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PARIS, May 20 — From making algae-sequin dresses, dyeing clothes with bacteria to planting trackable pigments in cotton, an emerging tide of technological innovations offers the fashion industry a chance to clean up its woeful environmental record. Change is urgently needed, since the industry...
Fashion's green future of seaweed coats and mushroom shoes Issued on: US designer Charlotte McCurdy has used seaweed to make a raincoast. - Charlotte McCurdy/AFP 4 min Paris (AFP) From making algae-sequin dresses, dyeing clothes with bacteria to planting trackable pigments in cotton, an emerging tide of technological innovations offers the fashion industry a chance to clean up its woeful environmental record. Change is urgently needed, since the industry consumes 93 billion cubic metres of water per year, dumps 500,000 tonnes of plastic microfibres...
Some experts are sceptical that such initiatives can lead to large-scale transformation.
From making algae-sequin dresses, dyeing clothes with bacteria to planting trackable pigments in cotton, an emerging tide of technological innovations offers the fashion industry a chance to clean up its woeful environmental record. Change is urgently needed, since the industry consumes 93 billion cubic meters of water per year, dumps 500,000 tonnes of plastic microfibers into the ocean, and accounts for 10 percent of global carbon emissions, according to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. The growing demands for change have generated ingenious responses, such as New York designer Charlotte McCur...
Nicole McLaughlin wearing the collection’s JanShorts and Jan-Sports Bra During our young schooling days, apart from our friends, nothing could be more dependable than our backpacks. It efficiently carried our things for us to easily walk, gave us free hands, and, being at the back, helped some with their posture. Paying homage to the importance of backpacks and the Earth, bag brand Jansports launched last month its collaboration collection with New York-based designer Nicole McLaughlin, a master of upcycling. “We are thrilled to be working with Nicole to further our message and mission of...