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Protective Apparel


Defense Spending Drives Innovation At Techtextil 2026

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Why Europe Needs Its Own Berry Amendment

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Designer Prada in Space

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Live “Performance Apparels on Stage” catwalk presentations took place several times daily.

Advanced textiles are entering a new phase of strategic importance as they address economic, environmental and security challenges. Protective wear emerged as the defining theme of the Techtextil 2026 exhibition …

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UK protective textiles leader Carrington has just joined the Textile Rental Services Association (TRSA) as a strategic step to expand its presence in the United States. Photo courtesy of Carrington

Europe’s protective clothing and performance textile industries stand at a critical inflection point. From workwear and healthcare garments to military and civil-defence apparel, the sector is expanding rapidly under the …

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By May 31st this year, Blue Origin had taken 64 people into space on its New Shephard reusable, suborbital rocket, including the attention-grabbing all-female crew in designer neoprene in April. No EMUs were needed. These suits were designed by Monse’s co-founders, Fernando Garcia and Laura Kim, in collaboration with Lauren Sanchez.

New Textile Partnerships Forged in the Commercialization of Space For decades, the uncharted exploration of space was largely the domain of government-led organizations, most notably the USA’s NASA. Now, private …

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The Artemis III spacesuit prototype, the AxEMU. Though this prototype uses a dark gray cover material, the final version will likely be all-white when worn by NASA astronauts on the Moon’s surface. Photo courtesy Axiom Space

The Final Frontier Has Never Been So Fashionable Space provides a very unique environment in which to build products with particular attributes that can’t be built terrestrially. The value is …

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The International Space Station (ISS)

Wireless Compose-2: A Wireless Communication Network with a Ballistocardiography Smart-Shirt Experiment in the ISS Columbus Module Evaluating the effects of the environment of space on the human cardiovascular system was …

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