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April 26, 2017 Clothing firm Nordstrom castigated for $425 mud-coated jeans
A US clothing company has been mocked on social media for selling a pair of $425 (£330; €390) jeans complete with “crackled, caked-on muddy coating”. The jeans are described on Nordstrom’s website as typifying “rugged, Americana workwear” and “hard-working action”. But critics on Facebook are scathing of what the company describes as its new design […]
CLOTHING April 24, 2017 Stanford University scientists make cool clothing
Scientists from the Stanford University have engineered a low-cost plastic material that could result in clothing that cools the wearer, reducing the need for energy-consuming air conditioning in hot climates. The material works by allowing the body to discharge heat in two ways, making the wearer feel nearly four degrees Fahrenheit cooler. The research, carried […]
CLOTHING April 21, 2017 Womyn’s Coalition fights fast fashion by trading clothes
Photo by Marcella Baietto | The State PressStudent looking through donated clothing at the Earth Day Clothing Exchange at the terrace of Engrained in the MU on ASU’s Tempe campus on April 18, 2017. By Karisma Sandoval | 16 minutes ago In an effort to promote sustainable fashion, the Womyn’s Coalition hosted a recycled clothing event on […]
CLOTHING April 17, 2017 Wearable cloud could be less expensive more powerful form of mobile computing
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham are exploring the concept of a wearable personal cloud — a fully functioning, yet compact and lightweight cloud computing system embedded into clothing. Ragib Hasan, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer and information sciences in the UAB College of Arts and Sciences, and Rasib Khan, Ph.D., a recent […]
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April 17, 2017 Crook steals from the same clothing shop twice in the same week
Crook steals from the same clothing shop twice in the same week POLICE are looking to speak to a man in connection with stealing clothing from the same shop twice in the space of two days. A suspect walked into JD sports in Pier Avenue, Clacton, and took items of clothing on Sunday, March 12, […]
CLOTHING April 11, 2017 Jaeger clothing chain collapses into administration
The fashion chain Jaeger has gone into administration, putting 700 jobs at risk in the UK. The British retailer’s directors appointed administrators after failing to find a suitable buyer for the struggling clothes business. Jaeger has 46 stores, 63 concessions, a head office in London and a logistics centre in King’s Lynn. The firm has […]
CLOTHING April 10, 2017 New patterns emerge in fabric when the temperature changes
Imagine a single-coloured piece of cloth that suddenly displays a colourful pattern when the ambient temperature changes. Upon further temperature change, a completely different pattern shows up. Doctoral student Marjan Kooroshnia at the University of Borås has developed methods that enable just such changes. They are now on display at the Textile Museum, in Borås, […]
CLOTHING April 10, 2017 Victoria Beckhams Target clothing range is being flogged on eBay at four times the price
Fortunately, there is a way to purchase the goods – if you’re willing to pay four times the original price, that is. Hours after the budget range went live on the official website, items started appearing on resale sites such as eBay and Depop. However, rather than sticking to the cheaper prices Victoria was aiming […]
CLOTHING March 28, 2017 Unused clothes could stretch to L.A.
People in Northern Ireland including Ballymoney, could be hoarding more than 17 million articles of clothing they no longer wear, according to a study by Barnardo’s. Placed end to end these items would stretch from Belfast to Los Angeles, analysis based on YouGov polling data reveals. Forty per cent of people from Northern Ireland admitted […]
CLOTHING March 20, 2017 Amazon’s new Outfit Compare feature will judge your clothing for you
Amazon has added what might be the strangest feature for Prime members yet: a Outfit Compare tool that will judge your clothing, as spotted by TechCrunch. It’s a pretty simple feature: users can upload two pictures of themselves in different outfits and receive a response in a few minutes letting you know which looks better. […]
CLOTHING March 15, 2017 ‘Sexy’ clothing makes women seem more intelligent, study says
Unfortunately, women are still being judged by their looks Getty Images/iStockphoto It feels like women are constantly being told what to wear in order to make them look better, slimmer and more attractive because, believe it or not, in 2017 women are still being judged primarily by their looks. Yawn. It feels like women are […]
CLOTHING March 7, 2017 Classroom clothing store aims to serve students in need
Look good, feel good, do good— it’s the premise behind Tippecanoe Valley High School creating a boutique in one of their classrooms. The idea started after students needed to dress in business attire for a class assignment, but some student said they didn’t have professional clothing. June Yazel, who is an English teacher, got […]
