Blue jeans have a 6,000 year-old Peruvian ancestor
Indigo dye for clothing is a lot older than the invention of blue jeans -- almost 6,000 years older, to be exact. The scientists behind the discovery say this blue scrap of fabric may rewrite the history of clothing.
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A high-tech, high-end clothing company that’s keeping jobs in America
Voormi transforms locally sourced Rocky Mountain sheep wool into high-end outdoor clothing. But the Colorado startup is also hoping to help transform rural communities into small manufacturing hubs, where economic development is needed the most. Hari Sreenivasan reports.
How to stop 13 million tons of clothing from getting trashed every year
As consumers call for more sustainable products, companies are experimenting with ways to meet the growing demand for recycled clothing while maintaining their bottom lines.
American Apparel files for bankruptcy
Los Angeles-based clothing manufacturer American Apparel filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday morning.
After Factory Disaster, Bangladesh NGO Offers Support to Improve Work Conditions…
The collapse of a garment factory in Bangladesh claimed more than a thousand lives and put industry working conditions into sharp focus. Laura Kuenssberg of Independent Television News examines the low wages of workers, whether retailers have begun deliver any…
The families of 112 garment workers in Bangladesh mourned the loss of their loved ones from a fire in November at a fashion apparel factory outside the capital of Dhaka. Hari Sreenivasan reports on the protests sparked by locked emergency…
'Yves Saint Laurent: The Retrospective' at the Denver Art Museum…
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