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AI creates customized lingerie, recommends products
October 1st, 2024
Customers input a few words into the “AM by You” program by Adore Me to create artificial intelligence-generated fabric prints for custom bra and panty sets. It’s among Victoria Secret’s artificial intelligence-related modernization efforts. Image: Adore Me Customers of direct-to-consumer lingerie business Adore Me are designing their own fabric prints for bralette and panty sets, […]
Desktop biofiber spinner enables fast prototyping
October 1st, 2024
University of Colorado Boulder researchers developed a low-cost desktop machine (bottom) for spinning biofibers used in smart textile prototypes. The moisture sensor (center) included cotton, silver and gelatin fibers that were easily reclaimed for further trials. Though they used gelatin (top), the machine could be used to investigate other biopolymers. Images: Utility Research Lab By […]
Luxe packaging made from cotton textile waste
October 1st, 2024
Paper made from pre-consumer cotton scraps is recycled into packaging such as gift bags (above), decorative storage bins, journals, biodegradable urns, desk sets and gift boxes by Preserve Brands. The products support jobs for papermaking artisans in rural areas in India. Image: Preserve Brands Preserve Brands of Charlestown, Mass., has released Idealitee™, luxury cotton paper […]
Gen Phoenix aircraft seats designed for recycling
October 1st, 2024
Being able to recycle all parts of an aircraft seat, from seat cover to cushion to frame, meant taking that goal into consideration from the start of the design. Gen Phoenix aims to have the recycled seat covers available early next year. Image: Gen Phoenix and Doy Design Gen Phoenix, of Peterborough, England, recently unveiled […]
DITF investigates biopolymer finishes
October 1st, 2024
A bacteria-generated polymer was applied to cotton yarns by extrusion through a coating nozzle and showed smooth, good adhesion. Image: German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research Denkendorf Researchers at the German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research Denkendorf (DITF) are investigating bacteria-generated polymers that have potential to make textile coatings. The polymers created from […]