Avenue Textile / apparel design for reusability

Theme : Clothing materials design for minimal washing

Innovation relevant to : Sustainable clothing consumers, Textile and fashion designers, Material science engineers, Textile fibre professionals,

Clothes that require minimal washing

Clothes washing consumes huge amounts of water and electricity. Fashion brands are working with novel technologies to design clothes that require minimal washing. Some of them are use of peppermint oil during finishing to keep clothes fresh for a long time, use of seaweed and wool fibres which require minimal washing, etc.

Source : Fast Company

Innovation Highlights

  • Minimize a quarter of a garment’s carbon footprint over its lifetime
  • Principle: Clothing materials design for minimal washing

Keywords

Minimal washing for clothes

Merino wool

Seaweed fibres


Date

2019-07-06

Geography

Global

Innovation done by

Corporates

other stakeholders

Mechanical engineers

Chemical engineers

Textile engineers

University researchers