Light-therapy clothing to help babies with jaundice

November 1, 2026  |  Swatches

Most adults have an immediate physical response to a baby’s cry, so medical therapies that don’t allow someone to pick up their newborn can be fraught for a caregiver. That was the motivation for Lucy Dunne, Ph.D., who’s developing a light-therapy garment for babies with jaundice. She is the c…
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Concept nonwoven zipper tape includes waste clothing

November 1, 2026  |  Swatches

Companies continually look for ways to increase sustainability efforts through research and testing the performance of fabrics containing recycled materials.
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Ripped ski pants inspires textile manufacturer BirdieBlue

November 1, 2026  |  Swatches

She wasn’t an entrepreneur or even a trained fabricator. But a mishap one day on the slopes led to Kate Harvey founding the Vermont textile remanufacturing business BirdieBlue. The company takes damaged outdoor gear and upcycles it into bags, keeping durable performance textiles out of the waste s…
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Prototype coat designed for disassembly and recycling

November 1, 2026  |  Swatches

Garment deconstruction is a major hindrance in postconsumer textile recycling, so designing a product with deconstruction and recycling in mind from the start is key. ALLIED Feather + Down, Bureo®, PERTEX, Resortecs and Peak Performance worked together to create a recyclable prototype jacket, the H…
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Axiom and Prada unveil the LCVG, the lunar suit’s inner layer

October 1, 2026  |  Swatches

Axiom Space and Prada unveiled their inner-layer astronaut suit, the Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment (LCVG), aiming for its use on the return to the lunar surface in Artemis IV, currently scheduled for 2028.
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In-garment air circulation for cooler protective clothing

October 1, 2026  |  Swatches

Routing air underneath protective clothing could make workers more comfortable as sweat and heat are conducted away from the body.
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Water-producing jacket produces drinking water from air vapor

October 1, 2026  |  Swatches

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a jacket that pulls drinking water directly from the air. The fabric technology is designed for use when water is hard to access, such as during hiking, camping or natural disasters as well as in military applications.
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Yacht project earns ATA NZ highest honor

October 1, 2026  |  Swatches

A client came to Boat Cover Company NZ in Auckland with a project on a 69-meter (226-foot) Samaya Feadship. The work brief requested the enclosure of the upper aft deck, with the goal of turning the space into an air-conditioned workout area, necessitating that it be airtight. The enclosure also ne…
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