Textile Insight Magazine

Apparel and Footwear Design Trends and Innovations.

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2 weeks ago | formula4media.com | Bob McGee

STARTING LINEBy all accounts, the running business, measured by both participation and sales through the specialty channel, was healthy in 2024. Statistics from the soon-to-be published “State of the Industry” report from the Sports & Fitness Association shows that running/jogging participation was up 5.7 percent to more than 51 million last year.
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4 weeks ago | formula4media.com | Suzanne Blecher

COVER STORYDigging into recycling: The current state of waste collection and sorting is one big mess. Houston, we have a clothing problem. We’re buying more apparel that is cheaply-made, wearing it for shorter periods of time and disposing of it at an alarming rate. In just the last 25 years, clothing sales have more than doubled, but the number of times an item of clothing is worn has decreased by about 36%, according to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.
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4 weeks ago | formula4media.com | Suzanne Blecher

EXECUTIVE Q&A/FUNCTIONAL FABRIC FAIROverwhelmed by Sustainability Initiative Expectations? Todd Copeland Is Here to Help. Todd Copeland founded Copeland Consultancy in 2020 to help companies build and implement sustainability strategies. He meets with clients seeking guidance on how to implement more sustainable business practices. For example, a company may “really want to meet customer and employee expectations, but they are overwhelmed by the breadth and urgency of the issues,” he explained.
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1 month ago | formula4media.com | Bob McGee

SHOP TALKIndependent Retailers Weigh in on Consumer Confidence, Key Issues and What’s Selling. Uncertainty around economic conditions is a concern that has weighed on consumer attitudes in the first months of 2025. Although experts and analysts contend that current economic conditions have barely changed, U.S. consumer sentiment in March declined to its lowest level since November 2022, according to the monthly University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey.
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1 month ago | formula4media.com | Suzanne Blecher

RECOVERYNew Options in the Recovery Category Provide a Style Boost. Over the past few years, one thing about the recovery category has become apparent — the number of brands offering recovery footwear and the types of footwear they are offering has seen a spike. And as the latest crop of recovery footwear from a variety of brands reflects, consumers are seeking more than just function and comfort — they are also seeking style.
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1 month ago | formula4media.com | Emily Walzer

Material Innovation / CircularityExtending the Life of Footwear Sustainably, Step by Step. In recent years, “Keeping Shoes Alive” has emerged as a rallying cry within the footwear industry. Eco-minded businesses in particular have embraced the idea that product longevity is key to sustainability giving shape to new initiatives and updated strategies devoted to making shoes wearable longer.
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1 month ago | formula4media.com | Cara Griffin

WORKPLACE STYLETraditional silhouettes are back, and stylish sneakers still get the job done. Just as the scope of traditional 9-to-5 jobs has shifted over the past several years, so too has workplace style. Even before COVID changed our world and lifestyles in 2020, most office cultures had shifted to a more casual vibe for wardrobes and footwear. As work from home (WFH) became the norm for more and more people post-2020, casual style morphed into an even more comfy, super-casual zone.
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2 months ago | formula4media.com | Emily Walzer

InnovationOn the Cusp of Growth, Can Sustainable Materials Meet Expectations? Call it Next-Generation, or the Age of Eco-Alternatives or A New Day for Innovation, but whatever the label, new cutting-edge, eco-forward developments are generating considerable buzz about the future direction of the textile industry. Fresh takes on entire systems are being explored. Execs are grappling to make circularity a reality, transparency mandatory and de-carbonization central to decision-making.
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2 months ago | formula4media.com | Suzanne Blecher

StrategiesThe Scalability of Next Gen Materials is an Industry Issue. Modern Meadow is Tweaking its Recipe for Success. Close to a decade ago, Modern Meadow was a startup in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Its execs had figured out a way to grow leather in a lab from skin cells that produce collagen. That collagen was turned into leather. It was an innovative idea that brands admired, but unfortunately, was not scalable.
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2 months ago | formula4media.com | Suzanne Blecher

TRENDSETTERSports Bras are Notoriously Challenging to Create. Dr Sports Bra, LaJean Lawson, Talks Best Practices. There is “no other piece of apparel more difficult to design well than a sports bra because of all the opposing constraints around comfort and support, stability and range of motion,” according to Creative Fitness Solutions Founder La Jean Lawson. The exec has pursued the perfect sports bra since 1978, when she ran her first marathon.