Sustainability
ReSOURCE - Spring.Summer25
ReSOURCE HIGHLIGHTS FOR SPRING.SUMMER 25
ReSOURCE is the sourcing platform for environmentally friendly and responsibly produced textiles, apparel and accessories. Search, discover and source – all in one place. Order sustainable materials online at any time on www.resource-textiles.com
With around 700 samples, the area for innovative fabrics and additionals that are bio-certified, bio-based, recycled, recyclable or from regenerative sources has once again grown significantly compared to previous seasons.
It’s the bio-based alternatives, eco-friendly finishes, recycled materials and innovative dyeing techniques using natural resources like coffee grounds that make the latest ingredients and accessories so forward-thinking. We’re featuring Spring.Summer 24 developments from some of our ReSOURCE exhibitors that you won’t want to miss:
Glassine Paper
Glassine paper as alternatie for LDPE bags – fossil fuel is replaced by regenerative material.
- Categories: Regenerated Celulosics
- Composition: 100% Glassine Paper
- Certifications: FSC
- Applications: Packaging, Bags
- Manufacturer: STUDIO 9 DENMARK A/S
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B210
B210 is a new technology proven by INTERTEK to make fabric biodegradable ->fabrics are >99% biodegradable in 210 days.
- Categories: Biodegradable, Denim, Innovative Alternatives
- Composition: 85% Cotton, 1% Lycra, 11% Polyester, 3% T-400 Lycra
- Applications: Cotton Fabrics, Jeans, Denim
- Manufacturer: CALIK DENIM
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SENSIL® ByNature
Company: Maglificio Ripa. By using a certified Biomass Balance material, fossil raw materia is replacedl with renewable feedstock. Reduces GHG emissions+ the dependence on non-renewable resources.
- Categories: Innovative Alternatives
- Composition: 14% Elastan, 86% PA SENSIL® ByNature
- Certifications: International Sustainability and Carbon
- Applciations: Active Wear, Biobasierende Textilien, Freizeitkleidung, Polyamid Textilien
- Manufacturer: HELMREICH TEXTILAGENTUR
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CIRCULOSE®
CIRCULOSE® is made by rec CO from worn-out clothes and production waste.
- Categories: Regenerated Celulosics
- Composition: 88% Viskose, 12% Circulose®
- Certifications: RCS Blended, STANDARD 100 by Oeko-Tex®
- Applications: Recycled Textiles, Regenerative Textiles
- Manufacturer: ELYAF TEKSTIL
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Positive developments and ideas from other exhibitors
from the ReSOURCE area
AGENTUR FABIAN
Company: Framis Italia, DMFa-free, dissolving of PU in water without hazardous chemicals.
- Categories: Innovative Alternatives, Pollution free
- Composition: 100% water-based PU
- Certifications: STANDARD 100 by Oeko-Tex®
- Applications: Badge, Patch
- Manufacturer: AGENTUR FABIAN
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NOTE 120, Blue
Tree free paper made from CO linters/waste. FSC certified paper string.
- Categories: Recycled, Regenerated Celulosics
- Composition: 100% Paper
- Certifications: BSCI amfori, FSC, GRS
- Applications: Accessoires, Hangtags
- Manufacturer: Trimco Group
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MF0014, BE-2014
Garment dying process using mineral colours resulting in very good colour fastness. Dyes are GOTS certified.
- Categories: Eco Finished, Organic/Natural
- Composition: 100% Cotton
- Certifications: STANDARD 100 by Oeko-Tex®
- Applications: Cotton Fabrics, Leisurewear, Jersey Fabrics
- Manufacturer: EYAND
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NEXT SHOW
03/09 – 04/09/2024
HALL 2 | MOC Munich
The latest accessory developments for Spring.Summer 25 – Part IV
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ADDITIONALS SPRING.SUMMER 25
The latest developments for buttons, ribbons, decorative stones, closures, linings, lace, embroidery, interlinings as well as labeling and branding solutions will be presented by around 200 leading international ingredients and accessories suppliers in the ADDITIONALS Area at MUNICH FABRIC START.
MEDIKE LANDES
Medike Landes’ SS/25 Collection highlights a resurgence of our low impact Chrome-Free Leather options, which are available in a wide variety of colours and finishes. The neutral earthy tone of the leather label provides balance to one of their eyecatching radiant yellow belts.
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MOKUBA BY RIBBON LINE
Mokuba’s prestigious and contemporary collection always focusing on high-quality items, is committed to environmental sustainability by avoiding over– production. Raw materials include natural silk, linen, cotton, among others – an exquisite selection with great taste and quality that for sure will inspire others on their creations. Enjoy Mokuba’s selection for Spring.Summer 25.
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NILÖRN
Introducing MONO and BASECAMP – two highlights of Nilörn’s new design collection for spring/summer 25: At the core of MONO‘s philosophy lies the idea of using single or minimal materials that are easily separable, making reuse and recycling for garments more accessible and efficient. BASECAMP is a range of outdoor products that prioritises functionality and durability, blending plant-based materials with bluesign® certified metal components.
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ÖZTAN TEKSTIL
With their 30 years of experience and neverending excitement, Öztan Tekstil will present their collections in line with the 2025 trend colours. Apricot Crush is popular in terms of its versatile harmonious tones, the importance of orange in the transition between seasons and its commitment to sustainable goals. Midnight Plum contains strong dark purple and tones suitable for space exploration and metaverse themes. The solid gray confirms the importance of recyclability and sustainability. Also, they offer soothing and calming pastel green tones of cold matcha.
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PB ACCESSORIES
For SS’25, PB ACCESSORIES sees a strong trend towards less color: monochrome, pastel tones, clean looks, reduced contrasts and a more neat casual style characterise this season. In womenswear feminine influences are increasing, sportiness is declining – puristic elegance is fashionable. Café Latte in the “dressed” area and Lagoon for sportswear are central colours. Monograms are again an important design element. Materialwise PB believes in recycled polyester for tapes and strings, plastic substitutes of renewable raw materials for sports hardware and inox for metal trims as the most relevant contributions towards sustainable fashion – obviously besides digital processes.
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DAS KÖNNTE SIE AUCH INTERESSIEREN
MUNICH FABRIC START – January 26 closing report
A solid trade show. An optimistic mindset. That sums up the outcome of MUNICH FABRIC START. After three days, the Munich textile fair came to an end yesterday, Thursday, with the integrated show-in-shows BLUEZONE, KEYHOUSE and THE SOURCE. MUNICH FABRIC START concluded with a stable visitor frequency compared to the previous event.
MUNICH FABRIC START – Between Attitude and Sensuality
The future begins where we reimagine it. The overarching theme of PLEASURE stands for fashion as an emotional space, as an expression of attitude and cultural reflection.
KnitForm+ by Jeanne Mora – SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS
What matters is how the textile responds: how it regulates volume, distributes pressure, and transitions from flat to three-dimensional states. Process transparency is embedded in the methodology itself.
Cartoon – WEAR YOUR OPTIMISM
Embark on this fashionable journey and discover the new Cartoon collection at our store. Be inspired, mix and match to your heart's content, and wear optimism—every day, for every occasion.
RETRAKT – SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS
Performance, in this context, is measured by organisational resilience. RETRAKT applies resilience engineering to help employees anticipate, monitor, respond to, and learn from complex and changing requirements.
MATERIA FUTURA – SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS
Materia Futura is not proposing a new bio-material category, nor a finished commercial textile. What distinguishes the project is its design-led investigation into the emotional and aesthetic dimensions of bio-based materials, an area often sidelined in sustainability discourse.
THREADED PROTOCOLS – SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS
Threaded Protocols is not a textile innovation in the commercial sense, nor a digital tool disguised as craft. What makes the work distinct is its material investigation into how computational logic originates in textile practice and what is lost when those logics are abstracted into opaque technological systems.
MARIE VILAY – SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS
Marie Vilay does not present a new fabric or production technique. What distinguishes her work is a method of reading and translating textile knowledge across cultures, systems, and moments of transition.
Interview with Simon Angel, Curator of SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS
Each season, the Sustainable Innovations forum brings together projects that provoke, inspire, and challenge assumptions. This year is no exception, with work ranging from bio-luxury couture to energy-generating textiles and regenerative materials grown from wetlands.
MUNICH FABRIC START – September 25 closing report
At its 56th edition, MUNICH FABRIC START reinforced its clear positioning. Over two days, the Munich textile trade show brought the fashion industry together with its four show-in-show formats.
BLUEZONE Signature Spring.Summer 25 - Part III
DISCOVER THE LATEST INNOVATIONS FROM BLUEZONE - Part III
At BLUEZONE, some 100 international Denim- and sportswear suppliers will present their most recent Denim novelties and innovations. Halls 6 + 7 will become the blue hotspot. Parallel to MUNICH FABRIC START with THE SOURCE and KEYHOUSE, the Zenith area will become the hub of the international denim community with an all-round relevant event programme.
With the leitmotif SIGNATURE, we invite the industry to have a clear and unique vision in this world of constant change, to show its own SIGNATURE… Together with all international industry leaders, let us define or reinterpret the different SIGNATURES that can be created in the wide world of DENIMS!
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ROTA TEKSTIL
With new linen denims, flashy tencels, outstanding cotton developments and warm designs with denims and yarn dyed novelties, Rota presents the SS 25 collection, which brings the woven fabrics to the top level with a significant focus on sustainability.
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SASHIKODENIM BY PEY
Pey´s studio SASHIKODENIM offers to create unique denim pieces for private clients, primarily using old denim and repurposed fabrics. The aim is to showcase not only the Japanese heritage of the ancient hand-stitch technique but also to raise awareness about the significance of repairing and repurposing clothing. Their work caters to a diverse international clientele, and some of their pieces involve over 80 hours of handwork, transforming jeans repairs into works of art.
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SHARABATI DENIM
The new collection of Sharabati Denim features three new innovations: VERSO provides comfort with elegance guaranteed by their soft touch weaves. It’s a new level of casual smart looks. GOOD OLE brings nostalgia that is given a fresh new feel. Open construction and crinkle bring a burst of new life to vintage denim. COOLR is all about enticing textures. Digitally-printed denims and flats offer a fancy touch and dynamic new interpretations.
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TEJIDOS ROYO
NEW IN TEJIDOS ROYO: DRY COLOURS. As pioneers in the development of the most sustainable PIECE DYEING ZERO WATER technology, this waterless process is available in any colour. It also allows laundering versatility from solid colour to vintage aesthetic looking garments. ROYO S-TUDIO is the state-of-the-art technology in fibres, yarns and structures to create their most sophisticated, comfortable and durable fabrics. Elegance made to last for a lifetime. Premium day- o-day fabrics for your-ever wear.
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US GROUP
Embark on an eco-conscious journey through the trendsetting collection of US GROUP which transcends norms. Crafted from natural, MMCF and synthetic fibers, it features Tencel, Viscose, Ecovero, Hemp, Linen, TrueTemp 365, Repreve, and other recycled synthetic fabrics. Woven with distinctive characteristics, each fabric invites exploration into a world where every thread unfolds into an extraordinary story. Discover sustainable textures, twills and canvases that are innovatively curated.
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INSIGHTS OF THE BLUEZONE SIGNATURE
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MUNICH FABRIC START – January 26 closing report
A solid trade show. An optimistic mindset. That sums up the outcome of MUNICH FABRIC START. After three days, the Munich textile fair came to an end yesterday, Thursday, with the integrated show-in-shows BLUEZONE, KEYHOUSE and THE SOURCE. MUNICH FABRIC START concluded with a stable visitor frequency compared to the previous event.
MUNICH FABRIC START – Between Attitude and Sensuality
The future begins where we reimagine it. The overarching theme of PLEASURE stands for fashion as an emotional space, as an expression of attitude and cultural reflection.
KnitForm+ by Jeanne Mora – SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS
What matters is how the textile responds: how it regulates volume, distributes pressure, and transitions from flat to three-dimensional states. Process transparency is embedded in the methodology itself.
Cartoon – WEAR YOUR OPTIMISM
Embark on this fashionable journey and discover the new Cartoon collection at our store. Be inspired, mix and match to your heart's content, and wear optimism—every day, for every occasion.
RETRAKT – SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS
Performance, in this context, is measured by organisational resilience. RETRAKT applies resilience engineering to help employees anticipate, monitor, respond to, and learn from complex and changing requirements.
MATERIA FUTURA – SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS
Materia Futura is not proposing a new bio-material category, nor a finished commercial textile. What distinguishes the project is its design-led investigation into the emotional and aesthetic dimensions of bio-based materials, an area often sidelined in sustainability discourse.
THREADED PROTOCOLS – SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS
Threaded Protocols is not a textile innovation in the commercial sense, nor a digital tool disguised as craft. What makes the work distinct is its material investigation into how computational logic originates in textile practice and what is lost when those logics are abstracted into opaque technological systems.
MARIE VILAY – SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS
Marie Vilay does not present a new fabric or production technique. What distinguishes her work is a method of reading and translating textile knowledge across cultures, systems, and moments of transition.
Interview with Simon Angel, Curator of SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS
Each season, the Sustainable Innovations forum brings together projects that provoke, inspire, and challenge assumptions. This year is no exception, with work ranging from bio-luxury couture to energy-generating textiles and regenerative materials grown from wetlands.
MUNICH FABRIC START – September 25 closing report
At its 56th edition, MUNICH FABRIC START reinforced its clear positioning. Over two days, the Munich textile trade show brought the fashion industry together with its four show-in-show formats.
The latest accessory developments for Spring.Summer 25 – Part III
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ADDITIONALS SPRING.SUMMER 25
The latest developments for buttons, ribbons, decorative stones, closures, linings, lace, embroidery, interlinings as well as labeling and branding solutions will be presented by around 200 leading international ingredients and accessories suppliers in the ADDITIONALS Area at MUNICH FABRIC START.
HACKENBERG GROUP
The Hackenberg Group is presenting exciting new products for the coming Spring Summer 2025 season when it comes to ribbons, waistbands, textiles and labels. The three themes Classical Urban, Mix It Up and Holiday Mood showcase the most diverse trends in terms of colours, designs and materials. From floral, bright summer prints to neutral, exciting minimals, there is something for everyone. Fashionable waistbands matching the pocket lining or elasticated bands in 3D look complete the look.
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INDUSTRY PERFECT
As a creative source of ideas, Industry Perfect supplies the textile industry with innovative, sustainable materials as well as its own collections. The product portfolio of the owner-managed company includes body and pocket lining fabrics, high-quality knitted and woven tapes and highprecision handcrafted waistbands – entirely OEKOTEX ®, GOTS and GRS certified. Industry Perfect is your solution-oriented partner for design, development and production and accompanies textile processes from the initial idea to on-time delivery.
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KNOPF BUDKE
EXCELLENT BUTTONS – INSPIRED BY NATURE. Sustainable natural buttons, GOTS certified, characterise Knopf Budke’s summer fashion 2025. With new recycled materials and innovative dyeing techniques, they create environmentally friendly designs. Organic polyester gives additional sustainability, while customised designs emphasise personal style. A step towards environmentally conscious fashion that combines style and ethics.
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KNOPF SCHÄFER
In the 2025 summer collection by Knopf Schäfer, new objectivity meets playful lightness. Timeless classics are updated with the latest trend colours. In addition, translucent to iridescent buttons and accessories awaken the desire for summer. The extensive Real Corozo collection is particularly focussed on modernity and sustainability.
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MAINETTI
A greater focus on eco-sustainability and ethics in production, utilizing recycled materials to reshape a way of dressing that, while balancing attention to waste, doesn’t compromise the modern aesthetics of quiet luxury. Mainetti’s pursuit of precise and sustainable solutions leads to the exploration of innovative materials that combine functionality, comfort, and style. Customisations become more accessible through the use of technology.
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MUNICH FABRIC START – January 26 closing report
A solid trade show. An optimistic mindset. That sums up the outcome of MUNICH FABRIC START. After three days, the Munich textile fair came to an end yesterday, Thursday, with the integrated show-in-shows BLUEZONE, KEYHOUSE and THE SOURCE. MUNICH FABRIC START concluded with a stable visitor frequency compared to the previous event.
MUNICH FABRIC START – Between Attitude and Sensuality
The future begins where we reimagine it. The overarching theme of PLEASURE stands for fashion as an emotional space, as an expression of attitude and cultural reflection.
KnitForm+ by Jeanne Mora – SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS
What matters is how the textile responds: how it regulates volume, distributes pressure, and transitions from flat to three-dimensional states. Process transparency is embedded in the methodology itself.
Cartoon – WEAR YOUR OPTIMISM
Embark on this fashionable journey and discover the new Cartoon collection at our store. Be inspired, mix and match to your heart's content, and wear optimism—every day, for every occasion.
RETRAKT – SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS
Performance, in this context, is measured by organisational resilience. RETRAKT applies resilience engineering to help employees anticipate, monitor, respond to, and learn from complex and changing requirements.
MATERIA FUTURA – SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS
Materia Futura is not proposing a new bio-material category, nor a finished commercial textile. What distinguishes the project is its design-led investigation into the emotional and aesthetic dimensions of bio-based materials, an area often sidelined in sustainability discourse.
THREADED PROTOCOLS – SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS
Threaded Protocols is not a textile innovation in the commercial sense, nor a digital tool disguised as craft. What makes the work distinct is its material investigation into how computational logic originates in textile practice and what is lost when those logics are abstracted into opaque technological systems.
MARIE VILAY – SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS
Marie Vilay does not present a new fabric or production technique. What distinguishes her work is a method of reading and translating textile knowledge across cultures, systems, and moments of transition.
Interview with Simon Angel, Curator of SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS
Each season, the Sustainable Innovations forum brings together projects that provoke, inspire, and challenge assumptions. This year is no exception, with work ranging from bio-luxury couture to energy-generating textiles and regenerative materials grown from wetlands.
MUNICH FABRIC START – September 25 closing report
At its 56th edition, MUNICH FABRIC START reinforced its clear positioning. Over two days, the Munich textile trade show brought the fashion industry together with its four show-in-show formats.
Honestly Hemp - Sustainable Innovations
Honestly Hemp
Back To The Roots
by NATASHA AMISHA
Sustainable Innovations
Hemp: a truly versatile plant, once one of the main sources of man-made textiles. Today, most of us know it under the names “cannabis” or “marijuana”, which tend to evoke predominantly negative connotations. Design Academy Eindhoven alumna Natasha Amisha sought to investigate the source of this disconnect with her graduate project “Honestly Hemp”. Her vision: to create an entire outfit made wholly from hemp fibre and end the stigma surrounding the plant.
Natasha soon discovered that our tainted view of the hemp plant is mainly based on misconceptions, and that it could be a key ingredient in helping the textile industry become more sustainable. Not only is hemp a robust plant that thrives in diverse conditions, it also requires minimal water, is among nature’s strongest fibers, thus ensuring long-lasting life cycles, boosts sustainable agriculture as it enhances soil quality and is antibacterial, UV resistant and hypoallergenic. With “Honestly Hemp”, she has set out to place this fascinating natural material at the forefront of sustainable solutions for the future of the textile industry.
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MUNICH FABRIC START – January 26 closing report
A solid trade show. An optimistic mindset. That sums up the outcome of MUNICH FABRIC START. After three days, the Munich textile fair came to an end yesterday, Thursday, with the integrated show-in-shows BLUEZONE, KEYHOUSE and THE SOURCE. MUNICH FABRIC START concluded with a stable visitor frequency compared to the previous event.
MUNICH FABRIC START – Between Attitude and Sensuality
The future begins where we reimagine it. The overarching theme of PLEASURE stands for fashion as an emotional space, as an expression of attitude and cultural reflection.
KnitForm+ by Jeanne Mora – SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS
What matters is how the textile responds: how it regulates volume, distributes pressure, and transitions from flat to three-dimensional states. Process transparency is embedded in the methodology itself.
BLUEZONE Signature Spring.Summer 25 - Part II
Entdecken Sie die neuesten Innovationen der BLUEZONE - Part II
At BLUEZONE, some 100 international Denim- and sportswear suppliers will present their most recent Denim novelties and innovations. Halls 6 + 7 will become the blue hotspot. Parallel to MUNICH FABRIC START with THE SOURCE and KEYHOUSE, the Zenith area will become the hub of the international denim community with an all-round relevant event programme.
With the leitmotif SIGNATURE, we invite the industry to have a clear and unique vision in this world of constant change, to show its own SIGNATURE… Together with all international industry leaders, let us define or reinterpret the different SIGNATURES that can be created in the wide world of DENIMS!
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ISKO
The entire ISKO SS25 collection now utilises ISKO’s Ctrl+Z material science, in line with its sustainable approach. In terms of circular economy novelties, Re&Up, the new SANKO company dedicated to the recycling of textiles, is worth mentioning. The special collection Denim Redefined – a unique creation by Adriano Goldschmied – is also characterised by the use of responsible fabrics and elegant design, while the RAD RAGS™ Ø WASTE collection developed by Creative Room™ Italia shows how outfits inspired by iconic denim garments can reduce waste through the clever use of patterns.
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ISKO™ LUXURY BY PG
The latest luxury denim collection could not have come from anyone other than Paolo Gnutti. The designer has given free rein to his creativity to develop his vision of high quality, making increased use of ISKO’s Ctrl+Z material science. The result? A bold, seasonless and genderless collection with 8 capsule collections: Blob Trotters, Glamour Rock, Aurum Denim, ChArmy, Casanova Denim, Peach Denim, Reef Denim and Disko Denim that surprise and present the unexpected.
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MARITAS DENIM
FEWER CLAIMS, MORE FACTS – Introducing Red Hot Chilly Season, the SS-25 collection. When we think about the last point of global warming, a hot summer with temperature records is just around the corner! This collection is real authentic denim, but for summer. Light, dry and easy! Maritaş Denim is setting its sights on concepts that combine innovative and sustainability. Natural dyeing techniques and regenerative agriculture are only just the beginning.
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MTV
Established in 1993 in Benedita, Portugal, MTV offers several and high-quality techniques to customize leather garments accessories, such as leather belts, leather bracelets and other leather goods. The quality of workmanship, modern equipment, GOLD RATED LWG vegetable leather use, teamwork between design department and private labels are the main and successfully ingredients to the quality and beauty our leather goods.
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ORTA
WE HEAR THE WORLD BREATHING – A collection of optimistic, regenerative, climate-just denim. In its landmark 70th year anniversary, ORTA’s newest collection is leading the way towards 100% regenerative eco-bold denim. The collection represents a continuum of ORTA’s design aesthetics and ethics that embrace art, technology and sustainability with an industry leading regenerative denim model of “use longer, circulate and regenerate.”
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INSIGHTS OF BLUEZONE SIGNATURE
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MUNICH FABRIC START – January 26 closing report
A solid trade show. An optimistic mindset. That sums up the outcome of MUNICH FABRIC START. After three days, the Munich textile fair came to an end yesterday, Thursday, with the integrated show-in-shows BLUEZONE, KEYHOUSE and THE SOURCE. MUNICH FABRIC START concluded with a stable visitor frequency compared to the previous event.
MUNICH FABRIC START – Between Attitude and Sensuality
The future begins where we reimagine it. The overarching theme of PLEASURE stands for fashion as an emotional space, as an expression of attitude and cultural reflection.
KnitForm+ by Jeanne Mora – SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS
What matters is how the textile responds: how it regulates volume, distributes pressure, and transitions from flat to three-dimensional states. Process transparency is embedded in the methodology itself.
Cartoon – WEAR YOUR OPTIMISM
Embark on this fashionable journey and discover the new Cartoon collection at our store. Be inspired, mix and match to your heart's content, and wear optimism—every day, for every occasion.
RETRAKT – SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS
Performance, in this context, is measured by organisational resilience. RETRAKT applies resilience engineering to help employees anticipate, monitor, respond to, and learn from complex and changing requirements.
MATERIA FUTURA – SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS
Materia Futura is not proposing a new bio-material category, nor a finished commercial textile. What distinguishes the project is its design-led investigation into the emotional and aesthetic dimensions of bio-based materials, an area often sidelined in sustainability discourse.
THREADED PROTOCOLS – SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS
Threaded Protocols is not a textile innovation in the commercial sense, nor a digital tool disguised as craft. What makes the work distinct is its material investigation into how computational logic originates in textile practice and what is lost when those logics are abstracted into opaque technological systems.
MARIE VILAY – SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS
Marie Vilay does not present a new fabric or production technique. What distinguishes her work is a method of reading and translating textile knowledge across cultures, systems, and moments of transition.
Interview with Simon Angel, Curator of SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS
Each season, the Sustainable Innovations forum brings together projects that provoke, inspire, and challenge assumptions. This year is no exception, with work ranging from bio-luxury couture to energy-generating textiles and regenerative materials grown from wetlands.
MUNICH FABRIC START – September 25 closing report
At its 56th edition, MUNICH FABRIC START reinforced its clear positioning. Over two days, the Munich textile trade show brought the fashion industry together with its four show-in-show formats.
Blooming Minds - Sustainable Innovations
Blooming Minds: Social Printing
Dynamic Diversity In Textile Printing
by ELIZABETH BALADO
Sustainable Innovations
Elizabeth Balado is an artist, designer, and researcher from London, presenting a unique, experientially-driven workshop with her project “Blooming Minds: Social Printing”. Developed over the past year, the workshop combines the psychological and physical benefits of nature with community-based creation, by guiding participants to create their own prints. The workshop encourages participants to follow their own intuition to select and forage flowers and plants and then arrange a composition, before using a technique to transfer the natural dye onto cotton using a mallet.
She will be presenting a variation of the workshop at the KEYHOUSE during Munich Fabric Start, which will consist of participants applying the print technique onto tote bags, allowing them to create and keep their own work. Elizabeth’s research focuses on combining nature – especially the use of natural and recycled materials – and community, a social practice which weaves themes such as mental health while encouraging accessible creativity. Her current work can be found on her Instagram and website. Elizabeth is open to collaboration with foragers, biologists, mental health services and others interested about participating in further printing workshops.
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MUNICH FABRIC START – January 26 closing report
A solid trade show. An optimistic mindset. That sums up the outcome of MUNICH FABRIC START. After three days, the Munich textile fair came to an end yesterday, Thursday, with the integrated show-in-shows BLUEZONE, KEYHOUSE and THE SOURCE. MUNICH FABRIC START concluded with a stable visitor frequency compared to the previous event.
MUNICH FABRIC START – Between Attitude and Sensuality
The future begins where we reimagine it. The overarching theme of PLEASURE stands for fashion as an emotional space, as an expression of attitude and cultural reflection.
KnitForm+ by Jeanne Mora – SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS
What matters is how the textile responds: how it regulates volume, distributes pressure, and transitions from flat to three-dimensional states. Process transparency is embedded in the methodology itself.
The latest accessory developments for Spring.Summer 25 – Part II
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ADDITIONALS SPRING.SUMMER 25
The latest developments for buttons, ribbons, decorative stones, closures, linings, lace, embroidery, interlinings as well as labeling and branding solutions will be presented by around 200 leading international ingredients and accessories suppliers in the ADDITIONALS Area at MUNICH FABRIC START.
CHARLE – PREMIUM – HABERDASHERY
CHARLE – premium haberdashery is specialised in the development of biodegradable bands made from high-quality organic cotton, Lyocell and natural rubber. The narrow fabrics combine excellent elasticity with sustainable materials and promote environmentally friendly practices. CHARLE remains true to its commitment to sustainable innovation and offers a pioneering solution for elastic and nonelastic bands – made in Austria.
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EZIO GHIRINGHELLI SPA
The SS25 collection by Ezio Ghiringhelli SpA is characterised by its timeless quality, research and technology of new finishes that impart a special silkysoft and airy hand feel to the fabrics. Geometric and floral microdesigns create three-dimensional reliefs, while super-lightweight items are achieved through the use of particularly fine yarns. Jacquard comes with etamine weave, stretch viscose crêpe in a palette of natural tones, all in line with sustainability.
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FRANKENBERGER FUTTERSTOFFE
In the new spring/summer 2025 season, Frankenberger Futterstoffe is focussing on the expansion of environmentally friendly qualities made from recycled base materials and is focusing on extended, ecological work processes. Innovative designs and powerful prints reflect the “Joy Inside” trend theme both as a lifestyle and as an eye-catcher in the garment. Trend colours such as sepia-ink and cloudy-anise are part of their basic colours and are available in many qualities!
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GRAF & CO.
The Graf & Co Spring/Summer 25 collection focuses on rough, organic geometric surfaces. Metallic and reflective materials to communicate technicality. Tactile designs are inspired by wild nature. Shades of green highlight the natural vocation. Felt, leather, fabric, rubber and again sustainable and recyclable paper packaging solutions with materials sourced from FSC™ certified forests, recycled labels from post-consumer plastic bottles and biodegradable heat transfers.
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GUNOLD
Lots of combinations in the summer of 2025: Textile craftsmanship meets hightech and AI, Sustainable fabrics are mixed with plastics, innovative graphics meet retro fonts. At Gunold, METY’s range of iridescent and pearlescent shades, inspired by seashells and beetles, helps building bridges between glamour and naturalness. Flowers and flower motifs are interpeted more graphically and in alienated colour combinations, being contemporary and suprisingly light at the same time. Here Gunold uses the organic COTTY BIO in combination with stunning Poly SPARKLE shades.
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MUNICH FABRIC START – January 26 closing report
A solid trade show. An optimistic mindset. That sums up the outcome of MUNICH FABRIC START. After three days, the Munich textile fair came to an end yesterday, Thursday, with the integrated show-in-shows BLUEZONE, KEYHOUSE and THE SOURCE. MUNICH FABRIC START concluded with a stable visitor frequency compared to the previous event.
MUNICH FABRIC START – Between Attitude and Sensuality
The future begins where we reimagine it. The overarching theme of PLEASURE stands for fashion as an emotional space, as an expression of attitude and cultural reflection.
KnitForm+ by Jeanne Mora – SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS
What matters is how the textile responds: how it regulates volume, distributes pressure, and transitions from flat to three-dimensional states. Process transparency is embedded in the methodology itself.
Cartoon – WEAR YOUR OPTIMISM
Embark on this fashionable journey and discover the new Cartoon collection at our store. Be inspired, mix and match to your heart's content, and wear optimism—every day, for every occasion.
RETRAKT – SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS
Performance, in this context, is measured by organisational resilience. RETRAKT applies resilience engineering to help employees anticipate, monitor, respond to, and learn from complex and changing requirements.
MATERIA FUTURA – SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS
Materia Futura is not proposing a new bio-material category, nor a finished commercial textile. What distinguishes the project is its design-led investigation into the emotional and aesthetic dimensions of bio-based materials, an area often sidelined in sustainability discourse.
THREADED PROTOCOLS – SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS
Threaded Protocols is not a textile innovation in the commercial sense, nor a digital tool disguised as craft. What makes the work distinct is its material investigation into how computational logic originates in textile practice and what is lost when those logics are abstracted into opaque technological systems.
MARIE VILAY – SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS
Marie Vilay does not present a new fabric or production technique. What distinguishes her work is a method of reading and translating textile knowledge across cultures, systems, and moments of transition.
Interview with Simon Angel, Curator of SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS
Each season, the Sustainable Innovations forum brings together projects that provoke, inspire, and challenge assumptions. This year is no exception, with work ranging from bio-luxury couture to energy-generating textiles and regenerative materials grown from wetlands.
MUNICH FABRIC START – September 25 closing report
At its 56th edition, MUNICH FABRIC START reinforced its clear positioning. Over two days, the Munich textile trade show brought the fashion industry together with its four show-in-show formats.
Being Plucked - Sustainable Innovations
Being Plucked
Artistic Rebellion Against Colonial And Gendered Hierarchies
by SUZANNE CORCESSIN
Sustainable Innovations
Suzanne Corcessin’s “Being Plucked” (“Être à Fleur de Peau”) utilizes unconventional textiles to argue against the notion that bird plucking and hair removal are neutral actions. Suzanne Corcessin views these acts as political, maintaining colonial and gendered hierarchies. Through bird plucking and the aesthetics of hair removal, bodies historically have been controlled and objectified.
The installation employs latex, textiles, silicone, and feathers to create textures that confront viewers with conflicting emotions, provoking new perspectives on the debate over hair removal. In this everyday decision and product debate, the question arises: Who decides what is right or wrong, beautiful or unattractive?
“Being Plucked” questions underlying assumptions and illuminates the political dimensions of decisions about one’s body. By creating textiles that evoke discomfort, Suzanne Corcessin urges a shift in the perception of the act of hair removal, breaking through the colonial and gendered structures often associated with this topic.
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MUNICH FABRIC START – January 26 closing report
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The future begins where we reimagine it. The overarching theme of PLEASURE stands for fashion as an emotional space, as an expression of attitude and cultural reflection.
KnitForm+ by Jeanne Mora – SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS
What matters is how the textile responds: how it regulates volume, distributes pressure, and transitions from flat to three-dimensional states. Process transparency is embedded in the methodology itself.
Revoltech - Sustainable Innovations
Revoltech
Light-Filled Revolution: Sustainable Hemp-Leather Innovations
by LUCAS FUHRMANN
Sustainable Innovations
Lucas Fuhrmann, the visionary behind Revoltech, inaugurates a transformative era of presentation technology that amalgamates nature, technology, and sustainability. Through innovative light columns, he creates unique experiences that not only impress aesthetically but also underscore Revoltech’s
commitment to transparency and eco-friendliness.
The revolution of Revoltech lies in the use of Hemp-Leder, an advanced fusion of hemp fibers and traditional leather. This sustainable material choice reflects Revoltech’s endeavor to promote environmentally friendly and ethical practices. The physical location of Revoltech at Darmstadt, is not just a hub of progress but also a symbol of innovation and design.
Revoltech is changing the rules of the textile industry with LOVR, a revolutionary material marking the beginning of a sustainable textile revolution. LOVR, based on hemp remnants, is entirely recyclable and biodegradable, with no plastic components. With a minimal ecological footprint, LOVR can be produced carbon-neutral, finding versatile applications in furniture, fashion, and the automotive industry.
Revolutionizing the way materials are made is Revoltech’s mission. Their story began in 2021 as a spin-off from TU Darmstadt, driven by the belief that the textile industry needs a transformation. With LOVR, they make a clear statement for sustainable innovation and a future without compromises.
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MUNICH FABRIC START – January 26 closing report
A solid trade show. An optimistic mindset. That sums up the outcome of MUNICH FABRIC START. After three days, the Munich textile fair came to an end yesterday, Thursday, with the integrated show-in-shows BLUEZONE, KEYHOUSE and THE SOURCE. MUNICH FABRIC START concluded with a stable visitor frequency compared to the previous event.
MUNICH FABRIC START – Between Attitude and Sensuality
The future begins where we reimagine it. The overarching theme of PLEASURE stands for fashion as an emotional space, as an expression of attitude and cultural reflection.
KnitForm+ by Jeanne Mora – SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS
What matters is how the textile responds: how it regulates volume, distributes pressure, and transitions from flat to three-dimensional states. Process transparency is embedded in the methodology itself.