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The Blue Jean Blues  (aka) NY Denim Days Festival '17                                   My best friend,"Blue Jeans", is having a party! I saw the invitiation in yesterday's    WWD  and on such short notice,I can't go 😞. So I thought I would bring NY's first ever denim fest  to my pages for all loyal friends of " Blue Jeans" to enjoy! And since my blog theme is to find the most innovative technology in textiles I will share my favorite unique denim! Three years ago "Denim Days" festivals began in Europe and originating in Amsterdam. NYers are pretty excited to start their own festival!   Check out this video from Amsterdam's Denim Days 2017 Festival   https://vimeo.com/214641999 For any one that is going: "The first-annual New York Denim Days Festival will take place on September 30th – October 1st. This indigo-soaked two-day sh...

 The Itsy Bitsy Spiber...                    I am  afraid of these creepy crawlers that hide their webs to secretly catch their prey. So I make no pretense that I will be talking about spiders or even the Itsy Bitsy cute little one that we all know that creeps up and down the water spout. Although spider webs intrigue me for their natural design,I know that lurking just behind one  will be that scary spider. The Spiber  Web By now you may be thinking that I have not used spellcheck or that I am so terrified of the spider I am avoiding the correct spelling. I am  just baiting you ...creating my own web to catch your interest. Scary or not, there is an  incredible Japananese company  that creates fiber and fabric by mimmicking the DNA of a spiders web. Spiber Inc.- founded in 2014  https://vimeo.com/141755563  This video introduces Spiber Inc. and since th...

                Seaworthy S kin Care   https://www.naturalorganicskincare.com/algae/ Algae, Kelp, Dulce or better known as Seaweed, this plant from the sea has been around for over 3 1/2 billion years. With plenty of time for experimentation, seaweed has been used as nutritious food (especially known to sushi lovers) medicinal treatments, fertilizer, dyeing agents and more recently fabrics for bedding and clothing, (see my last blog: Can you Sleep on Seaweed) and skin care. In fact 75% of the air that you breath is Algae. Kombu and Wakame are known to have anti-mutagen properties .Green algae is known to be rich in vitamin C. " In short, seaweed and algae contains almost everything one needs to sustain life and the cradle of all life on earth as such.  Therefore, it contains almost everything one needs to restore health "  So what happens to seaweed when it is pulverized and added to a favorite skin care product? For ...