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TECH TUESDAY: The Impact of Virtual & Augmented Reality on Fashion
As part of our ongoing quest to educate our growing…
2016: The Year That Politics Made Fashion Brands Pick Sides
You’ve probably had more conversations about Hillary Clinton and Donald…
Support NYC Ethical Fashion & Design Pop-Ups This Holiday Season
The Ethical Writers Holiday Gift Shop at the BF+DA This…
10 Fashion Brands Innovating with Textile Waste
In a world of excess, innovation comes not just in…
SERIES: Part 1-How Helpful Are Standards and Certifications?
The 2013 collapse of Rana Plaza should have never happened,…
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…
TECH TUESDAY: Wearable Experiments’ Billie Whitehouse Makes Us Football Fans
As part of our ongoing quest to educate our growing…
QUOTED: The Falling of Fashionopolis
“But as the pillars of the inner temples of fashionopolis…
VIDEO: BF+DA Founder Deb Johnson Talks McQueen at FashTech London
Launched in 2014, FashTech has produced events and curated discussions…
Andrew Bolton, The Met’s Costume Institute Curator Embraces Future Fashion
(Image: Fashion Redef) In a Fashion Redef original interview, Adam…
Friday 5: Five Stories That Changed The Way We Think About Fashion
Every week we put together our Friday 5 -five stories…
15 Textile Books To Add To Your Summer Reading List
Earlier this year, we rounded up 10 fantastic textile books,…
Friday 5: Five Stories That Changed The Way We Think About Fashion
Every week we put together our Friday 5 -five stories…
Friday 5: Five Stories That Changed The Way We Think
Every week we put together our Friday 5 -five stories…
Heritage Traditions Become Contemporary Take on Luxury
Have many heritage traditions become contemporary takes on luxury? Yvon…
Safety Wearables: Armor For the ‘Industrial Athlete’
The Crated, Strong Arm Technologies, and Bon Bouton by Flextra…
Lauren Slowik of Shapeways’ Ten Favorite 3D Scanning Projects
Lauren Slowik at the Brooklyn Fashion+Design Accelerator’s Tech Tuesday It…
A&E Launches Color Identification Mobile App
Continuing its 125-year tradition in textile manufacturing, American & Efird…
Live Chat on The Guardian: ‘Can Tech Give the Fashion Industry a Sustainability Makeover?’
Join experts from the Brooklyn Fashion+Design Accelerator, Patagonia, FashTech London,…
Join Us Wednesday At The FashTech London Summit!
Launched in 2014, FashTech has produced events and curated discussions…
Live Chat on The Guardian: ‘Can Tech Give the Fashion Industry a Sustainability Makeover?’
Join experts from the Brooklyn Fashion+Design Accelerator, Patagonia, FashTech London,…
INTERVIEW: Shifting the Myths About Tomboy Dressing
Kirrin Finch is a conscientious clothing company, founded by Brooklyn-based…
SOLD OUT! TECH TUESDAY: Make Mode’s 3D Printing Introduction Crash Course
As part of our ongoing quest to educate our growing…
4 Reasons Indie Designers Should Get Onboard the 3D Printing Train NOW
In the not-too-distant future, there is no part of our…
Sweden’s #Sharewear Hopes To Help Lower Carbon Footprint
According to Fast Company, VisitSweden and the Swedish Institute recently…
9 Female Farmers Changing The Fashion Industry
Image: La Rhea Pepper, Organic Cotton Farmer, Co-Founder and Senior…
Ghostworkers are Making Your Clothes
Marc Bain of Quartz writes on “A huge underclass of…
Is Clothing Made in Prison Really Ethical?
Business of Fashion writer Kate Abnett writes: “Across England and…
Positive Impact Awards: Teel Lidow, S. LAB Award for Sustainable Strategies
This year, to celebrate the Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator’s…
Positive Impact Awards: Aza Ziegler, Pratt Young Entrepreneurs Award
This year, to celebrate the Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator’s…
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
This year, to celebrate the Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator’s…
“Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology,” Exhibit At Met This May
According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple is “helping the…
The Wall Street Journal Explores Fashion’s Fair-Weather Supply Chain
The Wall Street Journal writes: “Even the biggest global brands…
Positive Impact Awards: Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman, Pratt Design Educators Award for Technology and Sustainability
This year, to celebrate the Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator’s…
CraftingPlastics! Fuses Plants, Craft and a Sprinkle of Technology
Image: Crafting Plastics Not Just a Label writes about Berlin-based…
Grad Student Creates Entire (Soft) Fashion Collection With 3-D Printers
Danit Peleg, who recently graduated from the Shenkar College of…
What’s The Price of Fresh Air in South Asia?
What’s the price of fresh air in South Asia? Environmentalists…
Google’s “Project Jacquard” Creates Conductive Yarn For Industrial Weaving
Bloomberg writes: “At last a technology company has grasped the…
What the Trans-Pacific Partnership Means for Fashion
We’ve been following the Trans-Pacific Partnership very closely and what…
Study NY, Kiva Zip and Conversations in Craft
Brooklyn Fashion+Design Accelerator Research Fellow and Production Coordinator Tara St…
CROSSOVER: The Unlikely Fusion of Fast Food & High Fashion
Sometimes the lines in design are blurred. Fashion collections, inspired…
VIDEO: Worn Stories Takes A Look at Fashion & Connection to Clothing
We recently had author Emily Spivack at the Brooklyn Fashion+Design…
Is 3D Printing Sustainable?
A look at how developments in technology are factoring into…
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…
VIDEO: ‘Cloud-Couture: The Intimate Connection Between Fashion and Technology’
Watch the video from the closing panel “Intimacy and Technology”…
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…
Farm Aid: Featuring The One Little Shirt That Could Change Everything
Amy DuFault gives us her thoughts on how Farm Aid, and…