Denim Manufacturing: The Path To Redemption
With consumer interest in sustainability rising, the denim industry is preparing for an overdue reckoning. Can technology help mitigate the high environmental cost of a pair of jeans?
Weekly Analysis: Manufacturing Labour Matters, And More
The Interline analyses the most vital fashion technology news. This week: Labor Day presents a pause for reflection, and wearable technology takes some tentative new steps.
Why People Are Still The Missing Piece Of The Sustainability Puzzle – And What Fashion Can Do About It
In the wake of the pandemic, sustainability strategies are undergoing greater scrutiny, and industry-wide, people are coming a distant second to planet. Fashion needs to take measurable action on living wages - but how?
Outsider Art: How Fashion’s Model Of Production Is Being Reshaped By Prosumer Passion
As well as offering a way to control overproduction, on-demand manufacturing could be the tool fashion needs to welcome empowered consumers and the creator economy into what has historically been a closed loop.
Interline Identities: Joachim Hensch
Smart manufacturing can be a nebulous term, but Joachim Hensch has helped put it into practice for one of the world's most recognisable brands. His definition carries a lot of weight.
COVID Demonstrates Why Connected Supply Chains Must Start On The Factory Floor
Following the disruption caused by COVID, brand and supplier relationships must evolve to deliver true visibility - starting on the factory floor.
Interline Identities: Chris Govier, President EMEA, Kornit Digital
The pieces are falling into place for digital printing - both direct to garment and direct to roll - to overturn the traditional sourcing network and supply chain. The Interline speaks to one of the key minds behind the transition - at a pivotal time.
Sustainability in Fashion: Victim of Convenience?
Prasham Kamdar, Managing Partner of Ptex Solutions, asks whether we can really expect true sustainability and transparency from retailers and brands soon, or if we are simply talking about more greenwashing? Choosing the best possible materials, trims and components is just the tip of the iceberg.
News Roundup – Week 16, April 2021
The Interline analyses the most vital fashion technology news. This week: the secondary market emerges as a key tool for backing up sustainability commitments, but technology will be the key to going further.
Rebuilding Post-COVID With A Smart, Sustainable Sourcing Strategy
There are a number of urgent reasons for brands and retailers to understand the scope and shape of their supply chains. Any smart sourcing strategy should start at the raw material level, which makes cotton the perfect case study.
How PLM is Enabling Sustainability in Fashion
Prasham Kamdar, Managing Partner of Ptex Solutions, shares his thoughts on how PLM can support – and in some cases is supporting – true sustainability in our industry.
Where Are We Going?
Fashion's ongoing struggle to digitise is a clear opportunity for technology providers. So why is technology adoption still lagging behind other industries?
Push Performance Without Pushing The Planet
Combined, digital materials and machine learning could offer a route to more sustainable research and development. Provided the playing field is kept even.
Nearshoring & On-Demand – Short-Lived Disruption, or Long-Term Transformation?
Sourcing patterns changed in the wake of COVID. Now the question is whether producing more sustainably, closer to home, is going to continue, or whether fashion is going to spring back to its old shape.