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Reima and WWF
launched a
new capsule
collection
Reima, in collaboration with WWF, is launching a new capsule collection. The limited-edition Reima x WWF
collection is launching on July 19, 2022. It is a celebration of the rich biodiversity and magic of nature. Reima is
the leading premium performance wear brand for active children. Reima provides good quality, year-round,
tip-to-toe wardrobe for children ages 0 to 12. For every Reima x WWF item purchased until December 2022,
Reima will donate 2€ to WWF’s global conservation efforts. The total contribution amount – a minimum of
100,000€ – will be shared after the campaign ends. For the fantastic key visual of the Reima x WWF
collaboration, Reima has teamed up with the Finnish wildlife photographer Konsta Punkka, known for his
mesmerizing nature and animal images.
WWF’s mission is to stop the degradation of the Earth’s natural environment and to build a future in which
humans live in harmony with nature by conserving the world’s biological diversity, ensuring that the use of
renewable natural resources is sustainable, and promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption.
Yuima Nakazato presented its 12th couture collection, "BLUE," at
Haute Couture Week in Paris. This was the second physical runway
show held in Paris after a two-year hiatus caused by the global
pandemic." featuring Brewed Protein™ materials. Brewed Protein™
textile, a synthetic protein material specifically designed and
produced by Japanese bio-startup Spiber, can freely deform a
fabric's shape by precisely controlling the textile's super
contraction (shape transformation) characteristics through digital
fabrication.
Fusing this approach with traditional kimono production
techniques such as indigo dye, lacquer, and tie-dyeing allows for
Yuima Nakazato balancing shape retention with flexibility and improving material
biodegradability by shifting away from petroleum-based inks in a
presents a new further demonstration of Biosmocking's value as a garment
production technology.
collection featuring Conventional petroleum-derived materials such as polyester can
maintain their shape via heat processing; they are difficult to dye
Brewed Protein™ with natural dyes. By comparison, synthetic protein materials like
Brewed Protein textiles can be dyed with natural dyes, and the
materials shape of these materials can be controlled through Biosmocking.
New techniques discovered through the creation of this collection
have enabled novel expressions that combine the characteristics
of both naturally derived and petroleum-derived fibers.
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Circ developed the revolutionary
technology system that returns
clothes to the raw materials
Circ's central, the Virginia-based textile recycling
startup, claims that it can recycle cotton-polyester investors Patagonia, Marubeni, and Fashion For Good.
textile blends containing any ratio of the two fiber The company's technology is uniquely capable of
types. Circ developed the revolutionary technology separating and recovering mixed polymer streams,
system that returns clothes to the raw materials from specifically any blend of polyester and cotton, which
which they were made, preserving the earth's natural account for most fabrics manufactured and hence,
resources in nature. most of the clothing that hangs in our collective
closets. Circ's technology is projected to reduce
Most people are unaware of the ingredients that carbon emissions created by the fashion industry
make our clothing, often forgetting that those substantially. Circ has raised $30 million in a Series B
materials come directly from the earth in the form of funding round. The investment was led by the Bill
natural fibers like cotton and synthetic fibers like Gates-founded Breakthrough Energy Ventures and
polyester, made entirely from petroleum-dependent joined by the clothing retailer Inditex and the textile
plastic. Circ's innovation has caught the attention of manufacturer Milliken, among other new and
major brands and organizations, including early existing investors.
OrganoClick introduced
food waste-derived binders
OrganoClick of Sweden has developed a range of 100% bio-based binders for nonwovens derived from waste
components from residual streams in the food industry, such as orange peel, shrimp shells, and wheat bran,
and they are fully compostable. Common binders are mainly made of fossil plastic polymers such as ethyl vinyl
technical textiles, and properties that can be enhanced include dry strength, wet strength, and dimensional
acetate (EVA) and acrylates. The binders are used to improve the mechanical properties of nonwoven and
stability, with varying degrees of stiffness or softness. Binders that improve fire protection are also included in
the OC-BioBinder range.
The binders are adapted for several nonwoven processes such as airlaid, wetlaid, spunlace, spunbond,
carded, and drylaid. They can also be used with most natural fibers, such as wood, cotton, viscose, hemp, and
pulp, and adapted for synthetic fibers such as polyester, PLA, mineral, glass, and blended fibers.
Existing binder products are already used in airlaid napkins, tablecloths, wetlaid agricultural sheeting, wetlaid
projects with customers. OrganoClick was founded as a spin-off company from Stockholm University and the
hygiene products, and knitted textile inserts. OrganoClick is currently involved in late-stage development
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in 2006.
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