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Despite its significant environmental and economic benefits, why hasn’t hemp been widely adopted by the fashion industry? This article traces key historical reasons and points to what’s next.

When It Comes to Sustainability, Hemp Is the Fabric of Fashion's Future (Hemp is the fabric of the future of fashion in terms of sustainability.) Here are some key points...

A 1990s memoir of developing fabrics for Yohji Yamamoto: how themes were translated into materials, why Yohji insisted on single-yarn constructions (yielding the legendary wool singles gabardine), and how my...

I went to Heilongjiang Province to visit a cannabis field just before harvest. A fresh breeze was blowing through the lush cannabis fields. It reminded me of a bamboo forest...

We have translated an excerpt from the United Nations Industrial Hemp Report (2023). The United Nations has compiled a report to help people understand industrial hemp. In it, they touch...

Linen is now widely recognized and beloved in Japan, yet it is not native and was introduced as state policy in late Meiji. Tracing its arc—from industrial fiber to fashion...

You’ve heard linen prices are soaring—here’s why: unstable yields, booming demand (notably India), climate-driven disruptions, war-related supply loss, and vanished inventory buffers—plus a weak yen from Japan’s view.

“French linen” isn’t an official grade: it’s flax until it’s spun—only yarn spun in France is truly French linen. A new Normandy mill signals its revival.

Based on the amount of CO2 absorbed during hemp cultivation, we have begun to convert it into a value per piece of clothing. This will be displayed on each product...

Exhibition Q&A recap: hemp’s environmental benefits, natural performance, and upgraded hand feel with our latest textiles.

Liloop, the final and most important piece of weavearth, aims to re-spin discarded industrial linen waste into yarn and complete a circular loop. However, many challenges remain to be solved.

During decortication (the process of separating the outer bast fibers from hemp), the inner woody core, called "ogara" in Japanese and "hurd" in English, is separated and stored in a...