Project Name

PURE GOLD

IS IT POSSIBLE TO FIND A SUSTAINABLE AND

RESPONSIBLE ALTERNATIVE TO METALLIC THREADS?

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Metal threads, such as Lurex are highly unsustainable and often forgotten when talking about environmental issues within the Fashion Industry.

Compared to metal threads, a more sustainable lurex could allow to produce less waste and save energy.

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Bamboo fibers are soft and shiny: the colour shading changes according to light refraction and can make the embroidery look deeper and vivid.

I started by dyeing them with natural colours (turmeric and coffee) before spinning them into a thread.

To these fibers, is added bamboo bioplastic. It can then be extruded into a thin film. The bamboo bioplastic film can also be coloured before the extrusion, allowing it to get metallic reflects.

For the making of my final garment, I choose to twist the bamboo bioplastic with the fibers.

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Project realized for the Stella McCartney x Material Futures collaboration 

-Finding ways of making the fashion industry more circular, helping to sustain it for the future and proposing new materials as well as sustainable and ethically-minded means of production, to ultimately culminate in an artefact embodying Stella McCartney brand ethos-