C.L.A.S.S. (Creativity Lifestyle and Sustainable Synergy) booth on the main salon floor at Première Vision in Paris became the one-stop shop and a reference beacon for eco-innovations. People from media, brands and retailers and designers visited the stall in large numbers.
Innovative products from the C.L.A.S.S. eco textile library that garnered interest included, fox fibre new casual jersey and woven fabrics, made from colour-grown organic cottons, organic cotton & Tencel from Shinnigai Textile in Japan where all the colouration is made with a fully commercial range of botanical plant dyes from Cihon-Tec, organic worsted wools from Zignone in Italy with the finest plain and mélange panama and flannel qualities for contemporary tailoring.
Other prominent innovations included Newlife, created using a High Tech Conversion Model (HTCM). It transforms through a mechanical, non-chemical, 100 per cent traceable postconsumer plastic bottles into an unrivaled high tech quality polymer while generating considerable savings in water, energy consumption and carbon emissions as per Life Cycle Assessment conducted by ICEA. Abaca (hemp) and Pina (pineapple) fibre woven wear and accessories from the craftsmen of the Philippines, mYak luxury touch, naturally coloured fabrics and accessories produced in Italy, and made from responsibly sourced baby yak fibre from the nomadic farmers of Tibet. Green Fibers introduced a luxury regenerated fibre made exclusively from noble fibre waste materials collected in the Biella area among many others.
After more than eight years, the C.L.A.S.S. concept has now gone mainstream and blossomed into a reference point. C.L.A.S.S. is a unique, multi-platform worldwide network that showcases exclusive fashion, textiles and materials created using smarter sustainable technology for designers, buyers, media and business.
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