Mailroom #1
The first edition of The Mailroom, where we put listeners' fashion technology questions to industry friends and experts, as well as answering a couple ourselves.
Why Fashion Still Over-Develops
Despite decades’ worth of technology adoption and transformation initiatives, brands, on average, develop far more materials and style than they, or the market, actually need. What needs to change?
Can 3D Weaving Make Domestic Production Viable?
Arne Arens made the unusual leap from being a brand executive to leading a technology company in fashion’s most unforgiving segment: manufacturing innovation. From creating net-new jobs to translating digital product creation outputs into seamless garments, his big bet is on this transformation taking root.
The Forking Path From Invention To Industrialisation
Upstream innovation, in materials, processing, and production, has had a chequered few years. Promising pilots routinely fail to take flight or achieve commercial scale. What does success on the journey from lab to big-label deployment actually look like?
Five Years, Five Hundred Fabrics – Hard-Learned Truths About Material Digitisation
One company committed to building out a free-to-use library of high-fidelity digital fabrics, in industry-standard formats. In the process, it learned a lot about the state of the digital product creation ecosystem.
Sparxell, PANGAIA, and MTC Reach Breakthrough in World First Bio-Based Colour Innovation
The ELUCENT project has successfully moved bio-based pigments from laboratory research to industrial readiness, delivering the world’s first plastic-free, toxin-free and fully biodegradable reflective pigment.
The Untapped Potential Of Upstream AI
While fashion has focused on applying AI around the product, there’s a wider horizon of possibility in employing AI to redesign the most fundamental parts of the product itself.
Sparxell and Positive Materials Launch World’s First Plant-Based Bioinspired Structural Colour Ink
Sparxell, the Cambridge-based colour platform technology company founded by University of Cambridge scientists Dr Benjamin Droguet and Professor…
Rising Tariffs, Falling Imports, and the Push for Manufacturing Innovation
As U.S. tariffs disrupt global supply chains, companies are being forced to rethink their strategies. From rising costs to dwindling imports, we explore how innovations like Vivobarefoot's 3D-printed sandals might offer a glimpse into the future of localised production.
Earthsuits: Survival And Style on a Changing Planet Earth
From the crucible of the space race to the necessity of climate adaptation, what fashion can take away from past and present moments of fear, optimism, necessity, and invention.
Introducing YULASTIC® — A new, natural, and sustainable alternative to elastane
The launch of YULASTIC marks another major milestone in Yulex’s mission to replace petroleum-based materials with sustainable, plant-based alternatives.
How Fashion Can Meet the Changes in Development, Sourcing and Production of Sewn Products
In a moment with heightened volatility, fashion professionals must keep updated on global industry change by staying connected, and keep technology and sustainability front of mind in their roadmaps.
Pili Partners with Citizens of Humanity and Orta to Revolutionize the Denim Industry with Biobased Indigo
This breakthrough represents a turning point in the company's efforts to decarbonize the textile industry especially denim.
Fashion’s Year To Be Bold and Break New Ground
Beginning the year with momentum, Munich Fabric Start makes its return for their bi-annual event, encouraging the fashion industry to move with courage and flourish.