SPACESUIT, Farming Fashion – now that’s niche.
I have a soft spot for designers who make things you actually live with. Not just the “special occasion” pieces that sit in the wardrobe like a museum exhibit, but the everyday things that get pulled on without thought, because they feel right, and they work. This is...
Get out!
I keep coming back to the same thought whenever I walk out my front door and point myself towards a hill, a path, a river, or just a stretch of weather that feels vaguely Scottish enough to count as “the outdoors”. We don’t have an access problem. We have a connection...
Caroline Chao and the Roll-Up Chair
G-Star RAW denim gets a second life I remember the first time I saw denim used outside of fashion. It was the early 1990’s, on a patchwork sofa in a studio in Shoreditch, stitched together from old jeans and jackets, each seam carrying a memory of a night out, a...
New research on how manufacturing choices influence microfibre release in textiles
The recent research from the University of Leeds’ School of Design highlights how manufacturing choices, such as yarn spinning techniques and fibre compositions, can significantly influence microfibre release during laundering. For UK-based textile manufacturers...