Munich Fabric Start
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An editorial by Simon Angel, Curator of the SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS Forum, on our changing relationship with textiles – between scientific progress and artistic intimacy.
Muchaneta ten Napel talks to Lauren Bartley, Chief Sustainability Officer at GANNI, about next-generation materials, circular business models and the future of sustainable fashion.
Stella Blu is the first denim mill in the world to adopt NTX Cooltrans, the waterless coloration technology, to produce denim entirely without indigo.
The organisers of MUNICH FABRIC START, Sebastian Klinder and Frank Junker, talk about the new summer season CLARITY, the changing trade show landscape and the new trade show dates.
Certifications, recycled materials, environmentally friendly – that is what the sustainable fabrics in the ReSource area stand for.
How and where are our roots? The Linen Project revives the economic viability of local flax cultivation and linen production in the Netherlands and reconnects us with deep human values and ancient skills.
Local and recycled: Enschede Textielstad was founded in 2013 by Annemieke Koster to create responsibly produced fabrics from recycled yarns and local raw materials such as flax, hemp and wool for apparel and interior textiles.
The focus here is on circularity: it is about the recyclability of the material; a product made by Studio Sarmite can be dissolved at the end of its life and the textile fibres can be used for the next production cycle.
Bio-based, locally produced, on demand: that’s MYCOTEX by NEFFA – a flexible material whose properties lie somewhere between leather, plastic and artificial leather.
The textiles have the peotic power of tracing time. The changes in the colours make the ageing process visible and make transience a subject of discussion – spiritual as well as material.
When the programmers of KNITWEAR LAB teamed up with 3D software specialists, a completely new idea for more sustainable, cost-efficient and design-oriented pattern development and knitwear production emerged.
Bye bye, plastic! The long-term goal is to be able to replace virgin polyester as a raw material.
