AI creates customized lingerie, recommends products

October 1, 2024  |  Swatches

Customers of direct-to-consumer lingerie business Adore Me are designing their own fabric prints for bralette and panty sets, using just a few words input into the company’s generative artificial intelligence (AI) “AM by You” program.
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Desktop biofiber spinner enables fast prototyping

October 1, 2024  |  Swatches

By their nature, composite products are tough to separate and recycle, and e-textiles take that to another level. So researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder’s ATLAS Institute developed a desktop machine to enable materials designers to spin biofibers for smart textile prototypes. Biofibe…
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Luxe packaging made from cotton textile waste

October 1, 2024  |  Swatches

Preserve Brands of Charlestown, Mass., has released Idealitee™, luxury cotton paper packaging crafted from T-shirt-remnant fabric castoffs from the apparel industry in India. The paper is handcrafted by artisans in rural Indian villages, supporting hundreds of jobs. It is sun-dried, saving energy.…
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Gen Phoenix aircraft seats designed for recycling

October 1, 2024  |  Swatches

Gen Phoenix, of Peterborough, England, recently unveiled a change in its aircraft seat cover design, making the product able to be recycled and remade into new seat covers after the end of its service life. The new fabric is Helios, which contains finished leather scraps among its postindustrial and…
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DITF investigates biopolymer finishes

October 1, 2024  |  Swatches

Researchers at the German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research Denkendorf (DITF) are investigating bacteria-generated polymers that have potential to make textile coatings.
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