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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 531

textile industry

A spindle whorl found at Nahal Ein Gev II, held up in front of a 3D model. (courtesy Hebrew University/Daniel Rolider for Smithsonian-Magazine)
November 13, 2024, 9:05 pm
12,000-year-old Stone Age site in Israel reveals first evidence of wheel technology
Over 100 small stone objects from Neolithic period are the earliest instance of ‘spindle whorls,’ used to spin fibers into yarn, predating previously known textile tools by 4,000 years
By Gavriel Fiske
Balena's slides biodegrade back into the earth without leaving harmful waste and chemicals. (Courtesy)
February 26, 2023, 8:00 pm
Designed in Italy with Israeli knowhow, startup debuts compostable footwear
Balena develops what it describes as the world’s first fully compostable plastic fashion product, decomposing into the ground without leaving harmful waste and chemicals
By Sharon Wrobel
Textile finds from the Nahal Omer site in the Arava region in southern Israel, prepared for analysis in the laboratory (Israel Silk Road Project/Nofar Shamir)
January 19, 2023, 1:46 pm
First evidence of unknown ancient ‘Israeli Silk Road’ uncovered in Arava trash dump
Results from sifting 1,600-year-old garbage during a first excavation season at Nahal Omer suggest luxury goods from East were in high demand in the 8th century CE, researchers say
By Tobias Siegal
Revital Nadiv (left) and Viktoria Kanar, founders of textile innovation organization Re-Fresh Global, with designer Doron Ashkenazi jacket made from recycled fabric (Courtesy Re-Fresh Global)
July 14, 2021, 11:40 am
Something old, something new? Fashionistas urge industry to use recycled rejects
The women behind Re-Fresh Global aim to find new ways to embrace tons of new and secondhand clothing
By Jessica Steinberg
Enid Marx working on a textile design post, 1945. (Courtesy)
July 25, 2018, 5:51 pm
For 40 years, Londoners sat on this unconventional artist’s ingenious tube seats
Trailblazing textile designer Enid Marx is celebrated in a new exhibit at London’s House of Illustration through September 23
By Anne Joseph
Apparel industry workers and business owners protest in Tel Aviv, March 7, 2018 (Simona Weinglass/Times of Israel)
March 12, 2018, 11:33 am
The internet is killing Israel’s fashion industry. Should we care?
Hundreds of apparel workers and small business owners take to the streets to protest government policies they say favor e-commerce sites and Chinese sweatshops
By Simona Weinglass
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