Fashion & Retail Sustainability: Levi’s expands its “Wear Longer” repair push to Paris and London, using workshops and video tutorials to teach Gen Z repair skills. Textile Tech & Manufacturing: KARL MAYER’s new RDJ 7/3 Jacquard Double Needle Bar Raschel machine goes live at Long John’s Indonesian plant, while DNA Technical Fabrics adds Doug McBurney as VP of Operations to drive operational excellence. Digital/AI for Fashion: Perfect Corp. hosts its 8th Global Beauty & Fashion Tech Forum, focusing on AI moving from pilots to real business impact. Trade & Policy Pressure: India starts anti-dumping probes into five Chinese products tied to textiles (including persulphates and caprolactam), as EU-China trade tensions intensify with textiles flagged among affected sectors. Cotton & Supply Chain: A European Space Agency-backed traceability project completes live cotton testing, and Pakistan weighs access to foreign cotton germplasm amid low yields and seed-quality issues. Creative Craft Spotlight: Gabriela Hearst’s Paris show spotlights Afghan textiles via Turquoise Mountain, and Ghana–Korea talks aim to boost cultural and fashion/textile exchanges.