TECHNOLOGY
Performance Materials, Next-Gen Insights at Functional Fabric Fair
By Kelli Freeman, Contributing Writer | August 14, 2025
It was all about performance textiles and forward thinking at the Functional Fabric Fair—powered by PERFORMANCE DAYS summer 2025 edition held July 21–23 at Manhattan’s Javits Center. The focus was on material innovation, technology and sustainability in the performance- and fashion-apparel industries.
AG Celebrates California’s Natural Beauty With Spring ’26 Park Pass Looks
Designers at Southern California denim and knitwear brand AG Jeans have been proud of the brand’s Golden State heritage since the label’s founding in 2001. They now highlight the region’s allure with the brand’s Spring 2026 Park Pass collection, which features imagery of a stylish road trip through a selection of the state’s national parks: Yosemite, the Channel Islands and Joshua Tree.
Moving Fashion Into the Next Generation of Sustainable Production
California Apparel News asked apparel sustainability experts: How are companies blending nature with technological tools to advance sustainable progress in fashion?
New Initiatives at Kingpins NY Include the Jeanius Hub and Made in Japan
The love of denim fabric, jeans and a passion for how denim is made was celebrated at the invitation-only Kingpins show held July 23–24 at Pier 36 / Basketball City in New York.
Kornit and MAS Holdings Form Strategic Partnership
Kornit Digital Ltd. recently announced a strategic partnership with MAS Holdings through its subsidiary MAS ACME USA, a holistic supply-chain hub serving sustainable apparel brands.
Traceable and Transparent, Effective and Affordable, TextiMag Is the Only Product of Its Kind on the Global Fashion Market
If you’ve used an aluminum-free deodorant or taken a magnesium supplement, you may already be connected to ICL IP—Specialty Minerals.
The Fashion Industry Relies on Cutting-Edge Tech to Weather Cloudy Skies
California Apparel News asked experts in fashion technology: What pressing fashion-industry issue are you most concerned with, and is there a specific technology solution that can help solve it?
Fashion for Good, Microfibre Consortium Aim for Breakthrough
Fashion for Good and The Microfibre Consortium have released “Behind the Break: Exploring Fibre Fragmentation,” a landmark project they hope will advance the knowledge needed to mitigate the root causes of fiber-fragment pollution.
White Paper by TikTok Shop and WGSN Provides Insights
Fashion and technology are both ever-changing, and when they come together the appropriate term is “disruptive.”
Perfect Corp. Enters Deal With Farfetch to Acquire Wannaby Inc.
Fashion- and beauty-technology-solutions company Perfect Corp. has acquired Wannaby Inc., a digital immersive-experiences provider, from global luxury fashion marketplace Farfetch.
PI Apparel SCF USA 2024 Highlights Digital Solutions in Supply-Chain Traceability
Digitizing the apparel supply chain affords ease and transparency from farm to retail floor, yet the fashion industry has been slow to adopt proven technologies and emerging innovations. Event producer PI Apparel hoped to inspire industry leaders toward adoption of digital tools during its recent Supply Chain Forum USA 2024 in Los Angeles.
Tukatech and UV Stacks Launch Made-to-Order Division Through Gaiabay
Los Angeles fashion-technology firm Tukatech and India’s UV Stacks have entered into a partnership through which the companies launched a Made-to-Order division of global marketplace Gaiabay.
Ambercycle Embraces Transparency in Apparel Circularity by Opening Lab Doors
Los Angeles–based Ambercycle, the textile-to-textile recycling company and maker of cycora regenerated polyester, opened the doors to its new lab in the West Adams neighborhood and hosted on-site tours of its facility for local apparel-industry insiders. The materials-sciences company is promoting supply-chain transparency in the apparel industry.
Lectra Facilitates Apparel’s Transition to Industry 4.0 With New Intelligent Platform
Lectra has announced its support of the transition toward Industry 4.0 of the apparel industry with the launch of Valia Fashion, a new intelligent digital platform that combines the power of artificial intelligence with Lectra’s unique expertise
Goodwill, WM and Reju Join Forces to Achieve a Circular Economy
Goodwill Industries, now the largest workforce development network and secondhand retailer in the U.S. is ramping up its efforts even more thanks to a new partnership with WM, provider of comprehensive environmental solutions, and Reju, the progressive textile-to-textile regeneration company.
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