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Article: YARN FAIR SHARPENS ITS FASHION EDGE.
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- Daily News Record
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- August 5, 2002
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Fabric designers looking for something new and different weren't disappointed at the recent Yarn Fair International. North America's only yarn fair, which finished a three-day run at New York's Metropolitan Pavilion on July 24, has changed radically in the past year to become a much more fashion-oriented and international showcase for fibers and innovative yarns than it was in the past.
At the latest Yarn Fair, buyers found not only cashmere, silk, fine merino wools, lyocell and cotton yarns but a variety of unexpected innovations. Among them were a new cellulosic made from wood (shown for the first time here), a yarn blend of soybean fiber and cashmere, several ...