Tag: Fabric
From petal to product: floral upcycling is an underexplored opportunity
The consumption of flowers in Brazil continues to grow, with an expected growth of more than 6% per year. However, picked flowers spoil quickly. The g [...]
Upcycled Easter uses everything cocoa offers!
Chocolate is the most popular use of cocoa, but it's not the only one. For a truly upcycled Easter, you have to use the whole fruit! Want to know ho [...]
Living clothes made from food bacteria? Yeah!
The path of clothes and food crossed again. I'm talking about clothes made from food bacteria. Meet the living clothes. [...]
Mushroom leather: it looks like real leather
The fashion industry as a whole is unsustainable. Leather is one of the most alarming raw materials, is costly to the environment, animals and even to [...]
What if we could use clothes made with beet fabric?
Beetroot is used as a natural dye and this we already know. The news is that it can also be used to make the beet fabric Virent, eco-friendl [...]
Dress up food: food fabric (part 3)
Do you know that in addition to the food, beverage can also be used to make fabric? Yes, your clothes might be made by milk, coffee, wine or tea.
In [...]
Dress up food: food fabric (part 2)
Did you know that cotton crop is regarded as one of the most toxic to the planet, consuming more than 25% of all insecticides used in the world? See t [...]
Dress up food: food fabric (part 1)
Did you know that millions of tons of fabric end in the landfills around the world? Only in China is 20 million tons per year. Less than 15% of it is [...]
Fruit leather: beautiful and sustainable fashion
Do you know how much does your leather jacket cost? No, I'm not talking about the price, I mean its environmental costs. Yes, it is expensive. We pres [...]
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