Last year we were approached by a designer wanting to develop a line of sustainable swimwear. We observed that one very tricky element would be doing away with the stretch element: elastane or spandex ...

Lenzing explained the fibres are identifiable in end products and traceable back to their sources. Credit: Lenzing. Lenzing‘s new processing technique for wood-based Tencel Lyocell fibres is tailored ...

The first stretch fabric, of course, was skin. It fit fairly well, withstood wear and tear (scuff marks, lipstick traces, even wine stains vanished in a jiffy), but wrinkled like crazy: a knee bend, ...