choose a raw material. We have different choices, from polyester to algae and mycelium. Jellyfish, even jellyfish. After the choice for a raw material, you can choose for a production technique to make a fabric out of the raw material. And after that, you have to choose a kind of coloring technique. And that could be a chemical coloring, or natural coloring, for example by bacteria.
what do you want to do when you can't use your clothing anymore. recycle it, or to incinerate, or to compost for example?
for example: algae, it's easy to grow, local.
weaving or knitting? knitting is a better option because it has less waste.
natural dyeing, which is a great alternative to chemical dyeing. But non-dyeing would be best.
the best way is to choose a material, a raw material, that is fully biodegradable, for eg. mycelium or jellyfish. Then you would go for a groven, because you can already grow it in the shape that you want. So you don't have any waste material. Then for dyeing, you would not dye it at all. So there's no water use, no chemicals whatsoever. And then your after-use option would be to compost the whole garment. So put it in the ground and there's nothing left afterwards.
What we do is for each raw material look at what the footprint is, when you look to the use of water, energy, distribution, waste So also the impact of toxic materials for people and planet. It's a rough indication for every raw material, how sustainable it is. So what we want to show is also the experimental phase for this kind of materials. new alternatives for traditional fabrics and develop new value chains based on these biobased materials.
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