Avenue Textile / apparel design for reusability

Theme : Hot water dissolvable clothing stitches

Innovation relevant to : Textile fashion designers, Textile recycling companies, Textile engineers, Mechanical engineers,

Hot water dissolvable threads for temporary apparel stitching and garment recycling

Disassembling stitched clothes is time consuming and costly. Coats’ Aquamelt is a water soluble thread that dissolves when immersed or sprayed with warm water.

Source : Coats

Innovation Highlights

  • Minimizes the need to remove temporary stitches sewn with normal threads
  • Certified Oeko-Tex 100
  • Principle: Hot water dissolvable clothing stitches

Keywords

Hot water dissolvable stitches

Garment recycling

Garment repair


Geography

United Kingdom

Innovation done by

Corporates

other stakeholders

University researchers

Startups