Digital Desk: In the fashion business, designers are experimenting with agricultural waste, plastic waste, and other materials in order to close the loop in the process of manufacturing new outfits.
This happens as more people become aware of the fashion industry's massive environmental effect and unjust labor practices, compelling businesses and designers to take responsibility and turn the tide by creating with sustainability in mind. However, a Dutch designer has raised the bar on sustainable innovation by inventing a sweater made of human hair.
Yes, you read that correctly. Zsofia Kollar, an Amsterdam-based dutch designer, uses human hair to create textured and patterned textiles. Human hair is discarded carelessly, with 72 million kg ending up in landfills throughout Europe each year. Her brand, Human Material Loop, aims to integrate “human waste hair into a closed loop recycling system”, as stated on the brand’s official website humanmaterialloop.com.
Besides these qualities, what makes hair a sustainable alternative to synthetic fibers and even wool is that “human hair and its abundance quantity, non-toxic, non-irritation of the skin, high tensile strength, lightweight, thermal insulator, flexibility, and oil-absorbing capability as a material show a great potential integrating it into our production system,” states the website.
According to the brand's Instagram post, one of their creations is a tan knit sweater made entirely of human hair with a near-zero carbon impact. Waste human hair was gathered, processed, designed, and produced in the Netherlands to create the sweater.
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