Jenny Banks
#sustainable fast-fashion
“Can we use 3D-printing technology to recycle waste textile fibres into fast-fashion garments?”
3D-printed fashion has the potential to revolutionise how we experience and interact with our garments. This project brings together the additive manufacturing and textile design disciplines to develop a process which, in contrast
to conventional 3D-printing processes, can produce tactile and wearable novelty garments. More importantly, they are also affordable and therefore accessible to the mainstream consumer.
The 3D-printer uses post-consumer textile fibres as its raw material and layers and binds them in a way that produces highly textural and versatile results. It also allows for 100% recoverability of these fibres to ensure a closed-loop life-cycle for garments manufactured in this manner.
#sustainablefast-fashion becomes a service that offers a quick fix for our wardrobes. Traditionally manufactured, durable basics protect us whilst 3D-printed fast-fashion lets us wear what the big names are wearing on Saturday night. No waste, no bad investment, no guilt.