ECO FABRIC BIBLE

Need to know about the latest trends in sustainable fabrics? We’ve got you draped & covered.

 

 

WHAT IS BAMBOO? Bamboo Textiles can be either cloth, yarn or garments made out of Bamboo fibres. In the past, bamboo strips have been used to make stiff accessories such boning for corsets and jewellery. However, in recent years new technologies...

06 December, 2016 /

WHAT IS HEMP? Hemp is one of the first plants to be spun into fibre over 10,000 years ago. It is a variety of the Cannabis sativa plant species that is grown specifically for the industrial uses of its derived products....

19 October, 2016 /

WHAT IS MUSKIN? MuSkin is a vegan leather which is produced using skin of mushroom caps. HOW IS IS MADE? Grown from the extraction of mushroom caps in a controlled environment in large sheets. A cow sized hyde will grow in approximately 2...

17 October, 2016 /

WHAT IS CUPRO? Cupro (Cuprammonium rayon) is a rayon fabric made from cellulose (an important structural component of the primary cell wall of green plants). HOW IS IS MADE? Pulp from wood plants such as cotton are dissolved in cuprammonium solution (ammonia and...

17 October, 2016 /
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