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Recover™, YOOX NET-A-PORTER & The Prince’s Foundation bet on The Modern Artisan to design a circular future
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In a move to ensure a future of sustainable designers, Recover™, YOOX NET-A-PORTER, and The Prince’s Foundation have come together to support, The Modern Artisan, a unique international training program, that supports the next generation of talent in the design and manufacturing of a responsible luxury womenswear capsule.
This partnership represents a vital tenet of our mission: educating key players in the fashion industry in sustainable practices so that we can make an accessible circular future of fashion a reality.
Earlier this year, our Chief Sustainability Officer, Helene Smits, hosted a workshop for The Modern Artisan program’s participating designers, focused on making tomorrow’s creators aware of the impact of their designs, from the sketch to its post-consumer lifespan.
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Underscoring designs’ long-term impact
One of the fundamental principles Helene covered with programs’ participants is the importance of thinking holistically: taking every step of the process into account.
She explained how at Recover™, we primarily recycle post-industrial textile waste as it can be easily sorted by color and composition. Pre-sorted, we do not need to dye the fibers again, which reduces the use of chemicals and resources, and ultimately, its environmental impact.
Helene also discussed the industry’s many challenges to bring post-consumer recycling to scale. At Recover™, post-consumer textile waste makes up a much smaller percentage of the recycled fiber we produce. She also highlighted the importance of taking the lifespan of the fibers used into account -- as some, like cotton and polyester, can both be recycled while others are destined for single use.
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Equipping tomorrow’s designers, today
The talented creators of The Modern Artisan are now equipped to not only source responsibly, but also to design pieces that are made to last; minimizing purchases long term; and that are made with recyclable recycled materials (like our RCotton or RCottonBlend).
Their new sustainable luxury womenswear collection checks both boxes. Available exclusively on NET-A-PORTER and YOOX, t is as beautiful as it is sustainable. We cannot wait to see what the future holds for each of the promising designers.
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