclusive Strategic Partnership
  • Elevate Textiles Releases 2022 Sustainability Report
  • Lectra Equips Bespoke Manufacturing Co. (USA) with its Gerber AccuMark Range of Solutions and Gerber Z1 Cutting Machine
  • NextGenerationEU Package — Program Towards Reform of International Corporate Taxation Framework
  • Valentino Garavani Turns 90
  • BELLA+CANVAS Plans High-Tech Fabric-Cutting Facility in Alabama
  • Intradeco Holdings Invests More Than $100 Million In Central America To Expand Nearshoring, Advance Full Circularity, And Increase Solar Energy Power
  • USAID Provides 130 Sewing Machines to Apparel Factory in Chui Region to Create More Jobs
  • Eastman Appointed Airborne Preferred Reselling Partner
  • Award-Winning Software Tools for Automated Cutting
  • Buy Local
  • i-SMART Globally Launched
  • Annual Sewn Products Reshoring Award Announced
  • Latin American Apparel Exports Seen Growing 10 Percent
  • Increasing Exports, Securing Supply Chains Part of Latin America Policy
  • Coloreel, Hirsch Solutions Expands Partnership To Meet Increased Demand On The U.S. Market
  • Henderson and Optio in Partnership for Shop Floor Control Software
  • New Community College Partnerships Provide Opportunity for Students, Industry
  • Q1 2022 Barometer: Review of Global Sourcing for 2021: Is There an End in Sight?
  • EU-UK Trade Figures Confirm: Brexit Has Been a “Lose-Lose” Deal for the Textile Industry
  • US Textile and Apparel Exports up 17.38% in January-November 2021
  • Vietnam Garment and Textiles Face Reality of Fierce Global Rivalry
  • Bangladesh Apparel Exports to the US Up
  • OEKO-TEX New Regulations 2022
  • Alvanon Launches Fit Studio in Milan in Collaboration with Istituto Secoli
  • National Safety Apparel Acquires King Louie Sewing Facility
  • Kitsbow Apparel Purchased by Employees
  • Rising Star Amiri Opens in Miami
  • Eastman Machine Company Announces Executive Promotions to Lead into 2022
  • Gildan Expands North Carolina Manufacturing Presence by Buying Frontier Yarns
  • DenimFWD Opens the World’s First “Urban Factory” Bringing Textile Production Back to the USA
  • Shima Seiki USA relocates headquarters to Los Angeles
  • Worker Rights Consortium Urges Apparel Brands to Join International Safety Accord on Anniversary of Deadly Factory Fire
  • Italian Luxury House Zegna Goes Public on N.Y. Stock Exchange
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