Nouvelle, the new frontier in mindful fashion and sportswear
a project in collaboration with Kering Group
IMBOTEX & KERING
KERING and IMBOTEX have been working together on a sustainability project since the beginning of last year.
The two companies intend to integrate their respective expertise and know-how with the aim of designing new products based on the latest Circular Economy Concept.
The result of this collaboration is a process for upcycling the deadstock/leftover printed silk fabrics. The silk scraps are recovered as end of waste and blended with GMO’s Free PLA fibers for the manufacturing of a sustainable padding.
BEHIND THE SCENES OF NOUVELLE
Nouvelle padding is created in four steps:
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We collect as "end of waste" silk fabrics scraps from leftover printed silk fabrics
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The scraps are garnetted mechanically and transformed into very fine fibres
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We make a decolour (or colour) process with GOTS approved substances
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Finally the fiber are blended with PLA (Polylactide fibre).
This upcycled insulation allows the creation of very light paddings that have unique thermal insulating properties.
