Technical textiles have grown big enough to have exhibitions devoted to them. Fashion fabrics can have technical functions like moisture transference, ultraviolet protection, and wind proofing antistatic and thermal conservation.

Bio-tech recycled-polymer based fiber has lasting skin care properties. It is composed of ocean collagen peptide and recycled rayon fiber, both of which are biodegradable. Some fabrics apart from the weatherproof properties have conductors with the potential to supply heating and illumination. Various micro systems are being integrated into fabrics, including polymer photonics, micro fluids and smart power.

Some companies are producing millions of meters of technical fabrics with features such as four-way stretch and permeability. Many of them relate to comfort but also to fashionable areas like double face. Many of these technical creations have a fashionable slant. Technical features are also increasingly incorporated into suitings, overcoats and shirtings. Rubberised finishes have come in. The biggest unrealised potential is the fabric as a second skin, sending and receiving messages from the brain.

German companies like Development Never Stops supply brands with the wherewithal for prototypes of functional and technological fabrics. Among such fabrics are anti-bacterial, perfumed fabrics with four-way stretch. One Chinese company has introduced magical printing as one of its innovations.

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