Tencel helps Camper toward 2022 goal
As part of its stated long-term commitment to source materials with a lower ecological impact, shoe brand Camper has collaborated with Tencel on a sustainable fibres footwear collection.
For this collection, the fibre has been blended to create a 3D webbed structure, which creates a sock-style boot. The Right and Upright the boot and bootie from the AW2020 collection have been re-designed with a knitted construction technique that contains Tencel lyocell fibres derived from sustainably-grown wood sources.
Camper is said to be the first footwear brand to feature a knitted upper women’s boot using the branded lyocell fibres, said Florian Heubrandner, VP of global business management textiles at Lenzing.
The fibres are harvested from certified and controlled sources that are FSC or PEFC certified and developed using a closed loop production process that recycles water and is said to use 95% less in comparison to conventional cotton.
Cecilia Llorens, product design director for Camper, said the brand plans to eliminate the use of virgin plastic in its uppers by 2022. “Natural materials that achieve both performance sustainability are essential to being able to achieve this,” she said. “Our designers are focused towards change and developing new innovations in design, but this must be complemented by materials such as Tencel.”
