From altering curtains in her home to making thousands of pieces of PPE and finally opening her own factory, Terri Whitford’s company Oh-Sew-Whitty is growing rapidly.
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Using his chemistry background to give new functions and characteristics to textiles, Dr Tim Smith is a Research Fellow at the University of Huddersfield.
Scottish startup Cashmere Circle uses the skills of expert menders to keep luxury cashmere garments in circulation for longer.
Dr Boshuo Guo, Lecturer in Digital Fashion Marketing at the University of Leeds, specialises in analysing data to give businesses real insight into consumer behaviour.
With 50 years’ experience in the clothing industry, Alex Rose Tailoring is harnessing digital technology to offer customised made-to-measure jackets online.
The Sustainable Sequin Company and fashion designer Paula Knorr have won Innovate UK funding to work with University of Leeds experts on biodegradable sequins.
Over £2 million investment in fashion and textile R&D has now been secured by Future Fashion Factory as projects from Innovation Funding Call 3 are announced.
Working with Future Fashion Factory researchers, luxury lingerie brand Something Wicked is upscaling with digital technology – all while keeping talented creatives at the heart of production.
Technology providers from across the Future Fashion Factory community have been sharing their expertise at BEYOND – the conference for the creative industries.
Deluxe Beds collaborated with University of Huddersfield researchers to develop a new approach to mattress design that reduces the volume of textiles sent to landfill.