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Old World textiles: Antico Setificio Fiorentino

The Privilege of Luxury – Short movie from Antico Setificio Fiorentino on Vimeo. This is an informative albeit promotional video of Antico Setificio Fiorentino, Florence’s last silk-making factory. It was established in 1786 and bought by the Stefano Ricci group in 2010. The factory specializes in silk and silk-linen damask, brocade and Ermisino taffeta woven

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Fabric quality: A test is not a test is not a test

In my previous posting, what I described was intended to convey a taste of what textile quality management professionals actually do. A key implication is that there is simply no way an end-user or consumer can hope to replicate what professionals do. The training, equipment and knowledge are all lacking. Clearly, the term “testing” has

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#menswear, let me introduce you to textile science

When it comes to assessing fabrics, the world of #menswear has been hindered by a kind of “folk reasoning” which tends to oversimplify things in assessing quality. Let me give you a couple of examples I’ve observed. The first is an erroneous tendency to assess fabric quality and performance through a single variable such as

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