Sustainable Fashion

Fabrics Spring.Summer 24 VIII

Fabrics Highlights for Spring.Summer 2024 - Part VIII

30. May 2023

In the FABRICS Area, around 600 international suppliers present their material innovations for all apparel segments. The complete product portfolio of fashionable woven and knitted fabrics made of wool, cotton, silk, blends and functional fibers is represented here. For the Spring.Summer 24 season, we present some highlights from international producers in our FABRICS blogposts:

SICTESS

PURITY is the new S/S 24 collection by Sictess, a high-end brand of Tessitura Monti, a celebration of the essential and purity, represented by high quality products. Fine double twisted cottons, lightweight linens, GOTS certified organic cottons and shiny silks, give life to fabrics that embody the purity of perfection. Luxury is the exclusive workmanship made in Italy. Skilled weavers create works of art expressed in jacquard, leno weave, plissé and ajour.

SICTESS

TEKSTINA

Tekstina’s approach is to play with design and creativity to create novelties. For SS24 the story is all about Bazar. Imagine to walk through a bazar with all its creative colours and shapes. The new collection features colourful micro, geometrical designs on one side and organic, abstract shapes on the other. It takes you through Tekstina ́s traditional designs, a summer harvest mood or tribal gathering club in Miami.

TEKSTINA

ZEYNAR MENSUCAT

Zeynar’s new SS24 collection stands for healing with the power of nature. The Cyber Lime, blended with natural and digital elements, calm and futuristic pastels, peaceful blue tones, green tones of nature luminous red and pinks, and high contrast digital colors to highlight the Metaverse. Respecting to nature, our sustainable fabrics and special processes are at the forefront.

ZEYNAR MENSUCAT

TESSITURA MONTI

BLOOMING S/S24 – The theme of colors develops around new textile bases with surprising textures, releasing a contemporary and sophisticated taste. Seersucker embossed effects, ajour micro-transparency, floral prints give life to a collection that is a “bloom” of good mood and lightness. Cotton and last generation polyamide with a “crispy” and hyper-technical hand, perfect for overshirt and functional shirt. Presented pure or with blend (cotton or tencel), their linen has a light and sophisticated hand.

TESSITURA MONTI

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Fabrics Spring.Summer 24 VII

Fabrics Highlights for Spring.Summer 2024 - Part VII

18. May 2023

In the FABRICS Area, around 600 international suppliers present their material innovations for all apparel segments. The complete product portfolio of fashionable woven and knitted fabrics made of wool, cotton, silk, blends and functional fibers is represented here. For the Spring.Summer 24 season, we present some highlights from international producers in our FABRICS blogposts:

GRATEX

Textiles are the fabric from which our passion is woven: Gratex is a reliable family business with 50 years of international experience and always on the pulse of the fashion world. Since 2021, they have also been a partner of BETTER COTTON (BCI), the world’s largest initiative for sustainable cotton production. For their customers, Gratex spans the spectrum from fashionable fabric design to yard goods for the coming season. Our Spring/Summer 2024 collection includes traditional and fashion prints, jacquard fabrics, lace, shirting and much more. Fresh pastel shades, bright pink and elegant greens whet the appetite for summer.

GRATEX

MARIA MADALENA DA ROCHA AZEVEDO

MMRA is a Portuguese family business with 40 years of experience in circular knitting. It exports to several international markets, presents a wide range of natural, organic, recycled and synthetic products. MMRA is committed to Oeko-Tex, Gots, GRS and OCS certifications. Among the innovations, the use of materials such as textile paper and banana thread with a pineapple mixture stand out.

LEMAR

Lemar offers a responsible sourcing and fiber choice, eco labels, and fiber-to-fiber technologies in their new Spring.Summer 24 collection. These developments have improved positively the features of the yarns selected, helping to create fabrics with better performance from an environmental perspective. Find value-added fabrics offering advantages across all areas of sustainability, like: Seaqual™, Newlife™, AmniSoulEco™, Yarnaway™, Q-Nova™ and their brand-new fabrics woven with EVO by Fulgar, Sensil™ BioCare and Sensil™ byNature – because we care.

LEMAR

Cody

MEHLER – LODENFABRIK

Since 1644 the woollen mill Mehler guarantees development, quality and service. Due to full integration of their production with their own spinning, weaving, dye-works and finishing, they offer everything from fibre to fabric: everything they do is 100% made in Germany. Apart from main articles such as classic woollen fabrics from carded and worsted yarn, they also develop new products. „Shine“ is unique by its sparkling effect. In addition the composite „Cody“ is a fabric made for apparel with a smooth fabric on the one side and a woollen fleece on the other side. Both made from 100% wool – for quality and sustainability.

MEHLER - LODENFABRIK

Shine

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Fabrics Spring.Summer 24 VI

Fabrics Highlights for Spring.Summer 2024 - Part VI

11. May 2023

In the FABRICS Area, around 600 international suppliers present their material innovations for all apparel segments. The complete product portfolio of fashionable woven and knitted fabrics made of wool, cotton, silk, blends and functional fibers is represented here. For the Spring.Summer 24 season, we present some highlights from international producers in our FABRICS blogposts:

SERIDE

Seride developed 4 macro themes for Spring/Summer 24 collection:

Summer Haus which includes seaside stripes, painterly patterns, time-honored shapes, simple checks, puckered knits & seersucker, cream or natural linen grounds.

Sea Life is about Tie-dye, abstract, floral & herbal patterns mixed with shades of aquamarine, teal, baby blue, royal & cobalt which bring soothing yet sophisticated harmonies to apparel.

Euphoria is inspired by brilliant colors, fluorescent touches, fantasy and exotic florals, iridescent effect and sequins and
Blossom Dearie includes delicate florals, chiffons & organzas, powdery & pastel tints, fresh petals.

SERIDE

TROFICOLOR DENIM MAKERS

The new Troficolor collection promotes reuse, giving new life to timeless fabrics from previous collections, avoiding textile waste and new productions. Sustainable fibres such as BCI cotton, GOTS / OCS organic cotton, GRS / RCS recycled cotton and polyester, Tencel TM , Linen and Hemp are offered. A range of Tencel TM articles, light and fluid as Linen/Hemp articles, fresh and versatile, and ECRU fabrics comes in natural colour without dyeing. Complemented by a line of quilted and jacquard look items with designs suitable for different styles.

TROFICOLOR DENIM MAKERS

ÜNLÜ GROUP

Ünlü Group Textiles is a Turkish fabric mill focusing on creative and fancy fabrics for innovative brands. Having textile designers, surface designers and
trend analysts in house, they follow the macro and micro trends in the world closely and create new perspectives for our customers by synthesizing different types of fabrics, printing techniques and designs.

ÜNLÜ GROUP

WKS CIFRA

WarpKnitSeamless Knitwear goes Fashion: Milan based warp knit seamless (WKS) specialist Cifra will be presenting its exclusive Urban Panorama Project which matches the performance and comfort of sports derived from WKS technology to daily wear style. Clothing is increasingly shifting towards sportswear by absorbing its technicality and versatility and WKS projects originates from a deep expertise in the sports and athleisure world supported by a high design content. Discover the WKS CIFRA innovations at the Hellmann Textiles booth.

WKS CIFRA

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Fabrics Spring.Summer 24 V

Fabrics Highlights for Spring.Summer 2024 - Part

9. May 2023

In the FABRICS Area, around 600 international suppliers present their material innovations for all apparel segments. The complete product portfolio of fashionable woven and knitted fabrics made of wool, cotton, silk, blends and functional fibers is represented here. For the Spring.Summer 24 season, we present some highlights from international producers in our FABRICS blogposts:

PROFILO SRL

Under the flag of Made in Italy, PROFILO SRL is constantly researching new trends to offer material solutions for global tendencies. Their collections offer sustainable qualities such as GOTS, OCS and recycled fibres as cotton and linen mixes of functional yarns. The selection of raw materials is the first step in obtaining the best quality fabrics that are transformed into beautiful collections for mens- & womenswear.

PROFILO SRL

PROFILO TESSILE

The new Profilo Tessile SS24 collection takes a distance from the dogmas of the past. The longing for light-heartedness, novelty, and change is yearning. Soft shades and pastel colors are combined together with a more linear appeal and aesthetics. Light ground fabrics and textured stripes meets modern fibers and a pleasant-to-touch hand feel. The slub looks play down the more rigorous graphics.

PROFILIO TESSILE

PROJECT SRL

A combination of bright, neutral, pastel and intense colors inspired by the digital world: the new PROJECT SRL collection is defined by the use of organic and recycled fibers which create essential and sinuous designs. Fluidity and soft lines, technology and craftsmanship, the natural that blends with the active giving space to comfort and elegant casual styles are brought together in the new Spring. Summer 24 collection from PROJECT SRL.

PROJECT

RESOTEX

Resotex stands for upcycling with style and competence! For over 30 years, they have been the leading B2B wholesaler for overproduction. They buy up remnants of well-known brands and currently offer over 8,000 fabrics that are immediately available from stock. Approximately 30 new ones are added daily. Available from just 1 metre and 50€ net per order are coat fabrics, virgin wool, jerseys, jacquards, boucles, denim, viscose and cotton fabrics, bridal and evening fabrics, silk and many more.

RESOTEX

ROTA TEKSTIL

With top-notch natural cottons, flashy viscons, outstanding lyocell developments and warm designs with jacquards and foil prints, Rota presents the SS24 collection, which brings the woven fabrics to the top level with a significant focus on sustainability.

ROTA TEKSTIL

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Fabrics Spring.Summer 24 IV

Fabrics Highlights for Spring.Summer 2024 - Part IV

2. May 2023

In the FABRICS Area, around 600 international suppliers present their material innovations for all apparel segments. The complete product portfolio of fashionable woven and knitted fabrics made of wool, cotton, silk, blends and functional fibers is represented here. For the Spring.Summer 24 season, we present some highlights from international producers in our FABRICS blogposts:

MANIFUTURA

Manifutura of Ege Organics Group, by its commitment to sustainability, has taken action in Regenerative organic cotton and Hemp farms projects to give the buzzwords of fashion brands “SUSTAINABLE, TRANSPARENT & FAIR” meaning. Check out our Turkish organic cotton-hemp blends for Spring and Summer 2024 season and simply get the chance to actively create a transparent supply chain.

MANIFUTURA

MERT IPEK

Since the very beginning, Mert Ipek uses only natural fibres, mainly: silk, linen/hemp and wool. Not only in terms of materials, but the way it’s produced is important to have a sustainable production line. And with this taken in its full implications comes around to one of the major issues of our time, global warming or climate change. The promotion of the use of natural fibres as CO2 neutral resource contributes to a greener planet.

MERT IPEK

MUEHLMEIER

MUEHLMEIER offers a toolbox of eco-optimized and circular M-BraCups which is now fully certified to GRS Standard. Recent additions are NOS BraCups – readily available – with 100% recycled GRS certified PES cover fabric or 100% recycled SPACER cups. Under the motto „Next Generation SPACER“, MUEHLMEIER has develop a new versatile collection of M-SPACER BraCups withbreathtakingnew material and design compositions. To serve the trend-setting potential „Statement Shoulders“, the specialist offers accentuated M-ShoulderPads for every style and in eco-optimized versions.

MUEHLMEIER

PICCHI

The new summer collection of Picchi was born with the spirit of the old craftmanship that made Prato and Picchi, in particular, great. Their finishing plant is equipped with mechanical machinery to achieve the luxury of Picchi’s craftmanship and handmade works for the best quality and designs that are available as a mix of fibers from linen, viscose and cotton. Discover the new collection at the KLAAS + HESSE booth,

PRINTSTORMING

Excavators and construction vehicles are very much in demand again, the combination of warm and cool shades, sand, beige, green and blue makes the Work Zone theme refreshing and new.

PRINTSTORMING

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Fabrics Spring.Summer 24 III

Fabrics Highlights for Spring.Summer 2024 - Part III

20. April 2023

In the FABRICS Area, around 600 international suppliers present their material innovations for all apparel segments. The complete product portfolio of fashionable woven and knitted fabrics made of wool, cotton, silk, blends and functional fibers is represented here. For the Spring.Summer 24 season, we present some highlights from international producers in our FABRICS blogposts:

EGR TEKSTIL

EGR Tekstil is a pioneering jacquard fabric manufacturer from Turkey with production plant in Bursa and showroom at the heart of Istanbul. They own high-technology textile machinery with high capacity production and are a proud to be known as eco-responsible manufacturer. With the vision of providing quality service that exceeds the expectations of our customers, EGR Tekstil manufactures value-added fabrics that are unique in appearance, quality and performance.

ERG TEKSTIL

FORZA TEKSTIL

Forza focuses on sustainable fabrics and eco-friendly production, combined with timeless as well as trendy prints. Discover their vast range of qualities, including shiny satins, natural looking, structured fabrics with elegant, calm black/white and soft coloured prints, as well as bold coloured energising, cheerful designs. Highlights include watercolour florals, tie dye, patchworks, ethnic inspired, geometric and tropical designs.

FORZA TEKSTIL

ETIGROUP

Sustainable Concept = Must Have: Etigroup, a Made in Italy manufacturing company of jacquard woven labels and ribbons, patches and tags, creates sustainable products with recycled and/or organic yarns. The ecological nature of the company is also confirmed by the ownership of GOTS and GRS certifications.

ETIGROUP

GOTTSTEIN

Since 1926, Gottstein has been producing high-quality Walk fabrics in Austria, Tyrol. In addition to conventional virgin sheep’s wool, the range also includes fabrics made from merino, shetland and alpaca wool. In addition, Gottstein offers Walk fabrics made of undyed European wool in limited colours. For the SS 24 season, in addition to lightweight Walk fabrics made of Merino Extra Fine Wool, blends with Merino/Cotton and Merino/Bamboo are also available, which captivate with their melange look. Discover the pre-order collection as well as fabrics in stock in many trend colours – directly and also available in small quantities – at the Gottstein stand. 

GOTTSTEIN

KUMASH

Kumash is specialized in casualwear woven fabrics made from cotton, cotton blends, viscose, tencel and linen yarns. Their company is Oeko-Tex and GOTS certified and they can offer BCI Cotton as well. Kumash produces fancy innovative fabrics both plain, printed and embroidered.

KUMASH

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Fabrics Spring.Summer 24 II

Fabric Highlights for Spring.Summer 2024 - Part II

30. March 2023

In the FABRICS Area, around 600 international suppliers present their material innovations for all apparel segments. The complete product portfolio of fashionable woven and knitted fabrics made of wool, cotton, silk, blends and functional fibers is represented here. For the Spring.Summer 24 season, we present some highlights from international producers in our FABRICS blogposts.

BEZ TEKSTIL

Since 1992, Bez Tekstil has been providing high quality fabrics and services for underwear and outerwear in Denizli, Turkey.

The new summer collection offers a diverse range of yarn-dyed designs and prints. The new collection is a mix of different inspirations with a common theme: NATURE. Natural Surfaces, nature-inspired surfaces and structures score with soft colourings in bright and soft colours.

Elegant minimalism offers balance and tranquillity and meets the life and energy of flowers and colours. Discover a range of high quality fabrics in PIMA Cotton USA and Egypt in our new collection for Spring.Summer 24 at their boot. 

BEZ TEKSTIL

BLOOMATI

Bloomati is a Carvema brand, which seeks quality and sustainability. Each fabric in the spring/summer collection has a variety of fibers in its composition: Linen, Seacell Pure, Hemp, Nettle. They also provide finishes that offer several benefits like antibacterial, UVA+UVB rays blocker, among others. Bloomati focuses on the expansion of their brand, betting on ecological, high-quality products and bringing innovation in fabrics.

BLOOMATI

CANCLINI1925 – PER LEI – BLUE1925

COLLECTION S24: SUPER STRIPES. This collection craves positivity, renewed graphics, colours and weights. Canclini proposes a new use of stripes: in barrè. A change of perspective to enhance this graphic. Summer is the perfect time to dare, to have character, to give visibility to the shirt. Coloured stripes also create a summer mood and lend fantasy to outfits. Discover the new collection in the KLAAS + HESSE studio.

CANCLINI1925

DRESDNER SPITZEN

As a traditional family business with a spirit of innovation, Dresdner Spitzenmanufaktur develops sophisticated and sustainable lace galloons, lace fabrics and functional warp knit fabrics, produced in our fully integrated production facility. Our collection features lace made from both conventional and recycled yarns as well as other innovative materials. The designs include filigree floral elements, patterns in a clear, classic design language, and modern structured details. 

DRESDNER SPITZEN

DUCA VISCONTI

Duca Visconti is the master of corduroy, moleskin, cotton and linen. A global fashion icon with a long history of tradition and innovation by entrepreneurs who have challenged the market by focusing on uniqueness and creativity.

Duca Visconti guarantees the highest quality standards, fast processing times and 100% made in Vaprio d’Adda, Italy. Check out the unique qualities of their new collection.

DUCA VISCONTI

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Fabrics Spring.Summer 24 I

Fabric Highlights for Spring.Summer 2024 - Part I

21. March 2023

In the FABRICS Area, around 600 international suppliers present their material innovations for all apparel segments. The complete product portfolio of fashionable woven and knitted fabrics made of wool, cotton, silk, blends and functional fibers is represented here. For the Spring.Summer 24 season, we present some highlights from international producers in our FABRICS blogposts:

ATHENEA

Athenea is much more than just a family textile company founded in 1976 in Alicante, Spain. Athenea has managed to keep all the production process internal, which allows them to be recognised as a vertical factory with the ability to develop qualities, print (digital as well as conventional), dye and finish. There’s no limitation in the number of colours nor the scale of the designs. They can 100% personalise the designs following their clients’ specifications, therefore creating unique and exclusive designs.

BOGAZICI ORME

Bogazici Orme is one of the industry’s leading companies which is specialized in producing / exporting jacquard knitted fabrics since 2006.

Developing new items before client request, delivery on time, invest in research and development are the principles lead us to success. They serve their passion, high quality and trust to their clients.

The collection offers recycled polyester / organic cotton and other eco-friendly materials. Furthermore a wide range of fancy yarn development is available and they are able to produce for Inditex and Join life. 

BOGAZICI ORME

GISTEX

Gistex brings new looks and new qualities for spring summer 24 suitable for blouses, dresses, blazer, trousers and more. They are using a high twist yarn both regular and recycled polyester for a more sustainable collection. Their focus is on Gistex: continuously better.

GISTEX

GLOBAL TEXTILE

Global Textile is one of the largest textile companies in the Republic of Uzbekistan, specializing in Yarn and Knit fabrics.

The company started operations in 2018 and is now vertically integrated in the production of textiles, from growing cotton to production of garments and apparel. The company grows its own cotton with the latest drip irrigation technology, has its own cotton processing plants, the largest spinning mills in Uzbekistan located in Tashkent and Fergana, including knitting and dyeing houses in Fergana. They have ISO, Usterized, Oeko-tex certificates, that confirm the quality, safety and environmental properties of their products. 

GLOBAL TEXTILE

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KEYHOUSE 2023

KEYHOUSE

Innovationshub für Mode von Morgen

14. March 2023

Im atmosphärischen Industriecharme des KEYHOUSE, der Halle 5, zeigen progressive Anbieter und Global Player aus branchenübergreifenden Bereichen ihre aktuellen Neuentwicklungen und Innovationen. Auf über 1.000 Quadratmetern finden Sie richtungsweisende Smart Textiles, Future Fabrics und neue Technologien – sei es in Punkto Nachhaltigkeit, Kreislaufwirtschaft, Digitalisierung, Traceability, Technologie oder Finishing. Inszeniert als interaktiver Think Tank stehen zukunftsweisende Show Cases neben Sustainable Innovations im Spotlight.

Im KEYHOUSE befindet sich auch das Hauptvortragsforum der MUNICH FABRIC START mit exklusiven Keynotes, Podiumsdiskussionen, Trend Präsentationen, Q&A Sessions & Experten-Talks internationaler Branchen-Insider. Dies sind einige der innovativen Brands, die ihre Neuheiten während der letzten KEYHOUSE Edition im Januar 2023 präsentiert haben.

ZUM VORTRAGSPROGRAMM

FICUS INNOVATIONS

Stellen Sie sich eine Technologie zum Färben von Textilien vor, die im Vergleich zu herkömmlichen Reaktivfärbemethoden mehr als 50 % Wasser und Energie spart. Stellen Sie sich außerdem vor, dass sie natürliche Pflanzenabfallextrakte als Farbstoffe und Hilfsstoffe für alle Vor- und Nachbehandlungs- und Färbeprozesse verwendet. Ficus Innovations hat seine einzigartige Technologie zum Färben von Naturstoffen nach 7 Jahren R&D entwickelt. Ziel ist es, natürliche Ressourcen zu schützen und wiederherzustellen, indem die Einführung nachhaltiger Stofffärbe-, Druck- und Veredelungsprozesse beschleunigt wird.

KAISER & DYSTAR

Der türkische Laundry-Anbieter Kaiser hat kürzlich das Advanced Used-Look-Konzept für modische Wash-Down-Effekte lanciert. Dieses Verfahren nutzt einzigartige und nachhaltigere Methoden, um mit einer neuen Farbstoffgruppe namens Lava Dye OZN einen Used-Look auf farbigen Kleidungsstücken zu erzielen. Das Advanced Used Look-Konzept biete eine einzigartige Lösung für die Probleme des Marktes in Bezug auf Kosten, Echtheit, Reproduzierbarkeit und Nachhaltigkeit bei used Non-Denim-Looks mit wasserlosen Methoden und der speziellen DyStar-Chemie.

MONTEGA

Rapid Dry ist das revolutionäre Produkt von Montega, das den Trocknungsprozess verkürzt und einen Mehrwert für das fertige Kleidungsstück schafft. Dank seiner speziellen Formel ermöglicht Rapid Dry eine schnellere Verdunstung des Wassers in der Faser, Energieeinsparung während der Trocknungsphase und folglich niedrigere Kosten für den gesamten Prozess, wodurch ein saubereres Kleidungsstück mit weniger Verschleiß erzielt wird.

REACTIVE REALITY

Reactive Reality ist der führende Anbieter von Technologien zur virtuellen Anprobe und zur Erzeugung virtueller Modebilder. Die PICTOFiT-Plattform ermöglicht es Modemarken und Einzelhändlern, virtuelle Umkleidekabinen und fotorealistische Avatare nahtlos in ihre Website, App und In-Store-Lösungen zu integrieren. Für Verbraucher erstellt die Plattform fotorealistische Avatare von Käufern, die genaue Größenempfehlungen für alle Marken ermöglichen. Die Avatare können interaktiv eingekleidet werden und bieten unbegrenzte Outfit-Kombinationen und virtuelle Hintergrundszenen.

TORAY INTERNATIONAL EUROPE

Toray ist ein integrierter Chemiekonzern, der seine Geschäftstätigkeit in 29 Ländern und Regionen weltweit ausübt. Das 1926 gegründete Unternehmen ist ein weltweit führender Hersteller von fortschrittlichen Materialien und ein Lösungsanbieter mit Schwerpunkt auf Fasern, Textilien und Bekleidung.

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A Look Back at 2020

A LOOK BACK AT 2020 WITH SIMON ANGEL

ARTICLE BY SIMON ANGEL, CURATOR OF SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS FORUM

26. January 2021

It is popular to indulge in the mindset that we must put 2020 behind us and as quickly as possible. Ready to leave 2020 in the past and look only to the New Year for the future. As if there lays hope in 2021, like a magic wand it would undo and restart the world anew. But we must look back in order to look forward which is especially the case for creative innovator. In a year confronted with radical change, I can look back and break down general defining responses into three categories as:

Those who ‘endured’ change.

Those who ‘embraced’ change.

Those who ‘ignored’ change.

I think, as an allegory, this is what designers and developers ‘do’ every day. It is part of their daily practice: endure, challenge and ignore. From this perspective the majority of society is now familiar with the same practices designers have faced working in their studios’.

Looking back at 2020 among the broad network of designers and students, I am pleased to see that they have continued their practices. Perhaps you’ll be surprised to hear that a lot of them even made profit from the changes that Corona brought us. Designers from the sustainable front were celebrated. Shy geniuses were noticed and people who were previously unaware of the major flaws in the fashion and textile industry, could no longer ignore the cracks in the system: 2020 revealed the cracks and broadened awareness.

A positive response to change: the focus on sustainability and the sense of urgency to work in this way has never been clearer and has never before revealed the system ‘as a whole’ as clearly as it seems ‘NOW’. In previous articles, I pointed out that designers have a natural instinct to reflect on their contribution, to focus on their niche-solution but to observe the system as a whole. Discover the Sustainable Innovations series on the Munique Blog.

Now, however, the designers are no longer the front runners and exhausted messengers, screaming alone into the dessert. Instead, the industry: mills, dyers, production factories, governments and consumers seem to join forces and come together to solve the bigger problems in the system. This sense of urgency is a huge call for collaboration.

Meaning that our designers are free to take up a new position, leading innovation to new frontiers without the frustration of static movement from the industry. More and more, designers are re-thinkers and importantly, value collaborators. From this perspective I am very hopeful. We are still in a stage of responding to the established system, economy and behaviours … BUT I am very sure that the movement of change will continue to get stronger and broader than ever.

The challenge for now is to keep the focus on virtue, value and volume which has been the focus of our Sustainable Innovations forum since the January 2019 edition of Munich Fabric Start.

Virtue: having an idea about what you do, why you act and how this impacts society and our planet in a positive way

Value: the added value to the system, others and the whole as an effect on a certain act

Volume: think modest and act from need, not from greed

Read the full article here.

Simon Angel , Curator of Sustainable Innovations

So, the actual risk in times of corona is to stress the choice between polarising OR collaborating; You are either ‘for’ or ‘against’. You are ‘in’ or ‘out’. The nuances, differences and challenges disappear from the stage. In the textile industry there is only one way: bridging the differences, uniting our similarities and cherish our authentic strengths, reminding me of the ‘Reach out and touch’ song.

The textile industry, as a front runner on fashion, can serve as the blueprint for a changing society and business practices. The ‘good’ practice. Connecting with the fact that all throughout history there exists no closer relationship to the human skin as textiles.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

“I’m always keen to bring inspiring topics and sustainable projects into the spotlight through my work at the Sustainable Innovations forum at Munich Fabric Start and with each of my contributions to the Munique Blog. Check out @simonangelmfs for more sustainable projects, inspiration and discovery.“

Simon Angel | sa@simonangel.nl

by Alison Baxter