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New Aquafil partnership represents “the future of fashion”

29/06/2017
New Aquafil partnership represents “the future of fashion”

Fashion designer Stella McCartney has used Italian yarn company Aquafil’s regenerated Econyl yarn in her Autumn 2017 collection of bags. The yarn is made from recovered ocean waste, including fishing nets that have been discarded on the sea bed. Aquafil has so far converted hundreds of tonnes of material into its Econyl yarn product.  Stella...

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