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Cotton Traceability Nearly Impossible Say Sustainability Experts
As more brands start to enter the traceability ring, they…
Positive Impact Awards: Fanmail, BF+DA Mentors Award for Entrepreneurship
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Positive Impact Awards: Carl Zimring, Pratt Design Educators for Technology and Sustainability
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Positive Impact Awards: Phelan, P.LAB Award for Design Innovation
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Positive Impact Awards: Adam Matthews, News Reporting on Sustainability – Feature
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Positive Impact Awards: Teel Lidow, S. LAB Award for Sustainable Strategies
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Positive Impact Awards: Lewis Perkins, Collaboration to Advance Sustainability in the Fashion Industry
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Positive Impact Awards: Aza Ziegler, Pratt Young Entrepreneurs Award
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Knitwear Embraces Tech To Create a New Future For Textiles
Tamsin Blanchard of The Guardian writes: “I am in one…
Positive Impact Awards: Madison Maxey, T.LAB Award for Technology and Apparel
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‘Book of Clothes,’ Proto-Social Media Selfies from the 1520s
Image: Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum The Atlantic writes: “Though remembered…
Positive Impact Awards: Jasmin Malik Chua, News Reporting on Sustainability–Daily Coverage
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Positive Impact Awards: Linda Greer, Industry Leadership in Creating a Sustainable Supply Chain
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“Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology,” Exhibit At Met This May
According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple is “helping the…
Positive Impact Awards: Caroline Kaufman, Pratt Young Entrepreneurs Award
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The Wall Street Journal Explores Fashion’s Fair-Weather Supply Chain
The Wall Street Journal writes: “Even the biggest global brands…
Positive Impact Awards: EILEEN FISHER, Corporate Leadership in Advancing Sustainability
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Fashion Burnout? WWD Reports
WWD writes: “With its chaotic fashion weeks, torrents of tweets…
Positive Impact Awards: Andrew Morgan, Sustainability in Film
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Positive Impact Awards: Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman, Pratt Design Educators Award for Technology and Sustainability
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Do You Know Where Your Halloween Costume Came From?
MTV News reports: “Halloween is a money-maker. Though the holiday’s got…
CraftingPlastics! Fuses Plants, Craft and a Sprinkle of Technology
Image: Crafting Plastics Not Just a Label writes about Berlin-based…
Aurora James Goes to Africa to Change Cultural Appropriation Through T-Shirts
Aurora James was selected this summer for the Vogue/CFDA Fashion…
The Kansas City Factories That Once Made Our Clothing
KCUR 89.3 is the flagship NPR station in the Kansas…
Etsy Vs. Amazon: Who Really Cares About Entrepreneurs?
The New York Times writes: “Amazon has stepped into the…
Lucy Jones Engineers Fashion For Wheelchair Users & The Disabled
Diana Budds recently wrote this fantastic article for Fast Company….
INTERVIEW: Adam Mott, Sustainability Director at The North Face on Taking Initiative
“It’s a fine line to walk,” Adam Mott tells me…
VIDEO: Local NYC Apparel Production Houses Partner with High School Designers
Local NYC apparel production houses in Brooklyn and Queens partnered…
EVENT: You Are What You Wear-New York’s Sustainable and Ethical Fashion Trade
While the value of what we put in our bodies…
‘Cheap Chic’ Book Resurfaces From 1975 as a Modern Manifesto
The New York Times writes: “It was an imperfect, yet…
The Supima Design Competition Partners with Pratt Institute’s BF+DA
Lauren Nahigian for Supima (Supima photos) According to the Supima…
VIDEO: Dressed in Code With Zac Posen and BF+DA Research Fellow Maddy Maxey
WWD writes: “All over Manhattan designers are calling in their…
Savile Row Tailors Embrace Tech
Google’s Project Jacquard smart fabric Forbes writer Rachel Arthur writes:…
The Rag Yards That Make Money Out of Your Discarded Clothes
The New Republic writes: “The average American throws away 68…
Toxic Fashion on Cover of Newsweek?!
Toxic fashion on the current cover of Newsweek? There’s enough…
VIDEO: Deborah Alden, Managing Director of the BF+DA at Tedx GrandRapids
Deborah Alden, Managing Director of the BF+DA discusses how a…
‘Wool’ From Slaughterhouse Waste: Cool or Creepy?
The Christian Science Monitor reports that researchers have pioneered a…
The Designer Amelia Earhart?
Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across…
Textile Plants Are Dhaka’s Water Problem And Solution
Water is becoming an increasingly hot topic world wide in…
Grad Student Creates Entire (Soft) Fashion Collection With 3-D Printers
Danit Peleg, who recently graduated from the Shenkar College of…
For Indian Weavers in Varanasi, Help for an Endangered Craft
For Indian weavers in Varanasi, their craft is in danger…
Pope Francis Calls Global Capitalism a ‘Subtle Dictatorship’
The New York Times writes “Pope Francis does not just…
Plastic Trash Makes For Good Surf Shorts
Plastic trash is having its moment. We wrote recently about…
What’s The Price of Fresh Air in South Asia?
What’s the price of fresh air in South Asia? Environmentalists…
Museum of Fine Arts Boston’s “Dress Up in a Kimono” Event Considered Racist
ArtNet News writes that “protesters are up in arms” over…
VIDEO: Nervous System Uses Floraform to Create 3D Printed Designs
Designboom writes that ‘Floraform,’ a generative design project by Massachusetts-based…
Black Girls Sew a New (Eco) Summer Camp in Brooklyn
Black Girls Sew™says on their site: “Black Girls Sew™ is…
Adidas Sneakers Knit Entirely From Ocean Nets
Fast Co.Exist writes: “As engineers work to find new ways…
Francis Bitonti: 3D Printing Has ‘Become Incredibly Stagnant’
Francis Bitonti tells Dezeen: “The 3D-printing industry ‘is choking off its…
FILM: Samsung and Vimeo Explore Our Relationships With Tech in “Connected Series”
How can we explore technology even deeper? How can we…
At the Cooper Hewitt: David Adjaye Selects
On view June 19, 2015 through Feb. 14, 2016 From…
Nineteenth Amendment and Macy’s Forge New Partnership
Recently at the 2015 New York Fashion Tech Lab, Macy’s…
LIVE VIDEO: Today is World Day Against Child Labor
To mark the World Day theme “No to Child Labour…
‘Space Between’ a Zero Waste Fashion Model Connecting Local Production & Waste
Space Between is a new business model for zero waste…
VIDEO: Electroloom Builds a 3D-Printer for Clothes
Ecouterre recently interviewed Electroloom founder Joseph White about the sustainable…
Bolt Threads Seeks to Make Material From Bacteria Genes Found In Spider Webs
TechCrunch writes of new startup Bolt Threads: “The startup plans…
When Yoga Trumps Fast Fashion
“Act from a place of love,” the rosy-faced yogi tells…
5 Tips For Considering Your Brand’s Identity For Market
Do you dream of turning your idea into a business?…
Google’s “Project Jacquard” Creates Conductive Yarn For Industrial Weaving
Bloomberg writes: “At last a technology company has grasped the…
5 Ways to Integrate Sustainability Into Your Design
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What the Trans-Pacific Partnership Means for Fashion
We’ve been following the Trans-Pacific Partnership very closely and what…
#10WEARS1WASH For World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
Did you know next month, June 17th is World Day…
Vietnam Only Wants Facilities That Use Clean Technology
Sourcing Journal reported today that Vietnam turned down foreign textile…
What Frida Kahlo Wore: The Artist’s Wardrobe Locked Up For 50 years
The Guardian writes: “After Frida Kahlo died in 1954, her…
Quoted: The Crossroads of ‘Should’ and ‘Must’ on BrainPickings
“A pointed finger is a victim’s logo… No matter how…
Study NY, Kiva Zip and Conversations in Craft
Brooklyn Fashion+Design Accelerator Research Fellow and Production Coordinator Tara St…
QUOTED: Factory Standards & Exploitation
“What threatens Bangladesh is not factory standards but political turmoil…As…
Indian Women Recast & Recycle Western Clothes
Unravel - Trailer from Soul Rebel Films on Vimeo. Aeon…
Zady’s .02 Slow Fashion T-Shirt Takes a Design Stop at the BF+DA
Ecouterre writes: “When is a T-shirt more than just another…
Pratt Institute Presents Its 2015 Master of Industrial Design Thesis Exhibition-“Fake ID”
The Pratt Institute will present its 2015 Master of Industrial…
An Interview with Lost in Fiber’s Abigail Doan on Tumbleweeds & Urban Seeds
Flotsam orbs by Abigail Doan on the work table at…
Quoted: Is Eco-Friendly Dye Technology Sustainable?
“The only way to produce clothing cheaply is to do…
Apple Buys Forests in Maine for Sustainable Supply Chain Move
Apple recently bought forests in Maine for a sustainable supply…
CROSSOVER: The Unlikely Fusion of Fast Food & High Fashion
Sometimes the lines in design are blurred. Fashion collections, inspired…
Kelly Holmes, Founder of Native Max Magazine Dispels Myth of Native Americans Not Existing
BuzzFeed writes: “When Kelly Holmes, founder of Native Max magazine,…
Quoted: The Rapper Heems on Immigrants Wearing Used Clothing
“I like it in theory — I like the idea…
Traditional Folk Embroidery Made Into Playable Music
Ecouterre reports on design student Zsanett Szirmay, of the Moholy-nagy…
VIDEO: Worn Stories Takes A Look at Fashion & Connection to Clothing
We recently had author Emily Spivack at the Brooklyn Fashion+Design…
Quartz: H&M’s “Sustainability” Report Hides the Unsustainable Reality of Fast Fashion
Quartz reported this morning on H&M’s “Sustainability” Report Hides the…
SUPPORT: Photochromia, An Apparel collection of UV Responsive Clothing
Brooklyn Fashion+Design Accelerator Research Fellows Maddy Maxey and Mari Kussman…
Patagonia Launches a ‘Worn Wear’ Tour of the U.S.
This spring Patagonia’s biodiesel repair truck is traveling from California…
Crossover: Lakota Quilts and Fast Fashion’s Stab at Native American Heritage
Sometimes the lines in design are blurred. Fashion collections, inspired…
VIDEO: BK Live Featuring BF+DA Production Coordinator Tara St James
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10 “Made In,” Fashion Facts That Might Surprise You
Do you know where your clothing came from? 18 years…
This Is What Your Brain Looks Like on Fast Fashion
Quartz put out a fascinating article today on the researched…
China’s “Factory Girls” Grow Up And Go On Strike
China’s “factory girls” growing up and going on strike, but…
Textiles Get DNA Tested to Authenticate Transparency
Sourcing Journal writes: “Transparency has quickly moved from an added…
What Sells More Than Sex? Insecurity
Sex sells. What sells even more? Insecurity. Multi-billion dollar industries…
ILO: 17 Million Children Engaged in Child Labor in South Asia
Sourcing Journal reports that nearly 17 million children between ages…
VIDEO: ‘Cloud-Couture: The Intimate Connection Between Fashion and Technology’
Watch the video from the closing panel “Intimacy and Technology”…
U.S. Designers Build Out Their Own Apparel Production Facilities
Headlines keep including more of the same fashion buzz words:…
Stop Chasing Low-Cost Country Sourcing
Originally posted on Sourcing Journal, Lyndsay McGregor It’s time for…
EILEEN FISHER’S Vision2020 a Sustainable Fashion Benchmark
When we got this email yesterday from one of our…
VIDEO: How Is Technology Changing Pattern, Color & Cloth in Fashion?
Image: The Unseen London Fashion Week and the British Fashion…
The BF+DA Welcomes Vegan Fashion House Vaute Couture!
We’re so happy to welcome Vaute Couture to the Brooklyn…
11 Brooklyn Accelerator Businesses You Should Shop This Black Friday
Black Friday pretty much goes against everything we stand for…
The CRATED Goes Beyond Wearable Tech Into Functional Fashion
The tech+fashion industry are still in the early stages in…