Monthly Archives: April 2010

Milk-fabric clothing raises a few eyebrows

Milk churns into butter, yes. It curdles into cheese, OK. But milk made into socks? A pair of pants? A gown? “It’s almost like a nylon and a silk, but it’s pure milk,” said Dolores Piscotta of Brooklyn, N.Y., who … Continue reading →

Stone Age clothing more advanced than thought

Think of life for women in the Stone Age and you’ve probably got them in crudely fashioned dresses made of animal skin, perhaps being dragged across the cave floor by their hair. Or hovered over a hot fire tending to … Continue reading →

Acimit, Italy’s association of textile machinery manufacturers, has published the results of an economic-financial study on textile machinery companies. On the same day, it released preliminary industry figures for 2006. The value of Italy’s textile machinery manufacturing has grown by … Continue reading →