Eco-friendly fashion continues to evolve and express itself in most different segments and product categories.
Footwear, in particular, has speeded up in terms of innovation and research, and has evolved significantly in recent times. The SPIN OFF has selected some most innovative and trendy projects focused on preserving the environment.
Hiking for good
Beeline by Billionaire Boys Club Icecream, a streetwear brand founded by Pharrell Williams, has started a new collaboration with Timberland, giving birth to its second trekking collection for s/s 2022.
Solar Ridge hiking shoes have GreenStride soles made from 75% renewable materials, including sugar cane and natural rubber, and a foot bed made from 70% bio-based material. They're also waterproof thanks to a Gore-Tex upper and feature rubber toe and heel protection.
Beeline x Timberland SS22 Hiking Capsule is sold via BBC Ice cream Global Flagships and on websites in the US, EU and Japan starting April 1, at prices between €55 and €375. It will also be sold in Timberland stores and websites and through select retailers from April 8, 2022.
A conscious street-attitude
The Japanese streetwear brand Suicoke has just launched its new Eco line as a concentrate of various re-used fabrics and materials. Whether it's leftover fabric from manufacturing or recycled nylon, many sources make up its Eco line.
The Japanese brand has been collaborating with the rubber sole specialist Vibram for long. One of its most sustainable solutions is Ecostep Evo, a good performance sole made up of a minimum of 30% recycled Vibram rubber, which provides added durability and improved grip on both wet and dry surfaces.
Most of Suicoke’s sandals of this collection, have their uppers made by recycling waste materials from manufacturing like, for instance, unused lint and fabric during thread and weave processing. Their nylon tapes, stitching and brand label, instead, are made from 100% recycled plastic bottles.
Suicoke has further and more ambitious plans as it aims to offer styles that are fully made from recycled or biodegradable components and continue its mission to lower its carbon footprint and still maintain its quality standards. Retail prices range between €168 and €208.
The Spanish responsible brand Ecoalf has recently launched The Prince Knit sneaker from Ecoalf, a new sneaker model that claims to have the lowest carbon footprint in the world, with an emission value of 4.85 kilos of carbon dioxide, much lower when compared with the avarage emission of 13.6 kilo emission of a "regular" senaker.
Ecoalf could measure this result by collaborating with renowned, Spanish innovation and technology institute INESCOP, after taking into account the strict guidelines of the European Union. The research covered all areas of the product's life cycle: from the origin of raw materials to the end of the sneakers' life cycle.
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