We recently looked at a sustainable menswear collection and at the sustainability trend in fabrics. The theme will continue next week at Pitti Filati where some of the yarn manufacturers involved will be presenting yarns that hope to reduce the environmental footprint.
Scottish Todd & Duncan will launch during the Florence-based yarn fair a collection of undyed 100% cashmere naturals for the A/W 2020 season, comprising six shades made from a selection of cashmere fibre types, sourced from the Ningxia Province and Inner Mongolia.
The hand-sorted fibre in three undyed cashmere shades was blended together, creating unique and subtle melanges. The result was a biodegradable cashmere yarn with all its natural characteristics - purity of colour, soft natural handle, breathability and durability.
The company juxtaposed to these natural yarns four deep inky 100% cashmere yarns and a new collection of twenty colours, from melanges to solids. The former - Lampwick, Pine Soot, Char and Gold Dust - can be used on their own or combined with other darks to create nocturnal textures and effects; the latter can also be combined with other shades from T&D's cashmere colour card to customise more personal nuances.
Inspirations for the collection vary and include themes, ideas and techniques. One main influence is the theme of marks - from handcrafted mark making to punctured paper marks, old card button marks, stonemason marks, simple wooden block-print marks and typewriter lettering marks in close repeat.
This theme was inspired by textiles and in particular by Anni Albers' book "On Weaving" (Chapter 8 "Tactile Sensibility" - check it out here Download Albers_Anni_On_Weaving_1974), by Lucienne and Robin Day's textile prints from the 1950s and the '60s and by mark making repeat patterns from nature and runic alphabets. So with this collection Todd & Duncan seems to tell us that we can still leave a fashionable mark while reducing our environmental footprints.
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