Velvet has been around for a long time, dating back to at least the 14th century. Back then, it was known as a luxurious material that was usually associated with royalty. Well, several hundred years ...

For The First Time, Producers Operate With Complete Flexibility Across Cotton, Polyester, and Blended Fabrics, Printing What They Need, When They ...

Is cotton at the core of the apparel industry’s sustainable future or will consumer’s love for polyester continue to grow? Credit: Shutterstock. The biggest story in terms of volumes of growth in ...

SINGAPORE - Bulging cotton inventories in China and slumping oil markets have triggered a race to the bottom between cotton and polyester prices. Both fibers compete for buyers in the textile industry ...

What generally happens when clothes go out of style is giving the fashion industry a bad look. "The fashion and textile industry is one of the most wasteful industries in the world," said Conor ...

There’s nothing worse than stepping outside on a hot day and immediately feeling like your clothes are turning into a portable oven. You're not alone if you’ve ever found yourself drenched in sweat ...

Textile Exchange’s Sustainable Cotton Challenge and Recycled Polyester Challenge annual reports detail the progress made from signatories so far and the next steps that need to happen to keep the ...

Researchers found they could separate blended cotton and polyester fabric using enzymes -- nature's tools for speeding chemical reactions. Ultimately, they hope their findings will lead to a more ...

It feels like everything that’s high quality—or otherwise good for us—is getting rarer and pricer. And organic fabrics are no ...

As the temperatures continue to rise and summer quickly approaches, you may be preparing to purchase some new construction shirts for the next few months. Perhaps your go-to in the past has been ...

Polyester clothes smell worse than cotton, following intensive exercise by their wearers, because bacteria that cause odor grow better on polyester, according to research. Freshly secreted sweat has ...