Experts say fashion is getting more and more cutting edge, as designers embrace technology to come up with new textiles.

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And in an era when virtually every collar and hemline has been tried and revisited, pioneering designs increasingly hang on finding new textiles.

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Some emerging designers are eschewing new textiles altogether for upcycling, which means taking waste and reclaimed textile material and turning it into a product with higher value.

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