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Tara St James Launches Sustainable Fashion Strategy Consulting Post-BF+DA
June 11, 2019

Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator (BF+DA) Production Coordinator, research fellow…

Apparel Impact Institute’s Lewis Perkins Says Don’t Get Comfortable in Sustainability
May 21, 2019

Apparel Impact Institute President Lewis Perkins doesn’t want you to…

SIRIS NYC Knitwear Channels 70s Graffiti
April 16, 2019

Siris NYC is a sustainable menswear apparel brand handcrafted in…

Loomia’s Heated Smart Jacket Takes Chill Out of Summer
March 20, 2019

The LOOMIA H1 jacket is a heated jacket for the…

In Our Resource Library: Singtex Makes Fabric From Coffee Grounds
March 20, 2019

SINGTEX®, is a sustainable manufacturing company making outdoor functional fabrics…

BF+DA Research Fellows WearWorks Talk with TED & Dropbox on Pioneering Tech
February 25, 2019

TED Resident Keith Kirkland and his team at WearWorks use…

Samanta Cortes Launches Technical Embroidery Manufacturing at BF+DA
February 7, 2019

Of the 25 years Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator’s Technical…

23 Women Leading the World of Fashion Technology
February 6, 2019

These 23 women in the fashion tech space are making big moves in sustainability and beyond.

Pratt Industrial Design Students Look to Knitting Technology to Curb Waste
January 8, 2019

Pratt Master of Industrial Design student project by Nan Zhou…

New BF+DA Associate Managing Director Richa Agarwal on Positive Change in Fashion
November 16, 2018

We are so happy to welcome our new Associate Managing…

BF+DA Research Fellow Russell Joye To Focus on Helping Dad with Parkinsons
October 30, 2018

BF+DA Research Fellow Russell Joye’s father Michael When BF+DA Research…

CLO Teaches Apparel Design at BF+DA with 3D Garment Simulation
October 18, 2018

CLO recently hosted a 3-day Open Workshop at the Brooklyn…

Automation Leaves Women Garment Workers Vulnerable, A Video Game Aims to Change That
October 9, 2018

Image: Shimmy Upskill Technology has changed how we make clothing,…

Burberry Stops Incinerating Clothing Launching ‘Responsibility Agenda’
September 26, 2018

The South China Morning post recently wrote a story “Where…

Genetically Engineered Clothes: Forward Thinking or Harmful?
September 18, 2018

Can science make for a better fashion future? That has…

Allbirds Launches Sustainable Flip Flops & Goes Open Source
August 3, 2018

The Current Daily reports today that Allbirds has announced the…

TALKING TEK-TILES: How is Arduino Sustainable?
July 23, 2018

Arduino image, Chloe Falkenheim What is arduino? It’s more than…

INTERVIEW: Olivia Burca on the Future of Yoga & Interactive Clothing
July 9, 2018

Olivia Burca is a designer in sustainability and technology and…

27 Textile Books to Read Instead of Going to the 4th of July Barbecue
June 27, 2018

Summer is in full swing and while everyone else is…

How to Redefine Fashion & Tech in 10 Weeks in Brooklyn
June 26, 2018

Design for fashion’s future is being flipped on its well-coifed…

Op-Ed: I Am A Disabled Cyborg
June 21, 2018

On the heels of our recent Pizza, Beer and Ethics…

LISTEN: Laura Forlano on Designing Textiles for Equality & Justice
June 19, 2018
BF+DA’s TEK-TILES Project Focuses on Adaptive Clothing for Year Two
June 8, 2018
COMPUTER 1.0 Explores the Industrial Revolution’s Impact on Textiles & Tech
May 24, 2018

What happens when you let two people, from two different…

BU Period’s Smart Sanitary Pad Helping Women Take Health Back
May 21, 2018

Vanessa Siverls is the developer of BUP Smart Pad, a…

DETA Creates Zero Waste Knitted Bathing Suits
May 15, 2018

This week, DETA Knitwear launches their brand new collection all…

BF+DA’s Make It Black Selected For Levi’s Collaboratory
May 8, 2018

Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator business Make it Black has…

Four Rabbit’s Tyvek Jacket Embraces Zero Waste
April 26, 2018

Four Rabbit’s Tsunami Jacket on Kickstarter aims to throw the…

Dana Bronfman’s 3D Printed Sustainable and Socially Conscious Jewelry
March 26, 2018

Dana Bronfman makes jewelry that tells many stories – of…

Can a Proposed Plastic ‘Pollution’ Garment Label Change the Apparel Industry?
March 21, 2018
#PressforProgress in the Fashion Industry This International Women’s Day
March 8, 2018

With International Women’s Day upon us, we look to storytelling…

New York State Awards Regional Economic Development Grant to BF+DA
December 30, 2017

Pratt Institute’s Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator (BF+DA) has been…

The BF+DA Kicks Off Futureworks Fashion Tech Residency
December 12, 2017
Designers Turn to Bespoke Textile Printing with Mimaki
November 14, 2017
Dutch Design Studio Nienke Hoogvliet Explores Seaweed Textiles
October 27, 2017
POSITIVE IMPACT AWARDS: Avery Dennison Advances Responsible Technology
October 10, 2017

If some 10 billion products in the apparel, accessories and…

Knitted Rooms at New York Textile Month
September 25, 2017

TALENT! is an ongoing exhibition series featuring graduate works from…

Throwback Tech: The Cotton Gin
September 11, 2017

When we consider technology as it relates to apparel in…

Grammar Launches 5 Perfect White Shirts
September 5, 2017

Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator based business Grammar just launched…

Friday 5: Five Stories That Changed The Way We Think About Fashion
September 1, 2017

Every week we put together our Friday 5 -five stories…

Sustainable Fashion Roadmap: Low Water Use Fibers
August 31, 2017

When thinking about low water use fibers, have you considered…

Algorithms Are Set to Replace Designers in the Fashion Industry
August 29, 2017

Quartz’s Marc Bain writes in “Amazon has an algorithm that…

Friday 5: Five Stories That Changed The Way We Think About Fashion
August 25, 2017

Every week we put together our Friday 5 -five stories…

A Q&A With Mimaki on Environmentally Friendly Digital Printing
August 1, 2017

Mimaki USA is a global industry leader and manufacturer of…

THEUNSEEN Creates Clothing That Senses Water Pollution
July 20, 2017
The BF+DA’s TEK-TILES Team Creates 30 Smart Textiles
July 17, 2017
Google Digitizes Fashion on ‘We Wear Culture’ Platform
June 20, 2017

“We Wear Culture” is a collaboration between Google and more…

Project Reefstone Uses Data-Generative Garments Showcasing Ocean Warming
June 8, 2017

Project Reefstone is a data-generative garment from Brooklyn Fashion +…

The BF+DA Launches TEK-TILES
June 8, 2017
Futureworks Shops Opens Access to 9 Advanced Manufacturing Spaces
May 12, 2017

Prototyping in New York City just got a whole lot…

Customization, 3D Knitwear and The Future of Fashion
May 2, 2017
‘Shoetopia’ Makes 3D Sneakers Biodegradable
April 27, 2017

Barbara Motylińska and Zuza Gronwicz’s biodegradable 3D sneaker According to…

Can Wearable Technology Catalyze the Future of Sustainable Fashion?
April 6, 2017
7 Ways Textiles & Design Are Helping Refugees
March 28, 2017

In the face of the refugee crisis, many designers are…

The Future of Fabric Will Be Grown by Scientists, Not Farmers
March 14, 2017
Gender Stereotyping ‘Textiles’ & ‘Materials’
March 10, 2017
Is Neurocouture the New ‘Sexy’ in Fashion?
March 9, 2017

OpenBCI is a Brooklyn- based company providing open- source EEG…

BF+DA Knitwear Apprenticeship Open!
February 7, 2017

The Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator has just opened a…

INTERVIEW: The Impact of Virtual & Augmented Reality on Fashion
January 31, 2017
Adidas Uses Synthetic Spider Silk For Biodegradable Sneakers
November 22, 2016

According to Designboom, “Adidas’ Futurecraft has dedicated the past years…

10 Fashion Brands Innovating with Textile Waste
November 18, 2016

In a world of excess, innovation comes not just in…

U.S. Department of Commerce Awards $486K Research Grant to BF+DA
November 15, 2016

2016 Research Fellow Maddy Maxey, founder of Loomia. Photo by…

SERIES: Part 1-How Helpful Are Standards and Certifications?
October 27, 2016

The 2013 collapse of Rana Plaza should have never happened,…

INTERVIEW: Positive Impact Awards, Jamie Bainbridge, VP of Product Development, Bolt Threads
October 13, 2016

Jamie Bainbridge is the VP of Product Development at Bolt…

What If the Unworn Clothes in Your Closet Could Tweet at You to Wear Them?
September 1, 2016

In visions of the future, it’s often the machines that…

INTERVIEW: Teknikio Likens Wearable Tech to Zippers
August 29, 2016

“Wearable technology” is creating quite the buzz these days. Though…

QUOTED: The Falling of Fashionopolis
August 27, 2016

“But as the pillars of the inner temples of fashionopolis…

VIDEO: BF+DA Founder Deb Johnson Talks McQueen at FashTech London
August 25, 2016

Launched in 2014, FashTech has produced events and curated discussions…

NYC Fashion M.A.D.E. Awards the BF+DA a Knitwear Grant
August 22, 2016

A big thanks to a new NYC initiative, NYC Fashion…

Andrew Bolton, The Met’s Costume Institute Curator Embraces Future Fashion
August 18, 2016

(Image: Fashion Redef) In a Fashion Redef original interview, Adam…

Friday 5: Five Stories That Changed The Way We Think About Fashion
August 5, 2016

Every week we put together our Friday 5 -five stories…

Rio Olympians Suit Up in High-Tech Apparel
August 3, 2016

Business of Fashion writes: “For the Rio Olympics, Nike used…

Etology Embraces a Circular Economy For Fashion With Information Tech
July 19, 2016

Etology, a fashion tech company embracing circular economy principles will…

Friday 5: Five Stories That Changed The Way We Think About Fashion
July 15, 2016

Every week we put together our Friday 5 -five stories…

Friday 5: Five Stories That Changed The Way We Think About Fashion
June 24, 2016

Every week we put together our Friday 5 -five stories…

15 Textile Books To Add To Your Summer Reading List
June 21, 2016

Earlier this year, we rounded up 10 fantastic textile books,…

Wearable Experiments’ Football Fan Shirt Connects Players to People
June 16, 2016

Wearable Experiments and Billie Whitehouse just announced the European launch…

Are Robots The New Seamstresses?
June 3, 2016

According to Business of Fashion, robots just might be the…

Fashion Innovation Alliance, Connecting Leading Voices in Fashion+Tech Policy
June 2, 2016

Based in Washington D.C., The Fashion Innovation Alliance serves as…

Safety Wearables: Armor For the ‘Industrial Athlete’
May 31, 2016

The Crated, Strong Arm Technologies, and Bon Bouton by Flextra…

Lauren Slowik of Shapeways’ Ten Favorite 3D Scanning Projects
May 25, 2016

Lauren Slowik at the Brooklyn Fashion+Design Accelerator’s Tech Tuesday It…

3D Printing’s “Pink Panther” Sets Stage For Talking Feminism In Tech
May 20, 2016

When you start poking around 3D printing blogs, marketplaces, websites,…

10 Billion Items of Connected Clothing, A New Mine for Sustainability Data
May 13, 2016

Forbes writes that some 10 billion products in the apparel,…

A&E Launches Color Identification Mobile App
May 11, 2016

Continuing its 125-year tradition in textile manufacturing, American & Efird…

Female Farmers Changing The Fashion Industry-Profile: Jeanne Carver
May 10, 2016

This interview is part of a series focused on female…

5 Ways Designers Are Using Pollution For Good
May 2, 2016

Image: Bury Pollution Garment: Alex Tosti Today, one in eight…

Are Self-Cleaning Fabrics In Our Future? New Research Says Yes
April 19, 2016

Image: RyanMcGuire Almost a quarter of the water used in…

Join Us Wednesday At The FashTech London Summit!
April 12, 2016

Launched in 2014, FashTech has produced events and curated discussions…

Live Chat on The Guardian: ‘Can Tech Give the Fashion Industry a Sustainability Makeover?’
April 11, 2016

Join experts from the Brooklyn Fashion+Design Accelerator, Patagonia, FashTech London,…

The Textile Industry Looks to Tech for Revival
April 1, 2016

As the textile industry looks to tech for a modern…

4 Reasons Indie Designers Should Get Onboard the 3D Printing Train NOW
March 16, 2016

In the not-too-distant future, there is no part of our…

Is The Next Industrial Revolution 3D Centric?
February 29, 2016

TechCrunch writes: “3D printing is making its way forward in…

BF+DA Research Fellow Maddy Maxey Gets a Today Show Close Up!
February 26, 2016

The TODAY show just launched a special series in honor…

Evolving Fabrics Might Just Lead Fashion’s Tech Future
January 5, 2016

Lauren Bowker and her studio THE UNSEEN have come up…

Iris Van Herpen’s ‘Transforming Fashion’ Exhibit Launches in Atlanta
December 1, 2015

Image: Bart Oomes, No 6 Studios, Chemical Crows (2008) Fast…

Positive Impact Awards: Fanmail, BF+DA Mentors Award for Entrepreneurship
November 15, 2015

This year, to celebrate the Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator’s…

Positive Impact Awards: Carl Zimring, Pratt Design Educators for Technology and Sustainability
November 12, 2015

This year, to celebrate the Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator’s…

Positive Impact Awards: Phelan, P.LAB Award for Design Innovation
November 12, 2015

This year, to celebrate the Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator’s…

Positive Impact Awards: Madison Maxey, T.LAB Award for Technology and Apparel
November 6, 2015

This year, to celebrate the Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator’s…

Positive Impact Awards: Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman, Pratt Design Educators Award for Technology and Sustainability
October 23, 2015

This year, to celebrate the Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator’s…

Do You Know Where Your Halloween Costume Came From?
October 22, 2015

MTV News reports: “Halloween is a money-maker. Though the holiday’s got…

CraftingPlastics! Fuses Plants, Craft and a Sprinkle of Technology
October 15, 2015

Image: Crafting Plastics Not Just a Label writes about Berlin-based…

The Kansas City Factories That Once Made Our Clothing
October 10, 2015

KCUR 89.3 is the flagship NPR station in the Kansas…

VIDEO: Dressed in Code With Zac Posen and BF+DA Research Fellow Maddy Maxey
September 9, 2015

WWD writes: “All over Manhattan designers are calling in their…

Savile Row Tailors Embrace Tech
September 3, 2015

Google’s Project Jacquard smart fabric Forbes writer Rachel Arthur writes:…

‘Wool’ From Slaughterhouse Waste: Cool or Creepy?
August 10, 2015

The Christian Science Monitor reports that researchers have pioneered a…

Textile Plants Are Dhaka’s Water Problem And Solution
August 5, 2015

Water is becoming an increasingly hot topic world wide in…

Grad Student Creates Entire (Soft) Fashion Collection With 3-D Printers
July 26, 2015

Danit Peleg, who recently graduated from the Shenkar College of…

Hate Planned Obsolescence? Consider the Fairphone
July 22, 2015

Some things wear out faster than others. Part of that…

VIDEO: Nervous System Uses Floraform to Create 3D Printed Designs
July 8, 2015

Designboom writes that ‘Floraform,’ a generative design project by Massachusetts-based…

Adidas Sneakers Knit Entirely From Ocean Nets
July 2, 2015

Fast Co.Exist writes: “As engineers work to find new ways…

Francis Bitonti: 3D Printing Has ‘Become Incredibly Stagnant’
June 29, 2015

Francis Bitonti tells Dezeen: “The 3D-printing industry ‘is choking off its…

FILM: Samsung and Vimeo Explore Our Relationships With Tech in “Connected Series”
June 26, 2015

How can we explore technology even deeper? How can we…

Nineteenth Amendment and Macy’s Forge New Partnership
June 19, 2015

Recently at the 2015 New York Fashion Tech Lab, Macy’s…

The (New) Wild West: Regulating Wearable Tech
June 8, 2015

The (new) wild west of navigating and regulating wearable tech…

VIDEO: Electroloom Builds a 3D-Printer for Clothes
June 7, 2015

Ecouterre recently interviewed Electroloom founder Joseph White about the sustainable…

Bolt Threads Seeks to Make Material From Bacteria Genes Found In Spider Webs
June 6, 2015

TechCrunch writes of new startup Bolt Threads: “The startup plans…

Google’s “Project Jacquard” Creates Conductive Yarn For Industrial Weaving
June 1, 2015

Bloomberg writes: “At last a technology company has grasped the…

Cloud Couture – Closing Panel
May 24, 2015

During the 2015 New York Fashion Week, BF+DA presented its…

Vietnam Only Wants Facilities That Use Clean Technology
May 12, 2015

Sourcing Journal reported today that Vietnam turned down foreign textile…

Quoted: Is Eco-Friendly Dye Technology Sustainable?
April 27, 2015

“The only way to produce clothing cheaply is to do…

CROSSOVER: The Unlikely Fusion of Fast Food & High Fashion
April 22, 2015

Sometimes the lines in design are blurred. Fashion collections, inspired…

Traditional Folk Embroidery Made Into Playable Music
April 17, 2015

Ecouterre reports on design student Zsanett Szirmay, of the Moholy-nagy…

SUPPORT: Photochromia, An Apparel collection of UV Responsive Clothing
April 7, 2015

Brooklyn Fashion+Design Accelerator Research Fellows Maddy Maxey and Mari Kussman…

Is 3D Printing Sustainable?
April 1, 2015

A look at how developments in technology are factoring into…

VIDEO: BK Live Featuring BF+DA Production Coordinator Tara St James
March 27, 2015

BK Live 3/16/15: BK Garment from Brooklyn Independent Media on…

Textiles Get DNA Tested to Authenticate Transparency
March 10, 2015

Sourcing Journal writes: “Transparency has quickly moved from an added…

VIDEO: ‘Cloud-Couture: The Intimate Connection Between Fashion and Technology’
February 28, 2015

Watch the video from the closing panel “Intimacy and Technology”…

VIDEO: How Is Technology Changing Pattern, Color & Cloth in Fashion?
December 24, 2014

Image: The Unseen London Fashion Week and the British Fashion…

The CRATED Goes Beyond Wearable Tech Into Functional Fashion
November 25, 2014

The tech+fashion industry are still in the early stages in…

Samples & Small Scale Production at the BF+DA
November 10, 2014

From sketch to tech pack to pattern to finished sample,…

Fashion Brands Make Commitment to Endangered Forest-Free Fabrics
October 31, 2014

Building momentum for Canopy’s Fashion Loved by Forest initiative, Levi…

SUPPORT: Evrnu Launches Campaign to Recycle Cotton Garment Waste
October 28, 2014

Evrnu™ has created an innovative new technology that recycles cotton…

That’s a Wrap! Reflections on FashTech NYC
September 22, 2014

With fashionistas, retailers and influencers all jetting to NYC for…

Where Was That Fast-Fashion Shirt Made? Could Be L.A.
July 31, 2014

With each passing day, the global fashion industry churns out…

Adafruit’s Becky Stern on Wearable Tech, Teenagers & Making Electronics Natural
July 30, 2014

Get to know Becky Stern of Adafruit Industries. Becky Stern is…

INTERVIEW: C.L.A.S.S. Eco-Textile Library CEO Giusy Bettoni on High-Tech Fabrics
May 7, 2014

We caught up with C.L.A.S.S. Eco-Textile Library CEO Giusy Bettoni…

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