Tag: Naturally SourcedTextile Fibers
La Methode hemp yarn: color changes over time, with no repeatability
From Flemish hemp to fine spinning, Bruno Mocchi develops long-fiber garments while confronting repeatability, natural dyeing and market constraints
Why does Prato continue to attract designers from around the world?
Designers, companies and researchers come to Prato to develop new prototypes – Lottozero experiments with a distributed textile supply chain based on hemp, linen and silk
QWSTION weaves hemp and abacá in Switzerland as alternatives to synthetic fibres
In 2026, QWSTION launches a hemp collection and continues developing Bananatex, a fabric made from banana plant fibre: two plant-based materials chosen to replace fossil-derived alternatives
Can Italy return to linen? 100 hectares for the textile industry
Near Bergamo, in Astino, one of the many green fields framing the provincial road out of the city center appears anonymous, yet tells the story of a glorious textile past...
Fischbacher 1819 and Marcel Wanders: hemp, supply chains and textile processes
Ancient Memories is a textile collection presented by Fischbacher 1819, the Swiss textile company based in St. Gallen and active in furnishing fabrics; the project involves Marcel Wanders, Caterina Roppo...
From hemp, new life for Italian producers
Opera Campi in Parma aims to create hemp fabric as soft as it was two hundred years ago, and an Italian supply chain. Opera means ‘work’, ‘masterpiece’ and evokes the...
