McDonald’s Finland has collaborated with the Finnish fashion label VAIN to create an exclusive clothing collection made almost entirely out of the restaurant chain’s used staff uniforms. The designs explore new ways of utilizing the old workwear while placing...
In 2020, there were approximately 70 million women in the U.S. workforce, representing 56.2 percent of all workers, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics data. While substantially underrepresented in traditionally male-dominated industries, the number of women...
NZ Post posties and couriers will be looking a little lighter and brighter when they appear at your mailbox this Christmas. NZ Post has ditched posties’ yellow and red uniforms for new orange and blue ones which incorporate the new NZ Post branding, launched in June...
It is with profound sadness that we report the passing of entrepreneur, industry trailblazer and former NAUMD board member Margaret Ramsdale. Margaret died in November; the cause of death was not made public. Margaret started her career in retail as a buyer, then...
Hohenstein, a global market leader in apparel sizing and fit development, has invested in AI technology startup, Sizekick. The collaboration will enable accurate decisions on apparel size, improving online shopping experiences, reducing returns and preventing the...
If you’re a female sailor, you’re issued US Navy uniforms that were designed four decades ago. But that’s changing, because Navy Exchange Service Command compared the fit of today’s uniform issue to the actual shapes of female sailors’ bodies, measuring roughly 1,000...
Although many groups are developing power-generating “smart fabrics,” the technology is often too complex to be scaled up to commercial use. Now, however, scientists have devised a simple method of embroidering electrical generators onto regular fabric. It...
As the American Thanksgiving holiday approaches, it is a good time to reflect on ways to help those who have been less fortunate. One organization doing just that is SHARE Ukraine, a not for profit organization that has reached out to NAUMD for assistance in helping...
Debrand, a reverse logistics textile solutions provider, today announced that it has received a strategic investment from WM, North America's largest environmental solutions provider. This is the first strategic investment made by WM in textile recycling. Leveraging...
Hohenstein on November 11 celebrated the opening of a second testing laboratory in Gurugram, India. The new addition to Hohenstein’s expanding lab network will focus on physical, colorfastness and restricted substance testing of leather, footwear and personal...
Fabian Couture Group, LLC, the country’s largest wholesale provider of rental and retail formalwear, announced today its acquisition of Executive Apparel, adding to the company’s growing Uniform and Career Apparel business segment. "We are excited at the opportunity...
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the nation's largest oil firm, will recycle 20 million discarded mineral water, cold drink and other PET bottles annually to make eco-friendly uniforms for staff that man its petrol pumps and LPG distributor agencies, its chairman said....
