Feel the Yarn Magazine has often talked about sustainability either through stories dealing with it directly or looking at the works of artists who consider the environment in what they do. I would like to look at two of them here: “Grassland Repair” by Linda Tegg, curated by Mauro Baracco and Louise Wright (in Still…
The 2020 4sustainability® Event photographs the state of the art of the fashion sector showing the way to rebirth. Reset Fashion. A New Era: this is the title of the 8th Evento Annuale 4sustainability®, staged online on November 26 as a sign of vitality and confidence in the future, in spite of everything. Let’s be…
“Give me a lever and a fulcrum and I shall move the Earth” Archimedes from IG @the_Royalco Baby cone of ECO and Fake fur from IG @pinori_filati_1970 #denimlovers Many complain about the too high cost of sustainability, others argue that sustainable production is unsuitable for creating trendy knitwear . Stylists are the revolution’s protagonists and…
Sustainability is confirming its value as an incentive for innovation and growth along the whole textile and fashion pipeline, not only implementing the development of new sustainable fibres and processes, but also with great consciousness and responsibility as to environmental and social performances. Linificio e Canapificio Italiano, 100% lino Without quality there is no sustainability.…
The time has come: eventually, FTY launches a competition dedicated to young designers who are in love with knitwear. Given the extraordinary situation, we have chosen to organize an extraordinary format for 2021, which will allow the participation of anyone who aspires to be visible in the restricted world of knitwear or to start a…
This section aims to give some notions on what the general rules are to prepare a “collection plan”. The collection plan is a set of indications to be followed to develop a clothing brand (with the specific characteristics an accessories brand too) of any kind of target, gender, type. Designers will find it as a…
Take a look at our choice among the best yarns from Italy and filter the articles according to your needs… Finding Italian yarns in Covid-19 times has never been so easy! FTY collects materials coming from 39 Italian companies and classifies them according to the most common fashion needs. FILTER’S GLOSSARY: Search (text): type here…
Art always rereads, interprets and transforms suggestions coming from other cultures. You just have to think about the influence of African sculpture and Japanese prints on artistic avantgarde movements in Europe at the beginning of 19th century. Fashion has always done the same. It is impossible not to think about the fascination of aesthetic contaminations,…
In the current market context, companies are facing two transformations. The first one, which is internal to the organization, concerns the growing complexity of the value chain: processes and products have impacts that go far beyond the employees, customers and business partners of the single company. The second type of transformation, which is external to…
“Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.” Maya Angelou Monticolor, Duke Lanificio dell'Olivo, Kendall Nature has drawn boundaries on the skin of earth; rivers, seas and mountains, they have naturally separated us for millennia, until our main biological imperative prompted us to relate…
