Get Into Textiles: Design, Manufacture, and Use in the 21st Century: Sustainable and Recycled Textiles This eight-part series explores the world of the 21st century textiles industry, using case studies from top fashion houses, designers, and hands-on textiles technologists. From recycled vintage fabrics to state-of-the-art “smart” garments, viewers will gain understanding of how textiles are used as design elements as well as for industrial purposes—and how digital technology enables the creative and manufacturing processes to speed fashion to market faster than ever before. 8-part series, 25–27 minutes each. Cut-price garments not meant to last for more than a year or two make up nearly half the clothing market, resulting in a rising tide of textile waste. This program profiles clothing designers who are turning consumer demand for green products into fashion trends. The Junky Styling team searches thrift shops for vintage fabric which it then uses to create outfits for their high-profile clientele, while Worn Again founder Mike Corbett shows viewers how he makes and markets shoes from materials like old seat belts. The video also goes to a factory where textile technologists process old jute sacks for reuse as sustainable fabrics. Part of the series Get Into Textiles. (27 minutes) 1. Re-Fashioning (03:28) Throw-away fashions are to blame for the rise in textile waste. Junky Styling is an innovative design-led label. All garments are made from the highest quality second hand clothing, which is deconstructed, re-cut and completely transformed. 2. Design Process (04:03) Conventional clothing design begins with an idea. Junky's design process begins as they collect garments to recycle. A garment may suggest a design, or several garments together begin to shape a design. 3. Re-Using and Re-Purposing (04:07) A new breed of textile designers finds new ways to use waste products. Viewers visit the shoe design studio of a designer who makes sh