Citrus textile idea bears fruit with Ferragamo collection
25/05/2017
Ferragamo has decided to include garments made from Orange Fiber fabrics in a new capsule collection.
Orange Fiber was launched in 2012 by Sicilian entrepreneurs Adriana Santanocito and Enrica Arena. They developed the idea of using waste from the citrus fruit industry to make sustainable fabric while they were students together in Milan. In Italy alone, they have calculated that the process of making juice and other products from citrus fruit creates more than 700,000 tonnes of waste each year.
Their fabrics are formed from a silk-like cellulose yarn that can blend with other materials. It has what Orange Fiber has described as “a soft and silky hand-feel”, is lightweight and can be be opaque or shiny.
Fashion Tech Lab (FTL) Ventures, a new incubator platform launched by Russian e-commerce entrepreneur Miroslava Duma, has announced that it is including Orange Fiber in its portfolio. FTL’s aim is to help new technologies and sustainable innovations “connect, collaborate and create products and brands that evolve the industry and improve its social and environmental footprints”.
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