Zero waste textiles

Having known Daniel for four years, it's life-affirming to see him so excited and happy about his innovative business. "Once I stopped designing for my career and designing for myself it all started clicking," he says. (Ecocult readers get 20% off in store and 10% off online!)

Hailey Wyatt | Ottawa on Instagram: "New zero waste makes online now 🫡 • Textile waste usually consists of 55% reusable materials and 37% recyclable materials. However only 1% of this is actually recycled, 12% is down-cycled, and 87% is lost to the wastestream. There’s really no need for designers to be using all new materials - we have MORE than enough material available to us already. It’s just a matter of being creative and up-cycling / recycling / re-designing what we already have 💚 •…

Meeting Charlotte Lawson Johnston at her new Cotswold studio, Christabel Chubb learns why fabrics made using sustainable fibres and plant-based dyes are the natural way forwards

In an attempt to combat the growing textile waste crisis, eco-aware designers and brands are looking at zero-waste fashion alternatives — like recycled textiles and ocean debris — to create the hottest trend in sustainable fashion: recycled clothing.

Studio Sarmite is a materials design and research studio focussing on transforming industry wasteinto new closed-loop concepts.

Zero waste weaving is one of the oldest methods to create fabric. Before landfills, before fast fashion, before industrialization Wear it, use it up and incorporate it back into new cloth. Weaving our scraps and waste into textiles has been a bedrock principle of Megan-Ilene and zero waste design, the impetus to the brand. New for fall: The Handwoven topper. Adjustable side ties, boatneck, empire waist seaming and always one of a kind. #wasteleddesign #fiberholic #textiles #handwoven #...