Madder, cochineal, Mauveine; these words may be unfamiliar but they’re the names of dyes made from a plant, an insect and a chemical that have shaped our world. While indigo is arguably the most ...

At a factory in Vietnam, workers load rolls of undyed polyester into a steel container connected to a storage tank that holds carbon dioxide. When pressure in the container is turned up, the carbon ...

In early June, Dalton Cheng realized something big was afoot. Cheng, who is head of technology for the textile printing firm Intech Digital, heard from customers that Chinese government authorities in ...

Miranda Bennett of Austin, TX, shows how slow and sustainable fashion can be. Miranda Bennett is a designer from Austin, Texas, who is on the cutting edge of slow and sustainable fashion. While other ...

Many international brands have included Rooibos colours and dyes as part of their latest collections. Adele du Toit, spokesperson for the SA Rooibos Council (SARC), says it’s “amazing” to see how ...

Q:Do you have any information about the hazards of red dye in clothes? I love red and over the past year I purchased two red blouses and a red turtleneck from a middle-market women's store under their ...