Non wovens & fashion come to fore at INTC in September
23 Aug '05
3 min read
Fashion show to highlight INTC in St. Louis this September North Carolina State's students will present fashion and apparel made from nonwoven fabrics
The worlds of nonwovens and fashion will come together in a truly unique fashion show to be presented during the International Nonwovens Technical Conference (INTC) in September.
In this event, 10 students working towards a Textile and Apparel Management degree at North Carolina State University's College of Textiles -- six undergraduates, three graduate students and one Ph.D. student, along with advisor Dr. Cindy Istook and Project Manager Stacey Frederick -- will demonstrate the fashion aspects of these primarily “technically inspired” fabrics.
Organized and co-sponsored by INDA, Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, and TAPPI, Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry, the annual INTC is the pre-eminent global technical meeting for the nonwovens and engineered fabrics industry. INTC 2005 will be held at the Millennium Hotel, St. Louis, Mo., September 19-22. Ian M. Julian, Director of Synthetic Fibers, Chemical Market Associates, Inc. will provide the keynote speech on energy costs.
Certain to be one of the highlights of the four-day Conference, the Fashion Show is the result of a collaborative research project between North Carolina State's College of Textiles and the Freudenberg Nonwovens Group begun during the Fall of 2004. Students designed the garments, made patterns, fitted prototypes and constructed the ensembles.
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