News: 2020

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.

We are thrilled to share the first images from the winning designers in our Zero Waste Fashion Competition.

Roaches International's project, approved in our first innovation funding call, is commercialising research on fabric evaluation and analysis to create an innovative tool for the fashion and textile supply chain.

Inspired by Victorian tailoring techniques, Lee Hurst's tailored jacket is made in AW Hainsworth's New Heritage bespoke jacquard fabric.

Working with Dormeuil's anti-microbial and water-repellant Travel Resistant wool, Ben Osborn produced a gender-neutral tailored jacket for Wool Week 2020.