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Fabric raises 100 million dollars in new funding round

E-commerce startup Fabric has raised 100 million dollars in its latest funding round. Fabric specializes in platform development and has garnered a lot of attention since the COVID-19 pandemic as companies looked to expand their digital platforms. The news of Fabric’s fundraising round was reported by Bloomberg. Fabric’s latest fundraising round...

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Video: How to Buy Fabric

An overview of common terminology and shopping tips for fabric shopping. Source: Youtube, withwendy

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Video: Pricing of Sweaters

This informative yet approachable video explores the differences between cheap and expensive sweaters from a technical perspective. Source: Teen Vogue, Youtube

Culture

Da Vinci design jewel still key for Tuscan silk weavers

Five hundred years after the death of Leonardo da Vinci, a silk mill incorporating one of his designs is still shuttling some of the finest threads in the world across its looms. Tucked away in the historic San Frediano neighbourhood in Florence, L'Antico Setificio Fiorentino was founded in 1786 and is one of the oldest silk workshops in Europe....

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In Pictures: Fabric in Fashion Exhibit at FIT

New York - Just opened at the Museum at Fashion Institute of Technology, the exhibit “Fabric in Fashion” demonstrates the journey from fiber to fabric to fashionable garment through a collection of garments, film footage and flat fabric swatches. Curated by Elizabeth Way and celebrating two and a half centuries of innovation, the show is divided...

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FIT spotlights Fabric in Fashion in new museum exhibit

“Before the 20th century, stylish women who consumed Western fashion were well-versed in cloth. They could easily distinguish between fibers and weaves and were knowledgeable about the origin, quality and costs of the fabrics they wore.” So reads the introductory statement in the Fashion Institute of Technology’s “Fabric in Fashion” exhibit...

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Munich Fabric Start: new classics, sustainability and digitisation

The 45th edition of Munich Fabric Start, which ended on 6th September, presented the trends for the fall/winter 2019/20 season. The conclusion: a new record number of exhibitors and the biggest Bluezone ever. In addition to fabric trends, sustainability and digitisation played an increasingly important role. Munich Fabric Start presented itself...

Fashion

Fabric: where fashion begins

Fashion begins as often with a raw material, as it does with an inspiring idea. Browsing and touching the fabrics for the Spring Summer 2014 season at the Paris-held Premier Vision, it becomes clear that the vast collections offer everything under the sun for the world's leading fabric sourcing experts and designers. The collections span...

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UK fabric shows at same venue

British fabric sourcing events 'Start in London', 'Intertex London' and the 'New Elite Fabric Show' are to run simultaneously at the same location. This will offer buyers, distributors, agents and designers the opportunity to view a large, global offer of fabrics and accessories from 28 February to 1 March in London's Olympia 2. Start in London...

Fashion

Lack Of Interest Postpones Elite Fabric Show

The revived Elite Fabric Show is postponing its debut until September as the response from potential exhibitors has been unsatisfactory. Pegasus Trade Communication which sought to bring back the show after a two-year absence said it had been too late in organising the event and now hopes to attract enough exhibitors for September. Exact dates...