How Recycled Polyester Fashion Is Secretly Rewriting Global Runway Rules
The RECO Collective 2026 Final Show at Siam Paragon proves that post-consumer PET bottles can power high-end couture, street culture, and commercial circular fashion.
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Groundbreaking Recycled Composite Fiber Sets a Powerful New Standard in Luxury Apparel
High-performance textiles no longer require virgin synthetics. Discover how Toray’s 93% recycled composite fiber is revolutionizing luxury apparel and technical outerwear for Autumn/Winter 2027
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Revolutionary $1B Bio-Spandex Plant Transforms Sustainable Textiles
Hyosung TNC completes a landmark $1 billion integrated bio-spandex manufacturing platform in Vietnam, using sugarcane fermentation to cut fossil-fuel dependency across global fashion supply chains.
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Revolutionary Bio-Derived Hosiery Innovation Reshapes Eco Friendly Tights
Italian brand Oroblù, alongside Fulgar and The Lycra Company, has debuted a ground-breaking capsule collection of tights constructed entirely from plant-derived yarns.
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Revolutionary Victory: How Enzymatic Polyester Textile Recycling Is Defeating Fast Fashion Waste
Carbios and major global brands like PUMA, Patagonia, and Salomon have proven that enzymatic recycling can turn complex, contaminated textile waste into high-performance recycled polyester garments at true industrial scale.
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Revolutionary Green Partnership Wins Top Global Textile Innovation Award
Enterprise chemistry leaders win the ITMF 2026 award by combining bio-based odor control with a global supply chain network to accelerate green manufacturing.
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Recyclable Elastic Yarn Could Transform Stretch Clothing
MIT engineers have developed a polyethylene-based elastic yarn designed to deliver the strength and flexibility required by stretch clothing without creating the recycling problems associated with conventional spandex blends. Tests suggest the material can be melted and respun repeatedly without a significant loss of performance.
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YKK Tests Recycled Zipper Tape for Luxury Fashion
YKK, Epson and Yuima Nakazato have developed an experimental EXCELLA zipper whose nonwoven tape contains fibres recovered from discarded textiles.
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Syntetica Raises $30M to Scale Nylon Recycling
Syntetica has raised $30 million to industrialize a recycling process designed to recover high-quality nylon from complex and blended textile waste.
