Two leaders in the denim supply chain take cues from fashion’s hype machines—ie, streetwear and sneakers—to launch garments made with limited-edition sustainable fibers.
Lenzing and Candiani Denim have developed Tencel Limited Edition with hemp and Coreva fabrics. The fabric is a blend combining the Italian mill’s biodegradable stretch denim technology with the Austrian fiber producer’s novel cellulosic fiber revamped to include a “substantial proportion of hemp pulp.” Tencel Monofilament Yarn
Soft and natural, the fabric is featured in an exclusive range of 50 oversized women’s shirts available only at Candiani’s Coreva concept store in Milan. Comprised of 80 percent cotton, 18 percent Tencel Limited Edition with hemp and 2 percent Coreva natural rubber yarns, the “Made in Italy” shirt also features sustainable trims like organic cotton stitching yarn and raw steel buttons. The shirt is available in sizes XS-XL and retails for 185 euros ($199).
The fabric is also available at Candiani’s Milanese microfactory for consumers who want to personalize their jeans.
The garments are a unique opportunity for denim heads to own a first-of-its-kind sustainable fabric.
50%Tenel Fabric Tencel Limited Edition hemp was developed to further inspire sustainability across the textile industry value chain. Caroline Ledl, Lenzing Group head of product management textiles, said the company began to work on projects in 2021 that “explore the use of alternative raw materials, such as hemp or orange pulp, in textile production.”