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Never before apparel industry has lived such a fast pace period. Brands, collections, colours and styles are increasingly being created every season, changing accordingly to the many trends society generates. People and lifestyle transforms rapidly, and so their expectations. With all the demanding adjustments this sector has to currently face, it seems, though, the concept of clothing remains the same for the past centuries; textiles are still attached to old ways of thinking materials and dated methods of production and application revealing reluctance to dramatic changes and radical innovation within the sector.
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