A new cationic dyed polyester yarn by cooling yarn innovator brrr° can be single dyed or double dyed to achieve a true heathered and/or solid look for increased flexibility in designing fabrics made with brrr yarns.

brrr°’s new CD polyester yarn can be piece dyed or yarn dyed in any color to get a genuine cationic dyed heathered appearance or a solid color look in the finished product.

The new brrr° CD yarn is spun in Taiwan and can be used in knit or woven fabrics, and is ideal for base layers, sleepwear, activewear and other lifestyle apparel. As with all brrr° products, the new brrr° CD polyester yarn has been independently lab tested by globally recognized third parties to prove that it outperforms other cooling brands in the market.

brrr° offers brrr° polyester and brrr° nylon yarns, as well as a library of fabrics with an array of natural rich blends and synthetic rich compositions such as cotton, wool, nylon and other materials used to achieve specific attributes in textiles.

For the very first time Bemberg™ by Asahi Kasei will participate in the White Sustainable Milano, the first fashion trade show entirely dedicated to the research and focus on new materials and technologies able to lead to a real ecological transition, developed in collaboration with GiusyBettoni, CEO and founder CLASS, and Marco Poli, Founder of The Style Lift. Its aim is to meet the downstream part of the supply chain, the one attending fashion weeks, in order to share with them how intriguing, fascinating and valuable the world of responsible, innovative textiles can be.

This year, Bemberg™ celebrates nine decades of commitment to deliver true timeless beauty, style and touch thanks to its responsible innovation heritage and soul. It willre launch a new gender aesthetics that speaks about contemporary values of transparency, inclusivity and sustainability. The new claim “Crafted Elegance” perfectly embodies Bemberg’s values of preciousness, uniqueness, quality and refined aesthetic blended with innovation and responsible values.

Focusing on the theme ‘Alliances for a New Era,’ Global Fashion Summit: Copenhagen Edition 2022 will endeavor to form previously inconceivable alliances within the fashion industry and examine atypical cross-industry alliances to accelerate the transition to a net positive reality.

The Global Fashion Summit: Copenhagen Edition 2022 will be held on June 7 and 8, at the Royal Opera House, Copenhagen, Denmark. The summit will be presented by Global Fashion Agenda, the non-profit organisation that fosters industry collaboration in fashion to drive impact, under the patronage of HRH The Crown Princess of Denmark.

The theme will be represented on the main stage of the Summit during plenary sessions consisting of high-level keynote speeches and panels. These will bring together speakers for transparent conversations about their mutual challenges and collaborate to discuss the actions needed to tackle the urgent issues.

After beating first-half profit estimates, the Woolworths Group forecasts improved financial performance in the second half. The supermarket brand has benefited from people stocking up essentials during the various stages of lockdowns. In the first half of this fiscal year, Woolworths' profit after tax from continuing operations declined to A$795 million from A$850 million a year earlier. However, it was better than the estimated profit compiled by Visible Alpha of $746 million,

Surging COVID cases also drove up Woolworths’ costs during the first half as its frontline, warehouse and delivery staff was forced to isolate. This also limited its ability to restock shelves. . Overall, company incurred A$239 million in COVID-related costs during the first half. Most of this was spent on its stores' distribution centres as well as supply chain disruptions.

However, curbs due to the Omicron variant caused sales in the food segment to surge by upto 5 per cent in the first seven weeks of 2022.

The Barcelona Bridal Fashion Week will host over 20 shows featuring over 300 brands from April 20-23, 2022. The trade show will be from April 22-24 at Palaces 1 and 2 of the Montjuic exhibition centre. The event will be organized by Fira de Barcelona and the Departament d'Empresa i Treball de la Generalitat de Catalunya,

The event will present established Spanish brands such as Jesus Peiro, the Pronovias Group, Rosa Clará, Yolancris, Sophie et Voilà, Marco & Maria, Sonia Perfia, Carla Ruiz, Ramón Sanjurjo, Inuñez, Novia d'Art and Tot-hom. It will also for the first time host Lebanese brand Zuhair Murad’s designs alongwith those of American brands Demetrios, Justin Alexander, Enzoani, Randy Fenoli, Allure and Amsale. Italian brands Nicole Milano, Peter Langner, Andrea Sedici, Elisabetta Polignano, Poesie Sposa, Simone Marulli, Valentini, Amelia Casablanca, Bellantuono, and Maison Signore will also participate in the event. Its other international participating brands will include brands include Ukrainian Milla Nova, Madi Lane from Australia, Korean Vestal, Julie Vino from Israel, the French Cymbeline, Daalarna from Hungary and Romanian Otilia Brailoiu.

The show will focus on the evolution of bridal fashion and present a season full of novelties and creativity, says Estermaria Laruccia, Event Director. It aims to evolve with the changing norms and customs in the market and promote sustainability throughout the product value chain. It also aims to accept diversity as an invaluable source of wealth, she adds.

Besides the physical event, BBFW will also launch a digital platform until the end of July. The online space will be divided into two sections with one section dedicated to participating brands and experts and the other to general public. The event is the first to be organized since the Barcelona Bridal Fashion Week 2021, held in collaboration with the Save The Children foundation last October.

The fact that around 48 per cent of companies surveyed by the 12th ITMF Corona Survey find their business satisfactory despite Omicron-led disruptions is an indication of a strong business recovery across segments.

Textile value chain to remain optimistic

Companies across all regions and segments reported a favorable situation with business growing at around 3 percentage points. In the next six months, the global textile value chain is expected to remain optimistic with only 14 per cent companies anticipating a decline in business by July 2022.

Growth in downstream segment to match upstream growth

Business across all regions except East Asia and Africa is expected to remain positive. The downstream segments including weavers/knitters, finishers/printers and garment producer are expected to remain on par with upstream segments including fiber producers, spinners and textile machinery producer.

Order intake to remain unchanged

Order intake is not likely to change in the next six months. Since November 2021, order intake has declined from a high level of +40pp in November 2021 to +30pp in January 2022. Since May 2021, order backlog is hovering between 2.4 and 2.9 months with the capacity utilization rate also growing slowly. This indicates the magnitude of supply chain disruptions faced by the industry.

Contributing to industry evolution

The 12th ITMF Corona Survey was conducted by the Indian Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) in the latter half of January 2022. The survey questioned around 270 companies around the world in all segments along the textile value chain. For the first time since May 2021, companies were asked to rate their current business situations, their expectations for the future, current order situation, pending orders and rate of capacity utilization.

An international forum for the world’s textile industries, ITMF is dedicated to keeping its members across the world informed about the latest industry development through surveys, studies and publications. It also contributes to the industry’s evolution by organizing annual conferences and publishing expert opinions on future industry trends and international developments.

YKK has launched a new collection of Natulon® recycled zippers made with Econyl® regenerated nylon. Econyl® nylon, manufactured by AquafilSpA and supplied in collaboration with ITOCHU Corporation, is made entirely from nylon waste collected all around the world, such as industrial plastic, fabric scraps, old carpets and fishing nets from the aquaculture sector. The material can be continuously recycled without loss of quality.

YKK will offer Econyl® regenerated nylon products in three categories to the European market. These include; Vislon® Natulon®, a recycled zipper made with Econyl®, a fully Econyl® plastic injected zipper; Excella® Natulon® a recycled zipper made with Econyl®, a top-of-the-range brushed metal zipper; Recycled sew-on button made with Econyl®, a simple button to sew on nylon garments.

YKK has been expanding its Natulon® recycled zippers series, which features zipper tapes made from PET bottles, old fibers, and other polyester residues. It recently introduced NATULON Plus™, in which the chain and the slider are also made entirely of recycled polyester. Additionally, the company’s new AcroPlating® technology significantly reduces the environmental impacts of metal plating.

The new collection of recycled zippers made with Econyl® regenerated nylon will be part of the YKK SS23 Collection.

In the last one year, Spanish apparel retailer Mango has doubled the percentage of sustainable garments in its collection. Currently, around 80 per cent of the garments sold by Spanish apparel retailer are sustainable. By 2025, the company plans to recyle 100 per cent of the polyester it uses and trace the origins of all cellulose fibers.

The company is also maintaining its goal that 100 per cent of the cotton used will be of sustainable origin by 2025. In 2021, Mango achieved a 91 per cent use of sustainable cotton and a 59 per cent use of cellulose fibres of controlled origin. Furthermore, 54 per cent of the polyester used was recycled, achieving the initial target four years ahead of time.

In its journey towards sustainability, Mango has signed agreements with various bodies and companies worldwide. Key coalitions it forms part of include the International Accord, the Fashion Pact and the United Nations Fashion Charter for Climate.

In 2021, Mango implemented a new water management strategy to reduce the consumption and increase the efficiency of this resource. Within this context, it has signed up to the ZDHC Roadmap to Zero programme as a ‘Collaborator’. Mango has also signed up to the Canopy Style initiative, which is committed to protecting forests by ensuring the responsible use of all cellulose materials used in garments, paper and packaging.

Mango has also signed up to the net zero target for 2050. In its journey to achieve net zero emissions, the company has set itself new intermediate targets. It has committed to reduce its direct emissions by 80 per cent, as well as those generated by the Scope 1 and 2 energy it consumes, by 2030. It has also committed to reduce by 35 per cent the Scope 3 emission it produces in its supply chain by the same year.

Fashion for Good has launched the ‘Untapped Agricultural Waste Project’ to validate and scale technologies that can successfully transform agricultural waste into sustainable textile fibres. To be funded by Laudes Foundation, the project has been launched in partnership with adidas, Bestseller, Vivobarefoot and Birla Cellulose, and six innovators. The consortium project will assess the technical feasibility of natural fibres created by the selected innovators using agricultural waste such as rice husks, hemp, wheat straw, banana and pineapple.

The 18 month ‘Untapped Agricultural Waste Project’ leverages findings from their 2021 report, ‘Spinning Future Threads,’ authored by the Institute for Sustainable Communities, the World Resources Institute India and Wageningen University and Research. The report maps agricultural waste in eight countries across South and Southeast Asia, identifying the untapped opportunities in agricultural waste streams including rice husks, wheat straw, banana and pineapple production, which are the focus of this project.

The six fibre innovators, AltMat, Bananatex, Chlorohemp, Agraloop by Circular Systems, HempTex India and 9Fiber, will be further developing a variety of different natural fibres and fibre blends with a focus on trialling the highest percentage of agricultural waste, while also achieving the necessary performance requirements. Birla Cellulose will work closely with the innovators providing expertise to develop and prepare their new materials for wider adoption in the fashion supply chain, with the participating project brand partners supporting the testing and eventual scaling of these fibres.

This first phase of the project concludes in December 2022. To further drive supply chain adoption and move beyond lab scale, the next phase of the project will pilot the agri-waste fibres from selected innovators in collaboration with partner brands and supply chain players in commercial facilities to produce larger quantities. This next phase ultimately aims to further enable brand offtake agreements and financing to facilitate scaling.

Coloreel, with its unique technology for digital dyeing of textile thread on-demand, has expanded partnership with US leading distributor of embroidery machines, Hirsch Solutions.

Hirsch Solutionsis the leading distributor of embroidery machines and other decoration equipment on the US market, with a large network of high-end customers in the textile and decoration industry.

With the strengthened partnership, both companies are making additional investment in the areas of sales, service & support and marketing to meet the increased demand on the US market. As a result, Hirsch has the exclusive sales rights when Coloreel is purchased for use with a Tajima Embroidery Machine in the US. Additionally, Hirsch is authorized to distribute Coloreel to the entire US territory.

Coloreel is a Swedish textile innovation brand with a groundbreaking technology for embroidery that enables high-quality coloring of textile thread on demand, unlocking a world of potential.

Coloreel is also part of the movement to reduce waste and move the textile industry towards more sustainable production. By coloring the thread directly, there is no wastewater, hence no water pollution. And, using a single reel of thread and needle also means minimized thread waste and minimized microfiber pollution.

Since our inception in 1968, Hirsch Solutions has been helping apparel decorators of all levels - beginners to professionals - start, grow and diversify their business. From embroidery to screen printing to textile laser engraving to direct to garment digital printing and more.