AATCC Review

2018-06-01

Wojciechowska, Iza

It’s a dangerous world out there—but there are also new technologies being used to create increasingly strong and resistant textiles that protect users from those hazards. Firefighters, soldiers, law enforcement officials, manual laborers, and power-tool users are finding garments more and more...

2015-02-01

Musante, Glenna B.

There was a time when shopping for a pair of hiking socks was a simple matter. For warm weather hiking, you would probably pick a thin athletic sock made from cotton or synthetic fibers. If it was winter, you would buy a thick pair of socks, probably wool, and hope they wouldn’t be...

2019-04-01

Davies, Nicola

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is preparing for long-duration, deep space exploration on the Orion spacecraft—and the textile industry is aiding the agency in the research and development of innovative materials to make this mission possible. These new fabrics may...

2018-02-01

Davies, Nicola

What if your shirt could keep you warm when it is cold outside, and cool you down as soon as you enter a heated building? What if your trousers could look like a regular pair on an average day, but automatically transform into puffy outdoor gear when you go to a colder climate? What if all you...

2014-06-01

Aspland, John Richard

Born in Leeds, England, to parents in the elementary school teaching profession, it seemed quite natural that Aspland would follow teaching as his primary profession of choice, albeit at the university level. Fate decreed rather differently.

2020-12-01

Sherburne, Cary

As an industry, we’ve barely gotten our feet wet with Textile Industry 4.0, and now Textile Industry 5.0 is on the horizon! According to experts at Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA), the development of functional fiber computing solutions will likely be the basis for moving us into...

2017-06-01

Aspelund, Karl

This article is the second in a series of review articles focused on apparel and textiles for intravehicular activity (IVA) in space-based habitats and during longduration space flight (LDSF), such as a planned Mars mission. The focus of this article is on the ability of IVA textiles to protect...

2017-08-01

Aspelund, Karl

This article is the final of three in a series of review articles focused on apparel and textiles for intravehicular activity (IVA) in space-based habitats and during long-duration space flight (LDSF).

2017-08-01

Wojciechowska, Iza

Ever since Levi Strauss put the first jeans on the market in 1873, denim seems like it has never left us. The fashion trends in jeans and jackets have come and gone (and come back again), but denim itself has always persisted, that classic blue textile epitomizing American cool. Everyone’s got...

2017-12-01

Crawford, Craig

“Imagine if your aunt, who suffers from Alzheimer’s, has wandered out the front door and you don’t know when she left or how long she’s been gone,” begins 12-year-old Abbi Paul, a student at Argyll Scotland’s Dunoon Grammar School, in her pitch to a panel of industry leaders in London earlier...