These two are finally getting together. Beyond has contemplated investing in The Container Store for a while, in late 2024 considering a $40 million outlay for a 40% stake and strategic partnership.

The fashion industry knows it has a waste problem. About one garbage truck of textiles is thrown away every second. Meanwhile, the industry generates more carbon pollution than international flights ...

Before any clothing can be recycled, it must be taken apart. This process, known as disassembly, is quickly becoming a major sticking point in the race to scale textile-to-textile recycling. “You ...

Seated on the stone floor of a medieval fortress in Italy’s Tuscan hills, students rip thin, one-inch strips of fabric. They then knot the strips together to create extra chunky yarns. With these ...

The fourth floor of the Texas Science and Natural History Museum is designed for reverence — fossils, minerals, evidence of deep time. The building trains you to think in epochs and extinction events, ...

What Is the Textile Waste Crisis? The fashion industry’s boom has come at a steep environmental cost. Each year, around 92 million tonnes of textile waste are produced worldwide — much of it ending up ...

Walk into a modern semiconductor factory and you’ll see full end-to-end automated processes. Visit an automotive plant and you’ll watch lines weld and paint without a human touch. But walk into a ...

When the sleek new Peter Zumthor–designed building at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art has its grand opening, in April, there will be some unexpectedly sensual touches: glass walls that curve ...

Along the Silk Road, the story of Uzbekistan appears first in color. Silk threads soaking in baths of natural dyes. Red, blue, and gold pillowcases in markets and showrooms. Motifs repeated across ...

Textile dyeing is one of the most polluting steps in the fashion supply chain. Most dyes are derived from fossil fuels and optimized for performance and cost. Globally, dyehouses use trillions of ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- With the warm temperatures lasting well into the fall, the biennial wardrobe switcheroo came late this year. I’m confident many people have closet and dresser capacity to hold all ...