2021 spring and summer fabric trends
Summary
As the concept of sustainable recycling prevails, the environmental awareness of brands and consumers has gradually increased. More and more fashion brands are introducing environmentally friendly recycling technology, and consumers are willing to pay for it. The trend of sustainable fabrics in spring and summer 2021 will pay more attention to waste utilization and natural materials. Use natural plant materials to replace vegetarian fur, and plant dyes to reduce environmental damage. Recycling used textiles and reducing raw material waste. It is urgent to solve the global plastic pollution, and the synthetic textile fiber extracted from plastic has become a boom. Under the general trend of environmental protection, the pursuit of the beauty of the original ecology is people's inner appeal.
Alternative to leather
With the development of biotechnology, the technology of vegetarian leather continues to improve. The plant power that has been neglected will change our lives in the future. Vegetarian leather such as banana fiber and pineapple leaf fiber will replace traditional leather. Brazil's Nova Kaeru company uses leaves to create a new leather-like material, while Tjeerd Veenhoven Studio uses banana and palm leaves to make textile fabrics. Both materials are derived from plants. They not only exude charming organic colors. The texture is also outstanding.
Alternative to leather-fabric & style
Plant leather is not only environmentally friendly and sustainable, but also more natural and rustic than traditional leather. Whether it is a smooth surface or texture, it will increase the texture of the product. It is also widely used in the shaping of single products, and coats, dresses, and clothing accessories can be replaced. Similarly, it is not limited by the process.
Plastic recycling
It is predicted that the reuse rate of plastic waste will continue to rise, and the use of it to make new and innovative zero waste composite materials will become a hot trend in 2021. For example: Toni Packham-designed tableware is made from rubbish on the coastline. And Gomi's portable speakers are made of "non-recyclable" plastic identified by the city council. Recently, the Finnish Cultural Institute commissioned a temporary pub called Zero Waste Bistro in New York, built with recyclable food packaging materials. Adidas has been committed to recycling marine plastics for sustainable transformation. In addition, the "Ro Plastic" award, sponsored by rossana orlandi, encourages designers to recycle plastic and reduce environmental pollution.
Plastic Reuse-Fabric & Style
Plastic reuse technology is widely used in the market and is relatively mature. adidas by Stella McCartney sustainable series and Burberry jacket are made of marine plastic and ECONYL recyclable nylon. Phoebeenglish clothing fabrics also come from marine plastic garbage such as fishing nets.
Recycled textiles
In recent years, the environmental protection of textiles by global brands has become increasingly widespread. Priya Ahluwalia has incorporated second-hand clothing and stock clothing into its men's collection. Recently, a collaboration between Simone Post Studio and Adi uses rubber balls extracted from worn shoes as raw materials. In order to avoid waste, NIKE's Air VaporMax Flyknit 2 Random sneakers use a lot of Flyknit cables. The North Face and Christopher Raeburn have collaborated to develop a series of unique bags made from discarded tents.
Recycled Textiles-Fabrics & Styles
Explore repurposed retrofit and recycling upgrade designs to create a unique style. Val Kristopher uses irregular stitching and cut-and-splice technology for the design. Patrick__mcdowell fireman's jumpsuit fabric is from Burberry old jacket, red jacket fabric is from Dior old jacket. Ecoalf integrates recycling processes into their product range. Indian brand Doodlage uses the industry's remaining fabrics and stitching processes to create a modern look.
Degradable fabric
Adidas increases the biodegradability of the material by injecting a food source that attracts bacteria into the synthetic material, making the recycling of shoes easier and more convenient. Humble Brush bamboo brush handles are from Chinese bamboo forests and are biodegradable within 6 months. The use of bio-yarn from new sources such as macroalgae instead of lightweight synthetic fibers can be biodegraded at any time. YSABEL MORA's underwear uses biodegradable Modal and Tencel environmentally friendly fabrics.
Degradable fabrics-fabrics & styles
Vollebak uses renewable plant fiber fabrics that are biodegradable within 12 weeks, whether landfill or compost. Blended fabrics made of biodegradable polyamide, recycled cotton, and eco-rayon fibers do not require excessive dyeing, which can reduce the use of water, energy and chemical components. Persistent Energy can degrade P (persistent) E (energy) bag, environmental protection and fashion. PrimaLoft Bio uses 100% recycled biodegradable synthetic fibers to degrade faster.
Native beauty
As people continue to explore the environment-friendly materials and waste streams, the products will appear beautiful and rough. The textures and colors of the original ecology form a new natural aesthetics and a new trend. Formafantasma and Dzek's new project, ExCinsere, features rustic grey glazed tiles made from volcanic magma from Mount Etna. The "From Ruins to Living Room" project created by the RCA graduate team uses tableware made from recycled toxic red mud residue (a byproduct of aluminum).
Native beauty-fabric & style application
The fault-like geological features are applied to the fabric texture, reflecting the original ecological beauty. The rustic colors of geological rocks create beautiful texture and rough beauty for the clothes, and perfectly combine the original ecology with the silhouette of modern clothes.
Plant dyes
Sustainable dyeing processes have become popular, with colors derived from plant colors. Choose low pollution dyes and plant dyes: reduce the use of toxic chemicals. Explore a more natural way to present plant clusters with embossing and near-invisible patterns. Designer Susan Fang used flowers as a mold when rendering the fabric, leaving a flower mark. Admire the organic hand-dyed and fabric painting techniques with flawed beauty, and create exquisite superimposed effects by overdyeing and segment dyed yarn jacquard. In the spring and summer of 2021, new natural dye ingredients such as avocado kernels promote the development of dyes.
Plant dyes-fabric & style application
Combining ecological dyeing with ecologically responsible materials such as silk, organic cotton, linen, jute fiber, etc., using natural dyes to add a pleasant sun-fading effect to the light midsummer leisure style.
