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TEXTILES

TexRev

Change paradigm.

Concerning ourselves with identifying fabrics that are more economical in terms of planetary resources (water, fossil fuels), less polluting and more circular to design our clothes is one of the foundations of the project. To facilitate the use of new sustainable textiles already industrialized, TexRev is in the process of building boxes intended for fashion and design students, each containing around fifteen fabrics, a description of each fabric and qualities for use. Stay informed about our NL

WOOL

Woola (Estonia) produces textile packaging to protect fragile products in postal packages. These wool-based packaging advantageously replace bubble plastic (lifespan of 500 years) and use unused wool waste (i.e. around 200,000 tonnes per year in Europe). This is a way for the producer to be more sustainable. READ

SPORT

Vuori (US, California) has successfully developed sports-fashion since 2015 with quality products — comfortable, sweat-regulating, minimalist design — 85% recycled materials (REPREVE, polyester from recycled bottles and ECONYL, nylon from fishing nets), sold in high-end multi-brand retailers /luxury (35 stores in North America). According to Good On You, it is one of the 15% of fashion brands that are trying to progress on ESG criteria (vs. 85% who have not started). READ

CO2

Carbon Fact and Sweep (France). These two platforms allow companies to calculate their carbon footprint in order to reduce their emissions where they are very high. If Sweep is multi-sector, CarbonFact is more textile-clothing. SWEEP  CARBON FACT

LOCAL

3,500 Third Places in France, for 50,000 economic structures and €882 million (3 times more than in 2021). These third places (co-working spaces, regional factories, neighborhood manufacturing) are places of local life, cooperation and citizen engagement, ecological transition, training and integration. READ

BIO-MIMETISM

The cuttlefish, champion of changes in color and texture, an inspiration for textiles? Its chromatophores expand or contract to change color (on 540 wavelengths) and hormonal and nervous reactions allow the skin to change its appearance. How are these mechanisms put in place? A question to explore further. READ

LIFETIME

Second-hand fashion is a market that is expected to double by 2027 and reach 350 billion dollars  Mirroring this growth, there are challenges: surviving against ultra fast fashion brands, developing B2B resale, fighting against fake accounts or counterfeiting in C2C and strengthening the security of their customers' digital wallets.