Dion Vijeboom: Expert of Green Jeans
In conversation with Dion Vijgeboom, the co-owner of Mud Jeans with a very special title tagged with his name, he’s known as the expert...
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Fabric of innovation
The Fabric if our Future is determined your choices. World over, entrepreneurs are working on clever solutions to solve the problem of textile sustainability. Get inspired.
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Universe on a T Shirt: I like it here.
In conversation Efrat Dalach & Joris Schenk, founders of Universe on a T shirt, I like it here. During my adventures in Amsterdam, I...
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Hannah Beaumont: The Love for Organic & Style
In conversation with Hannah Beaumont- Laurencia, the Founder of Beaumont Organics, Beaumont Foundation. A serious passionate sustainable...
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Fashion Veteran Bert Van Son of Mud Jeans talks to FOTW
In conversation with Bert Van Son, founder of Mud Jeans & a veteran in the Fashion Industry Where old jeans are given a second life, they...
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Muriel is Creating Positive Fashion with Innovative materials
In conversation with Muriel, the founder of Vega life Shop Why you did start Vega-Life? Well the founder of Vega-life, founded Vega life...
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Oliver Wayman: Transforming Can Tabs to High Fashion
In conversation wtih Oliver Wayman, the Co-Founder of Bottle Top. Hidden beneath the Technology advancement facade, was the story of...
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Coopita is preserving traditional crafts of Asia
FOTW have had the opportunity to meet Mayur Singh and Naomi Jacob the founders of Coopita, a social enterprise, to understand how they...
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Eline Clandestine's “Your Momma” Messages are saving the earth
Hear how Eline Clandestine is helping Mother Earth through Upcycling & “Your Momma” Messages. Tell us more about yourself. I’m the mother...
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Agatha Lee: Singapore’s Textile Saviour
In conversation with Agatha Lee Aggy, the textile artist. Founding member of Fashion Revolution SG and Connected Threads Asia. Agatha...
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Green Is the New Black- Asia's Conscious Festival
In conversation with Stephanie Dickson - The founder of The Wedge Asia and Green is the new Black (GITNB) GITNB is a conscious movement...
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Banana and Pineapple Fabrics
According to a report from Cambridge University, approximately 50,000 tons of dye are discharged into global water systems from textile...
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Bringing life to shoes - Singapore’s disappearing trade.
The last few remaining Cobblers in Singapore In the Hearts of chinatown lies an enormous market. Home to various dry goods store, a wet...
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What are Biodegradable Fabrics?
‘Biodegradable’ is a term that is often used when talking about the textile industry from an environmentally conscious angle. If you want...
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Common Sustainable Garment Certifications and Standards
Sustainable textile certifications exist to protect and inform the consumer about the quality of what they are buying, whether the...
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What is Non-Violent or Ahimsa Silk ?
Ahimsa means non-violence in Urdu (Indian language). Ahimsa silk, like the name suggests is a process of non-violent silk manufacturing...
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5 Reasons to Love Pre-loved Fashion
We’ve all been in a similar situation; your favourite pair of jeans are now too tight for you but you just can’t let go. Or, you’ve worn...
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Why Should We Recycle
Consider this: In 2013, Americans alone discarded 15.1 million tons of clothing and other textiles, and 85 % of that wound up in...
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The #30WearsChallenge: Getting Maximum Mileage From Our Clothes
If you were to wear a piece of clothing only once every week, it would take you over 7 months to wear it 30 times. Livia Firth,...
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New Sustainable Practices in the Textile Life-cycle
The textile manufacturing process is colossally polluting. All the way from fibre production through to creating a consumable product...
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Closing the Textile Loop: What, Who and Why?
There’s a gap in the textile life cycle – raw materials are processed into fibre, which is converted into fabric, which is then processed...
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New, Innovative Sustainable Fabrics
We all have clothes made with polyester and cotton. Indeed, polyester and cotton currently represent the grand majority of the textile...
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Countries that Care about Textile and Fashion Sustainability
Mahatma Gandhi is famously quoted as saying, “There is no beauty in the finest cloth if it causes hunger and unhappiness.” Ever since...
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Understanding the Components and Importance of Textile Sustainability
Factors in understanding textile sustainability Sustainability has become a buzz word in the fashion and textile industry, but what do we...
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What are Manmade or Synthetic Fabrics?
When you take a look at the label on your favourite shirt and it says “made with synthetic fabric”, do you know exactly what that means?...
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