Outdura (Hudson, North Carolina) recently hired Gloria Tsocos as design manager. Tsocos joined the company in 2015 in its contract-fabric division. She began her career as a fabric designer in the home-furnishing and hospitality markets and, over the years, specialized in indoor and outdoor upholstery fabrics. She served as a professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, New York) and has managed the design divisions of several textile mills.

Chris Duerk, senior vice president, says, “Gloria brings over 20 years of fabric design and leadership to the Outdura family. We are excited to bring our design-service team in-house for the first time in company history as we transition to a more forward-facing company. Gloria will lead our design team in our efforts to deliver innovative fabric constructions and designs in new and existing yarn types.”