Manchester Fashion Institute Innovation Lab

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The Manchester Fashion Institute Innovation Lab is central to the MAnchester Fashion Institute's fashion technology research. It includes computerised fabric and pattern cutting, seaming with and without threads, numerically-controlled embroidery and 3D body scanning.

Anthropometrics, sustainability and the Circular Economy have been a long-standing strength with many live projects including linkages between 2D and 3D design, designing for reduced waste and reuse, developing novel biodegradable materials, providing a knowledge base for niche crafts, and addressing the challenges of recovering value from discarded textiles. Wearable technologies is an emerging specialism with a current focus on incorporating electrical stimulation to garments to enhance health and fitness. Recent work has focused on wearables made from textile materials.

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