
LOOPS is a fashion concept that transforms in a circle, consisting of drops and loops. Drops describe the garments that are launched at the same time. These are combined in wearable outifts. Loops are self-contained cycles of garments that describe the development process of a single garment in the cycle. The garment transformation was conceived using design strategies from the Sustainable Fashion Design Guide.

The dress made of undyed organic cotton jersey becomes a cropped longsleeve and is dyed to a darker shade with natural dye. The remaining cotton parts can be recycled easily, as the material wasn't blended. Seams are made of wear2yarn (orange), which can be dissolved by microwave technology for easy disassembly. After the two user phases, The cotton fibres can be recycled, as they are kept in the biological cycle. After composting the fibres, they become soil again from which new cotton plants can grow. The cycle extends the using phase of the raw material and therefore reduces the water consumption from growing new virgin cotton. By using wear2yarn, the disassembly of the garment is time and cost saving compared to normal finishing methods. As the cotton was grown under organic conditions and only treated with natural finishing during the process, the fibres do no harm to the environment after the usage.
The jacket made of tightly woven canvas has been treated with natural wax to be water- and dirtrepellent. The jacket can be reduced or expanded depending on weather conditions. Also the side seams are replaced by zippers (orange) so it can be enlarged or scaled down to different sizes. The absence of a lining makes it easier to disassemble the garment later.


Made of recycled polyester, the garment has high color fastness, a flowing case and is easy to drape. Button plackets, snaps and drawstrings with cords allowing to change the shape and thus the product group affiliation. Due to the simple disassembly of the snaps and the cords, the garment can be disassembled into its individual parts in just a few steps.

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