Experience a BRAID

Advancing high performance BRAIDED patterned material and its efficient, low environmental impact method of manufacture for the fashion and textile industry.

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Try Our Experiments

3D garments built for function, longevity, and circularity that exemplify the balance between technology, sustainability, and design.

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Dynamic Integrated Systems

Rethinking how we view fabrics and garments

  • Our Influence

    Our Influence

    Nature’s design systems operate holistically, where every element has a role in contributing to the greater system’s efficiency and sustainability. TEF Braids’ holistic approach to textile design—where the filament geometry...

    Our Influence

    Nature’s design systems operate holistically, where every element has a role in contributing to the greater system’s efficiency and sustainability. TEF Braids’ holistic approach to textile design—where the filament geometry...

  • The "Perfect Sports Bra"

    The "Perfect Sports Bra"

    We've taken a technology that was developed to produce decorative strips of lace into one that will efficiently manufacture one of the most complex and demanding garments in your wardrobe...

    The "Perfect Sports Bra"

    We've taken a technology that was developed to produce decorative strips of lace into one that will efficiently manufacture one of the most complex and demanding garments in your wardrobe...

  • Lace Braiding Research & Patents

    Lace Braiding Research & Patents

    Programmable braiding machines, although relatively unknown, have a crucial role in textile manufacturing beyond their traditional association with lace bands.  Over the years of invention and practice with programmable circular...

    Lace Braiding Research & Patents

    Programmable braiding machines, although relatively unknown, have a crucial role in textile manufacturing beyond their traditional association with lace bands.  Over the years of invention and practice with programmable circular...

  • The Patterning Puzzle

    The Patterning Puzzle

    The challenge is to make functional and aesthetically interesting garments from one piece of fabric using only 128 spindles of yarn and some finishing ingenuity.

    The Patterning Puzzle

    The challenge is to make functional and aesthetically interesting garments from one piece of fabric using only 128 spindles of yarn and some finishing ingenuity.

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