#Textiles & Apparel / Garment

2022-07-14

Milano Unica & C.L.A.S.S. join forces to activate the future of fashion through smart ingredients

C.L.A.S.S. is ready for another important synergy, with the aim of sharing its message of responsible innovation. The international eco-hub will join forces with Milano Unica to push the change towards a new generation of fashion through its C.L.A.S.S. SMART SHOP: the online space offering eco-high-tech materials representing a vast range of categories able to create a new generation of fashion.

Milano Unica, C.L.A.S.S. Area - Hall 8, 12-13-14 July, Fiera Milano

Born in 2018, it is dedicated to students, designers and new generation brands who want to explore and test premium materials mixing style, innovation and responsibility. All without minimums, all with high quality, transparency and responsible costs.

The C.L.A.S.S. Area – Hall 8 at Milano Unica will be an immersive journey of smart materials with advanced responsible solutions for the contemporary wardrobe, which include all the different expressions of textile ingredients: natural, transformed, innovative and back in the loop materials, giving everyone the possibility to create design, innovative and yet responsible products in line with their new generation of contemporary values.

“We are extremely pleased to be here at Milano Unica, the Italian fair for the ingredients of fashion, promoting a new generation of synergy to support and activate the change into fashion system enabling the new generation of designers, product managers, buyers, researchers and students with its number 1 education tool, the C.L.A.S.S. Smart Shop” Says Giusy Bettoni, Founder and CEO C.L.A.S.S. “We believe this is a valuable opportunity to share possibilities and chances with new the generations to start a conscious and yet innovative fashion product with a “learning by using” approach to the latest developments in smart materials”.

The C.L.A.S.S. SMART SHOP partners exhibiting at Milano Unica are: ALBINI GROUP - A03, BRUNELLO - C17 C19 C21 C23 C25, ILUNA GROUP - E08, IMBOTEX - INNOV.05 and ZIGNONE - C02.

C.L.A.S.S. launches Smart Closet

Smart Closet is the beautiful, innovative and responsible next-generation wardrobe that carries a new generation set of values portrayed through C.L.A.S.S. InsideOut System Decalogue. It is a new approach to fashion where the concept of well-being extends to that of well-dressed, embracing those who create products and who use them. A harmony between aesthetics and responsibility that shows the fully transparent and traceable journey of a product from the raw material to the end-consumer throughout the whole supply chain.

Pets in fashion: functional and sustainable textiles find new market at Intertextile Apparel

China’s pet economy is booming, especially amongst younger generations, and pet apparel – from designer outfits to functional garments – was a RMB 3.5 billion (over USD 500 million) market in 2024, growing more than 20% annually¹. To help exhibitors harness this trend, Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics – Spring Edition 2026 will launch the Pet Boutique, presenting a range of innovative, sustainable materials that prioritise both functionality and comfort for pets.

VAUDE eliminates PFAS from all products

PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are now detectable worldwide – in drinking water, soil and the human body. These so-called “forever chemicals” are considered hazardous to health and potentially carcinogenic, as they do not break down and remain in the environment permanently. Despite these risks, PFAS are still used in a wide range of products. More than 15 years ago, VAUDE made a strategic decision to gradually eliminate PFAS from all product categories.

KARL MAYER opens a new TEXTILE INNOVATION CENTRE – a new era of textile innovation begins

KARL MAYER is opening its new TEXTILE INNOVATION CENTRE (TIC), sending a strong signal that it is driving textile innovation forward and opening up new perspectives for the textile industry. The TIC brings together the latest developments in Warp Knitting, Technical Textiles and Warp Preparation – KARL MAYER’s core areas of expertise.

Perfect quality through collaboration: Machinery from Trützschler, Toyota and Murata at Zirve Tekstil

In today’s textile industry, excellence is not achieved by chance – it’s the result of deliberate decisions, technical expertise, and the courage to go beyond conventional paths. The Turkish company Zirve Tekstil has done just that: by combining the best technologies from Trützschler, Toyota and Murata, they’ve created a production setup that delivers outstanding yarn quality – recognized worldwide.

Engineering depth and diversity for composites

Airbond is the latest member of the British Textile Machinery Association (BTMA) to receive recognition for contributions to the composites industry. The engineering firm based in Pontypool, South Wales, has just received the Make UK Energy and Sustainability Award for its Lattice 3D Printing project.

Award-winning research for sustainable carbon fibre cycles

Sustainable recycling of carbon fibres is possible through targeted electrochemical surface modification, which makes the sizing of carbon fibres resistant to solvolysis. ITA PhD student Sabina Dann was awarded the MSW Award from RWTH Aachen University for her master's thesis on this development. The award ceremony took place on 12 November 2025 in Aachen.