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A new brand is designing sustainable and comfortable loungewear that is chic enough to be worn to the office

One effect of the pandemic is that many of those working from home got used to spending the working day clothed in loungewear – or even pyjamas. Many of those returning to the office have found themselves thinking wistfully back to a time of wearing comfortable clothes. This is the thinking behind Lezé the Label, an entire brand created around loungewear that is comfortable enough to be worn at home and chic enough for the office or an outing.

A startup has developed dissolvable threads and a thermal disassembly system for recycling clothes

In the drive to become more sustainable, the fashion industry faces a number of serious challenges. One major issue is how to recycle clothing that is made from several different materials. Taking the clothes apart in order to recycle their constituent materials is costly and time-consuming, and often leads to a large loss of usable material. Now, startup Resortecs has an innovative solution.

The process produces soft, recyclable fabric from cardboard, agricultural waste, and textile waste

Finland’s Infinited Fiber Company is receiving strong interest in its 100 per cent recycled, recyclable fabric Infinna. The company was created to close the loop in fashion and make textile circularity an everyday aspect of an industry that currently contributes 10 per cent of man-made greenhouse gas emissions.