Knitwear comes to the rescue with naturally sourced fibers and artisanal production processes with low environmental impact – some projects presented during the Loro Piana Knit Design Awards 2024

Hemp cultivation as a form of female empowerment and womanity. The story of the European beguines and the hemp work that inspired the Sisters of the Valley

Who remembers Martin Margiela’s bacterial stunt from 1997? Mold on clothes, multiplied in the backyards of contemporary museums. Retracing the technique used in the exhibition

Raw materials – an estimated 100 billion tons (Gt) of raw materials are mined each year. Of these, over 90% came from virgin resources. Less than 10% is coming from recycling

The wool debate: Environmental Effects of worsted versus woolen processing – insights for sustainable fashion. When fiber fineness is synonym with luxury but carries environmental concerns

The Renaissance artist Michaelangelo could free an image from a marble block, as he used to say. Italian start-up Fili Pari has turned a material such as marble into a sustainable textile for the industry

Dismissing Plastic. Eyeballing the need for a sustainable textile industry, The Lycra Company replaces synthetic spandex with a fiber made with a naturally sourced ingredient: corn

The arrival of EU regulations and the push of brands toward an ethical and transparent system with respect to the consumer, beyond the Woolmark Company initiative

Prototipo studio presents fiber, yarns, fabrics, and a collection of iconic Italian hemp garments: polo shirt, shirt, hoodie, Tyrolean jacket, vest, bomber

Bysco developed a textile fiber that comes from mussel secretions. Its technical properties can allow the replacement of synthetic fibers like fiberglass and polyester