The future of fashion? Our forests!

Cotton, silk, leather… it is time to move on from these old-fashioned materials, to something better! This evening in Perugia, in the heart of Italy, young designers will be revealing their ideas of our clothing future, and their inspiration? Forests!

Our forests have so much to offer us. Yarns from cypress, beech and eucalyptus trees, not to mention cork, are all softer and more breathable than cotton or silk. Fabrics similar to animal skins can instead come from our hardwoods and conifers.

Forests take to the catwalk
As part of PEFC Italy’s Forests for Fashion project, sponsored by the 2016 PEFC Collaboration Fund, fashion students for the Italian Institute of Design in Perugia have been focusing on bringing the sustainable ethos of PEFC into the fashion world.

Together with their teachers, the students have been creating a collection of clothing and accessories made entirely from wood and wood-based products from PEFC-certified forests.

The culmination of this work is on display tonight at the first ‘3F Fashion for Forest’ fashion show, taking place at 6.30pm in the National Gallery of Umbria in Perugia. We hope to see you there!

From clothing made from beech, eucalyptus and cork oak, to the wooden accessories, all the raw materials are PEFC certified. This ensures that they have come from sustainably managed forests that will be around for generations to come.
http://pefc.org/news-a-media/general-sfm-news/2374-the-future-of-fashion-our-forests

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