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EXCLUSIVE: MCM Launches Capsule Made From Mirum Leather Alternative
The German luxury accessories brand worked for two years to develop the vegan, plastic-free version of its…
Biomaterials Company Pact Raises $12 Million in Seed Funding
The U.K.-based company will use the money on a pilot production facility for its inaugural material called…
Italy Design Supply Chain Data Hints Economy Is Turning the Page
Helped by an uptick in U.S. demand, data from the Italian federation of woodworking and furniture industries…
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Lab-grown Cotton Start-up Galy Raises $33 Million Series B Round From Inditex, H&M
Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy Ventures led the round focused on improving quality and scaling up.
EXCLUSIVE: Circ Launches Second Collab With Zara — and Why It Matters
The textile recycling tech company is scaling up its production and showing brands what circular materials…
Uncaged Innovations Raises $5.6 Million for Its Bio-based Leather Alternative
The next-gen biomaterials company is developing prototypes for Jaguar Land Rover and is in discussions with…
Ambercycle Partners With MAS Holdings to Scale Cycora
The manufacturing giant has agreed to purchase enough regenerated polyester from Ambercycle to make roughly…
Late Designer Gaetano Pesce Honored at Design Miami.Basel
Between Monday and June 16, Paris' Pulp Galerie will pay tribute to Pesce's free-spirited use of experimental…
Serena Uziyel Opens a New York Store, and More Locations Are on the Way
The Turkish designer is making her direct retail debut on New York's Broome Street, to be followed by…
Can Fashion Kick Its Virgin Synthetics Addiction?
The industry won't meet its collective climate targets if it sticks with materials born from new fossil fuel…
Why University of Texas at Austin Researchers Made Compostable Sequins and Recruited Designers
University of Texas at Austin researchers, faculty and students have blended science and design for…
Allegra Hicks on Ennobling Crochet
The London- and Naples-based artist debuted "Metamorphosis" at Nilufar, a curated room of furniture and…
H&M Group Makes Moves on Recycled Materials in Annual Sustainability Report
The group hit 25 percent recycled textiles in 2023, with the aim to double that by 2030 as it tries to go…
Recover Makes Key Exec Moves as Company Accelerates Capacity; Virtual Textile Library Launch
Madrid-based cotton recycler Recover appointed former Levi's and C&A exec Hans Ploos van Amstel to its board…
Key Trends at Maison & Objet’s 30th Birthday Edition
Buyers at the five-day winter edition of the Paris trade show said '80s and '90s motifs and pastel colors…