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DETA Creates Zero Waste Knitted Bathing Suits
This week, DETA Knitwear launches their brand new collection all…
Leverage Your Creativity (and Uncertainty) to Design a Better Business
Here at the Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator, the air…
Truth+Consequences: The Experimenter
Image: Magnolia Pictures Truth+Consequences is an ongoing column by Brooklyn…
U.S. Department of Commerce Awards $486K Research Grant to BF+DA
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INTERVIEW: Positive Impact Awards, Nicole Rycroft, Canopy
Canopy works with over 750 of the forest industry’s largest…
INTERVIEW: Positive Impact Awards, Lyndsay McGregor of Sourcing Journal
With more than 55,000 readers, Sourcing Journal is the premiere…
INTERVIEW: Positive Impact Awards, EILEEN FISHER’s Remade
As part of the Positive Impact Awards, we’re giving Remade…
INTERVIEW: Positive Impact Awards, Jill Dumain, Director of Sustainable Strategy, Patagonia
Jill Dumain’s titles at Patagonia have spanned positions in the…
INTERVIEW: Positive Impact Awards, Jamie Bainbridge, VP of Product Development, Bolt Threads
Jamie Bainbridge is the VP of Product Development at Bolt…
INTERVIEW: Positive Impact Awards, Jason Kibbey, CEO, Sustainable Apparel Coalition
In 2010, Patagonia’s Rick Ridgeway helped gather the top leaders…
The (Near) Impossibility of Organic Cotton Traceability
When it comes to the complexities of deeming a product…
Does The Traditional Fashion Calendar Fuel Overconsumption and Waste?
Brooklyn Accelerator’s Tara St James and Amy DuFault weigh in…
10 (Eco) Boutiques to Shop instead of Going to Fashion Week
We have gathered 10 e-commerce eco-friendly clothing boutiques you can shop…
10 Labor Rights Books That Will Make You Think Differently About Where Your Clothes Come From
Want to follow the story of a basic wardrobe staple…
Infographic : Apparel Industry Outsourcing In The U.S.
The U.S. Textile and Apparel Manufacturing industry has lost millions…
10 Futuristic Fashion Films That Have Us Dreaming of Dystopias
We would totally rock some of the outfits from those…
Yearly Textile Waste In The USA
How much textile waste is generated and recycled every year?…
LuRu Home on the Nankeen textile dyeing technique
Venture Fellow LuRu Home brings a contemporary edge to a traditional craft…
10 Textile Books We Want to Skip our Memorial Day BBQ to Read
It’s the Friday before Memorial Day weekend-do you know where…