The Los Angeles International Textile Show for spring/summer 2019, which ran March 5 - 7th, celebrated its 25th Anniversary by showcasing a variety of fabrics, including interesting applications for the home fashions market. The FabricLink Network highlights several of the important home dècor color and fabric trends, and reviews some of the companies exhibiting fabrics for home dècor, upholstery and window applications.
11 Eco Upholstery Textiles Revolutionizing the Global Market - The 11 textiles below are some of the greenest and smartest now available to the residential and contract furnishings market.
Italy's Ohoskin partners with Recarbon to develop sustainable material - The new material, produced by combining Ohoskin’s leather alternative made from orange and cactus byproducts with Recarbon’s recycled carbon fibre,
| KARL MAYER spotlights new warp knit applications for home textiles
Knitted fabrics are among the most versatile materials in home textiles. Recent innovations include super-soft blankets with the look and feel of silk at the price of conven-tional midrange products.
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| A path to greener fashion: UBC and KPU collaborate on sustainable rayon production
New production method reduces solvent use by up to 70 per cent
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| Royal hand-me-downs! Princess Kate and Zara Tindall's sustainable fashion pact for their kids
The Princess of Wales and Zara Tindall have a shared vision when it comes to children's clothes
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| An alternative to PVC
Rivercyclon® 450 FR is a technical textile designed as an alternative to traditional PVC-coated fabrics. It is made entirely from polypropylene. Despite its construction, Rivercyclon passes various global fire safety standards.
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| Health care textiles: Engineered for excellence
The phrase “health care textiles” may first bring to mind medical devices and protective gear used in the operating room, but they’re much more varied. Besides hospitals, health care textiles are in any type of outpatient clinic or in residential facilities, from upholstery and mattress
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