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Hair creates identity – we dye it, style it, create new looks and expressions, and associate ourselves with cultural or social groups. It loses meaning and becomes rubbish to be discarded.
Using digital fabrication, designer Mehdi Mashayekhi deconstructs wood in his project Choub and shapes it into armour-like, portable constructions.
But then at some point there is suddenly a fundamental break, a completely new attitude to life, a completely different basic mood, a “vibe shift”. We are now at such a turning point.
What can industry players who want to take a constructive look at the textile market expect in 2023, with innovation as the backbone?
Sustainable Innovations curator Simon Angel on newcomers who inspire the fashion industry, new materials and the question of conscious creating.
We are continuing the positive, motivated and ambitious mood that is evident at the current shows.
In the industrial charm of KEYHOUSE, progressive suppliers and global players will be showing Sustainable Innovations such as Piñatex, Reactive Reality, CLO Virtual Fashion, MAKEINITALY and Montega.
Bringing attention to a product’s lifecycle, the strategy focuses on design through to end-of-life. The agenda is to kickstart actions that ensure that by 2030 textile products placed on the EU market will be more eco-friendly and long-lasting.
An interview with Luigi Maria Cialdini of VIFREX STUDIO about design, sustainability and the future of the fabric producer based in Barcelona and Istanbul.
Polopiqué is one of the few complete vertical textile industries worldwide – in an interview, Rosário Rodrigues explains how the Portuguese family company distinguishes itself through innovation, sustainability and control of the entire production chain.
New recycling solutions are meant to help approach and promote the circular economy. A guest article by Muchaneta ten Napel (FashNerd) presents five companies that want to make new biomaterials the norm.
A guest article by Muchaneta Kapfunde (FashNerd) on pioneering textile recycling technologies from HKRITA, Södra and the Fashion for Good Full Circle Textiles Project.
