A master pattern cutter slices out his own niche in the bespoke menswear market. In a small atelier hidden among the steep streets of the Montmartre district of Paris, Vincent Smith has skillfully cut ...

Leaf-cutter ants rely on their razor-sharp mandibles to snip leaves to pieces. But over time, their mandibles dull. Physicist Robert Schofield of the University of Oregon looked at what happens when ...

China produces one third of the hundred billion odd garments that are bought each year, and to the casual observer, the Parawin facility on the outskirts of Ganzhou, southern China, looks like pretty ...

My sister Jean Perry, who has died aged 77, was a master pattern cutter and technical consultant highly respected within the fashion industry. After working for years as a designer for high-end labels ...

Although there have been rapid technological advancements in the manufacturing of composite parts, many composites fabricators are still cutting reinforcement materials by hand. While the use of ...