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H&M and investors back Indian innovator AltMat

Indian material developer AltMat has completed a new funding round, the company announced on LinkedIn. The investors include major names such as H&M, investment funds Rainmatter by Zerodha and Turbostart, and the sustainable innovation platform Fashion for Good. AltMat started with the latter 14 years ago through a startup programme. AltMat...

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What Fashion Can Learn from the Veggie Burger Boom

It is impossible to have missed the “veggie burger Renaissance” of the past few years. A decade ago, you would have had to travel to the most neglected corner of the grocery store to find a meat alternative, only to discover that a frozen mush of beans and carrots was the only thing on offer. Today, you can get an Impossible or Beyond Burger...

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Fashion

What fashion revolution is made of: embrace materials of the future

For years, consumer demand for sustainable, eco-friendly fashion has increased and every season we are seeing more and more new sustainable materials incorporated into product lines. Focusing on the sustainability of the raw material is critical. According to Kering, choice of raw material accounts for 72 percent of a brand’s environmental...

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Fashion |INTERVIEW

Vegan cactus leather from Mexico: new favorite for luxury at Lineapelle Milan

CDMX - With the purpose of creating an alternative to animal leather, Adrián López Velarde and Marte Cázarez, both hailing from Mexico, developed vegan leather made with nopal (a cactus), which they successfully showcased in the last edition of the International Leather Fair Lineapelle 2019, which took place in October in Milan, Italy. The...

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Fashion

Under Armour to create 'spacewear' for Virgin Galactic astronauts

Just when you thought that fashion companies had used the “-wear” suffix for just about every activity imaginable, Under Armour has gone and upped the game with “spacewear”. The US sportswear brand has been named by Virgin Galactic as its exclusive technical spacewear partner tasked with the job of designing and fabricating suits for commercial...

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Video: Responsible design - new sneakers made with Piñatex

Innovation by design: introducing new Boss Menswear sneakers with uppers crafted from Piñatex, a sustainable alternative to leather made from pineapple leaf fibers. Source: Boss, YouTube.

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Fashion

Hugo Boss launches new menswear shoe made with Piñatex

London - German fashion label Hugo Boss has released its latest Boss menswear shoe, which is made from pineapple leaf fibre Piñatex. One of the first mass-market retailers to use the innovative leather alternative, the new shoe collection is part of Hugo Boss ongoing commitment to use more sustainable materials. Piñatex is an innovative natural...

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'Innovative materials will become more mainstream if they fulfill consumers desires'

Rotterdam - The fashion industry is one of the world's largest and most creative sectors - but it is also one of the most polluting industries, responsible for 10 percent of the world's CO2 emissions. The current production models of clothing are incredibly harmful to the environment, as it takes more than 2,500 liters of water to grow enough...

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Fashion

Sustainable Textile Innovations: Piñatex, the vegan alternative to leather

New materials, processes, and techniques are often the result of the successful merger of fashion and technology and help drive the industry towards a more sustainable future. Technological developments in the fashion and textile industry are undoubtedly one of the key factors driving real change in terms of sustainability, which is why...