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Post-Apocalyptic Style: Prototype COO Designs for Wrangler x The Last of Us

Richard Gregory

We’re beyond excited to share some big news from inside the Prototype Global family.Fans of HBO’s The Last of Us—and fans of great design—will want to keep their eyes on Wrangler’s latest collaboration with the

Post-Apocalyptic Style: Prototype COO Designs for Wrangler x The Last of Us

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Breaking News: Trump Announces New Tariffs on Indonesia

New 32% Tariff on Indonesian Imports: What Does This Mean for Import Duties?On April 2, 2025, President Donald Trump announced a series of new tariffs under his “Liberation Day” economic ...

October 23, 2024

Brand Spotlight: Grip Baby

GRIP BABY: LITTLE MOVERS ON THE GO. First-of-its-kind infant crawling support for a secure foundation for baby, today and tomorrow.FOR LITTLE MOVERS WITH BIG DREAMSFounder: Ally WeissYear Founded: 2024Home Base: San Francisco Bay ...

Featured, Manufacturing, Software

Finding the Right Fashion Tech Pack Software

by Richard Gregory

January

2020

Tech Packs are the Blueprint of the Fashion World When you’re serious about manufacturing your fashion designs, you need a fashion tech pack. If you have one, nice work, rockstar! If you don’t have one though, you probably need some tech pack software to help get you started. Here at Prototype fewer than 10% of [ read more…]

Essential Guides, Fabrics & Materials, Featured

The Fabric Dyeing Process for Custom Color

by Richard Gregory

November

2019

Custom Fabric Dyeing 101 When developing a fashion line, one of the first and most persistent issues you’re going to run into is with custom dyed fabrics. Color trends move quickly. More quickly than the big textile manufacturers can react, so this means that when you’re sourcing fabrics for your designs, there’s a good chance [ read more…]

Featured, Indonesia

This is Why You Should Be Manufacturing Clothing in Indonesia

by Richard Gregory

September

2019

Why Manufacture Apparel Overseas? Garment manufacturing generally takes hold in areas where labor is cheap. Garments are a common item so the price is sensitive. Back in the old days, most people had just a few articles of clothing: a few shirts, a couple pairs of pants, 1 or 2 pairs of shoes. Not enough [ read more…]

Ethics & Sustainability, Fabrics & Materials, Fashion Trends

Bamboo Fabric: Textile Superhero

by Richard Gregory

September

2019

Who would have thought that the panda’s all-time favorite snack had so many uses? The world’s fastest growing plant family is more than just a tasty treat, it also provides the base material for a booming textile industry. So what’s all the fuss about? Why is bamboo fabric so popular in the garment industry today? [ read more…]

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Fashion Technology Meets Apparel Design

by Richard Gregory

September

2019

Fashion + Technology At first glance the two words don’t seem to go together: artificial intelligence (AI) and fashion apparel design. But they do now! Several large fashion companies have paired with fashion technology partners. This presents an exciting new computer-based design option for the fashion industry. Google’s Design AI Google partnered with German fashion [ read more…]

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Bamboo Fabric: Textile Superhero

Fashion Technology Meets Apparel Design

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