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Video: How to Buy Fabric

An overview of common terminology and shopping tips for fabric shopping. Source: Youtube, withwendy
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Video: Pricing of Sweaters

This informative yet approachable video explores the differences between cheap and expensive sweaters from a technical perspective. Source: Teen Vogue, Youtube
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Da Vinci design jewel still key for Tuscan silk weavers

Five hundred years after the death of Leonardo da Vinci, a silk mill incorporating one of his designs is still shuttling some of the finest threads in the world across its looms. Tucked away in
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In Pictures: Fabric in Fashion Exhibit at FIT

Just opened at the Museum at Fashion Institute of Technology, the exhibit “Fabric in Fashion” demonstrates the journey from fiber to fabric to fashionable garment through a collection of
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In Pictures: Fabric in Fashion Exhibit at FIT

New York - Just opened at the Museum at Fashion Institute of Technology, the exhibit “Fabric in Fashion” demonstrates the journey from fiber to fabric to fashionable garment through a col
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FIT spotlights Fabric in Fashion in new museum exhibit

“Before the 20th century, stylish women who consumed Western fashion were well-versed in cloth. They could easily distinguish between fibers and weaves and were knowledgeable about the origin,
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Munich Fabric Start: new classics, sustainability and digitisation

The 45th edition of Munich Fabric Start, which ended on 6th September, presented the trends for the fall/winter 2019/20 season. The conclusion: a new record number of exhibitors and the biggest Blue
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Fabric: where fashion begins

Fashion begins as often with a raw material, as it does with an inspiring idea. Browsing and touching the fabrics for the Spring Summer 2014 season at the Paris-held Premier Vision, it becomes clear
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