Boards Quote by Charles R. Morris

The textile industry became a huge deal in 19th century America, kind of like the tech industry is today. And that immigrant tradition continues,…

— Walt Mossberg

In some conditions, the architecture of textile is more relevant than in other conditions or the opacity of the material form. Pattern in the…

— David Adjaye

No specific technology. My guess is that it was the instinct always to go to maximum scale. Great Britain kept much more of a…

— Charles R. Morris

A whole bunch of big technological shocks occurred when Asian innovations - paper, gunpowder, the stirrup, the moldboard plow and so on - came…

— Charles C. Mann

Because America doesn't have a strong textile industry anymore, we have to bring things like fabrics, zippers, and color tape into the U.S., and…

— Maria Cornejo

In my own creations, the earliest influence came from the ancient civilisations of Egypt, China, Africa and Persia. In fact, one of my earlier…

— Mary McFadden

“At the heart of the industrialization process was iron and steel, and Britain was pre-eminent in their production.”

— Thomas Sowell

“Textile manufacturing was introduced to the city's economy by settlers from Prussia in the early nineteenth century. Around 18oo, several German industrialists established factories…

— Rebecca Kobrin

What's interesting about textiles is that they are determined about three seasons in advance, that's why when you walk into a store you think…

— Tim Gunn

I have previously been a very enthusiastic consumer, and I didn't think about the origins of garments enough.

— Erin O'Connor

Fast fashion, whilst having increased the accessibility of stylish clothes for millions, has unfortunately resulted in many horrific practises, such as child labour, that…

— Philomena Kwao

In Globalization 1.0, which began around 1492, the world went from size large to size medium. In Globalization 2.0, the era that introduced us…

— Thomas Friedman