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Kingpins' Most Sustainable Product - F/W 2020
May 30. 2019

We shopped the Kingpins Amsterdam show floor with a couple of textile and industry experts and made this list of the 10 Most Sustainable Products (MSPs, if you will). You can read more about the project here.

 

Mill: ADVANCE DENIM
Product: QA209Q3-2
Description: Representing a sharp reduction in water (-64%) and power (-42%) resources required for its manufacturing, as compared to conventional technologies.  


Mill: ARTISTIC FABRIC MILLS
Product: A4-8311
Description: Fabric is woven entirely from recycled materials - cotton, polyester and elastane. No virgin cotton is included in its composition.  


Mill: BOSSA
Product: Starzburg - Save Deep
Description: Presenting a fabric woven from a of combination of recycled materials, using 85% less water due to its “Save Blue Dye” technology.  


Mill: CANDIANI DENIM
Product: ReLAST
Description: Introducing a GRS-certified elastane with new stretch properties, and recycled fibers (Refibra, Q Nova) combined with water-saving Indigo Juice and Kitosan-based sizing products.  


Mill: DNM
Product: Cassidy Riverblue
Description: With warp dyed using 60% less water than in conventional dyeing process, based on recycled post-industrial cotton.  


Mill: ORTA ANADOLU
Product: Zero Max
Description: 100% cotton-free fabric, with a large proportion of recycled pre-consumer fiber.  


Mill: PROSPERITY TEXTILES
Product: Cotton-Less
Description: The fabric features a clever combination of fibres, including cotonized recycled linen which results in large water savings.  


Mill: SOORTY
Product: Neutral Blue
Description: An indigo-dyed C2C certified fabric featuring zero wasted water in dyeing and finishing.  


Mill: TEJIDOS ROYO
Product: Sauron
Description: Introducing a minimal-impact dyeing concept – Dry Indigo (foam) dyeing for a fabric based on organic and post-industrial recycled cottons.  


Mill: VICUNHA
Product: Absolute ECO
Description: The fabric boasts a unique combination of six different types of recycled cotton.


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