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Olaf Schmidt, Vice President Textiles & Textile Technologies for Messe Frankfurt. © Messe Frankfurt

13/08/2019 – The summer interview – with Olaf Schmidt, Messe Frankfurt

The summer interview – with Olaf Schmidt, Messe Frankfurt

Techtextil/Texprocess: As one fair ends, the next one begins

While the success story for 2019 is still being written, the sixth edition of the twin fairs in 2021 is already taking shape. By Hans-Werner Oertel

Fashion Forward Show - Polit Fashion Night Berlin 2019 © phototek

27/08/2019 – Stars of the Future – Part 5

Stars of the Future – Part 5

The Silicon Valley of education in textiles

30 young students undertook a special kind of excursion to Berlin in June of this year, taking with them a sustainable fashion show. By Editorial staff

20/06/2019 – Neonyt

Neonyt

Progressive approaches

What could environmentally friendly, water-saving jeans production look like? By Editorial staff

26/07/2019 – Autumn/Winter 2020/21

Autumn/Winter 2020/21

VDMD-Trend Research: Responsibility

Responsibility for Winter 2020/21 gives physical reality to respectful interaction with one another, a new attitude that includes getting involved. By Editorial staff

Prize winners Katharina Heinze, Elisa Paulina Herrmann and Ecehan Altikardes with their designs © Bernhard Ludewig / SDBI

04/07/2019 – A grand entrance!

A grand entrance!

European Fashion Awards Fash 2019

Just as Berlin Fashion Week was getting under way, four talented young designers were presented with the European Fashion Awards Fash 2019. By Editorial staff

12/08/2019 – Leather

Leather

Tanning agent from rhubarb root

Widely regarded as a pioneer of vegetable tanning, Johann Peter Schomisch embarked upon a quest to find alternative tanning agents and, back in 1995, ... By Editorial staff

Guppyfriend Founders Alexander Nolte and Oliver Spieß: “We can’t save the world with our washing bag, but we can make people aware, in a convincing way, of how the smallest pieces of plastic fibres usually end up in our wastewater with every laundry wash.” © Guppyfriend

12/08/2019 – No friend of microplastic

No friend of microplastic

Startup Guppyfriend

The Guppyfriend washing bag has been making headlines – even on the BBC – as the first pragmatic solution to microplastic pollution caused by laundry. By Hans-Werner Oertel