Looking for what’s next in the fashion world is a challenge for brands and companies. While some are aiming to use recycled materials, others prefer to employ biodegradable ones. Some want to reinvent their heritage while other companies want to free themselves from harmful substances…
Isko heads for 100% recycled materials
The global denim specialist Isko recently participated in the Circular Fashion Summit 2021 by Lablaco, an international event bringing together leaders of change across design, technology and sustainability to share knowledge and take action toward creating a circular future for fashion. The event was held in a virtual-reality version of the Grand Palais Éphémère in Paris and on December 9-12, 2021.
As part of its goals, Isko is working on a special process that fully separates and recycles cotton and polyester blends at scale, and has started a collaborative partnership with MoRe Research aimed at discovering new possibilities for cellulose-based materials.
Isko’s new generation of R-Two 50+ fabrics is also playing a role in moving towards this goal. These fabrics use a minimum of 50% pre- and post-consumer recycled blend, reducing carbon and water footprints by 45% and 65% respectively, and are all GRS-certified.
When luxury cars care
High-end car company Automobili Lamborghini presents Upcycled Leather Project, a new collection of leather goods made in collaboration with Cartiera, an ethical fashion laboratory that produces accessories in leather and recovered waste fabrics.
In 2020 the company car started two projects through which it could give new life to 56% of its production leftover materials such as, for instance, leather and carbon fiber materials.
Ventile, a UK historic fabric manufacturer supplying the British Air Force pilots, has announced its move to become a PFC-free company in response to the growing demand for sustainable practices in the textile trade.
Through rigorous testing in the lab and in the field, Ventile has worked with scientists, textile experts and dye houses to produce a durable water-repellent finish (DWR) replacement for PFCs without compromising the quality of its fabric.
The PFC-free DWR contains 63% renewably sourced content derived from a variety of plant-based sources, all selected from non-genetically modified (non-GMO) and non-food-source feedstock.
Improve by Mango Man is a collection from the Spanish fast fashion company offering men’s technical and innovative products. The brand has recently launched a capsule collection produced in collaboration with the Swiss company Technow specialized in using the graphene technology. It guarantees a smart insulation from agents offering high-performance pieces.
Graphene is a bio-based material derived from corn and a high-termic conductive nanomaterial that can spread warmth around the body while regulating its basal temperature.
Bemberg, the well-known fiber used for lining, is celebrating its 90th anniversary. This cellulosic fiber is obtained from removing the hair around the cotton seeds for producing cotton oil. The resulting fiber is a cellulosic natural one, uses waste material and is not obtained from trees.
Bemberg, which belongs to Asahi Kasei Japanese holding, is celebrating its anniversary by announcing a restyling of its logo and the redefinition of its identity and goals. Along with it, it also aims to expand its activities beyond the traditional lining segment and step more evidently into the fashion business.
Radici Group, an Italian global chemical player, and DKB, an activewear apparel specialist, have started a new project. The two companies, both based in the Bergamo area, have developed a new skiing suit to be worn by athletes of the Radici Group Ski Club.
The suit includes a skiing jacket and trousers made with Renycle, a Radici Group fiber derived from the mechanical recycling of nylon produced by saving energy and water significantly while cutting CO2 emissions.
Swiss chemical specialist CHT has developed Ecoprint by CHT, what it claims to be the first compostable pigment printing system with Cradle to Cradle Platinum level. These new products guarantee high technical printing results and, at the same time, sustainable characteristics as they are designed to be returned to earth as they are not harmful for the environment and biodegradable.
They can be applied on commonly used woven textiles and knitwear made of cotton. They offer high color brilliance in combination with a wide color range of pigments and bright white printing results.
The system includes a set of nine pigments and printing auxiliaries as well, and some of them are applicable for screen and continuous printing.
The pigments are suitable for home laundering at 40 °C and can be washed as many times as regular pigments.
Italian sportswear brand Colmar Originals has chosen to collaborate and use Amni Soul Eco, a sustainable yarn produced by the Solvay Group, for its f/w 2021 collection.
This collaboration has inspired the brand to create a biodegradable capsule collection using 6.6 Amni Soul Eco, a polyamide yarn that claims to respect the environment throughout its lifecycle. If correctly disposed of in special anaerobic facilities, Amni Soul Eco biodegrades itself in around five years, differently from other polyamide yarns that take up to 50 years to degrade.
The capsule collection is made up of six padded garments, three for women and three for men, entirely biodegradable, including, for instance, their logos, made of eco-sustainable silicon, and their zippers, also biodegradable.
Dockers has recently launched a new women’s collection. Part of the offer includes the Dockers Icons, a selection of timeless pieces that are inspired by the brand’s archive and faithfully recreated, reproducing the khakis the brand debuted with 35 years ago.
While it honors the brand’s legacy, it is made according to up-to-date, eco-friendly criteria. Some of the pants are made with 100% organic cotton and others are made with its Cotton Hemp fabric, a soft, durable and natural fabric made by “cottonizing” hemp so that it feels just like cotton, although it’s an all-natural fiber grown by using fewer chemicals and pesticides.
Being sustainable for Tollegno 1900 is a choice and the result of the desire to have an active role in preserving the habitat in which it operates, in safeguarding the people with whom it collaborates, and in offering an eco-friendly, traceable product that respects the well-being of those who choose it.
From this context for s/s 2023, it has launched Ecollection, the culmination of a path of awareness. The selection offers four yarns and more precisely: Biolino, a yarn made with 60% European Flax certified and 40% Extrafine Merino Wool RWS certified; Flaxi is made out of 60% European Flax certified and 40% Extrafine Merino Wool RWS certified; Icewool is a chlorine-free 100% Extrafine Merino Wool RWS certified; and Woolcot Bio is yarn made up of 53% Extrafine Merino Wool RWS certified and 47% organic cotton.
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