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Christmas 2025- Closing Dates

Fashion Formula \ maake will be closed for the festive period from Friday 19th December 2025 to Monday 5th January 2026. We’ll reopen on Monday...

Madureeka Saravana Balan

Flame-Retardant Fabric Safety

While flame-retardant fabrics are a great innovation, as they prevent fabric from catching alight, there are numerous concerns that the method used to manufacture these...

Alexander Wills

Designer Brands Embrace Sustainable Luxury

Recently, luxury designer brand Chanel created Nevold, a sustainable brand that recycles fabrics that “don’t make it into a final product, or those that reach...

Sharon Preston

Make Textiles Matter: Create Sustainable Fabrics from Textile Waste

The British Fashion & Textile Association (UKFT) is the country’s largest network for recycled textiles, bringing together global and British brands, designers, manufacturers and suppliers....

Alexander Wills

Silk Fabrics Guide: All About Silk Fabric

Of course, the Chinese have a romantic legend attached to silk production: they believe that weaving silk cloth was invented by the wife of the...

Sharon Preston

Leather Alternatives in 2025: Plant-Based Leather

Unlike real leather, which has the highest environmental impact among all materials used in the fashion industry, most plant-based leather materials have a comparatively good...

Artemis Doupa

Sustainable Textiles: The 6 rs of Sustainability

In textile manufacture and design, sustainability involves producing fabrics in an environmentally friendly way. This means using less water and energy. It also means using fewer...

Alexander Wills

Dressmaking fabrics inspiration: The best winter dress fabric

There are several warm fabrics you can consider for making a dress. We give you a list of the best, including some of our fabulous...

Sharon Preston