Future Fashion Factory News

The last Future Fashion Factory event of 2019 focused on creating AW Hainsworth's New Heritage cloth and finding inspiration in historic textiles.

Industry partners AW Hainsworth and Yorkshire Textiles have collaborated on a 'New Heritage' cloth based on historic jacquard designs.

More than a dozen researchers and industry partners demonstrated innovations from across the Future Fashion Factory community at our first annual showcase on Wednesday 16 October.

The second Future Fashion Factory innovation funding call is now open to expressions of interest.

Nine R&D projects were successful in our first innovation funding call, representing over £640,000 investment in the UK fashion and textile industry.

Wyedean Weaving Co. has just become the 100th industry partner to join the Future Fashion Factory programme.

Industry and academic partners from across the fashion and textile industry met to develop new R&D ideas and collaborations at a special Future Fashion Factory reception.

Mary Creagh voiced her disappointment at the government’s response to the EAC Fixing Fashion report as the fashion industry talked sustainability at the Telegraph Responsible Fashion Forum.

Industry and academic partners from Future Fashion Factory demonstrated their expertise at a showcase event marking the first anniversary of UK Research and Innovation.

Kirklees’ textile heritage is being put in the spotlight with the launch of WOVEN, a celebration of the district’s globally recognised industry from the past, present and future this June.