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Hemp fabrics, ropes, wools, recycled fabrics. Weaving, macrame, knitting, interlacing. Natural materials and ancient techniques meet in the works of some artists present at the Biennale Arte 2022, projecting aspects of traditions and material cultures rooted in history, into the 20th and 21st centuries. Very different works seem to be linked by a single fil rouge: a powerful materiality.

We’ve been talking about cellulosic fibers for a long time, writing about the latest developments and challenges that the textile industry is going through within its recent commitment towards more sustainable processes and solutions for a fast, high-demanding market. 

Metals have been used for a very long time for several purposes, due to their physical properties, their appearance, their endurance and ultimately the value that they’re always given and represent.

In the field of fashion, algae have already been the protagonists of biofabrication projects and the subject of conceptual experimentation, and are starting to be used as a sustainable raw material for obtaining textile fibers and dyes.

Nature-L^® is a metal free tanning method adopted by Conceria Nuvolari for the treatment of sheepskin for the footwear and fashion industry, which allows to obtain a product free of chromium and heavy metals and certified compostable.

Autumn 2021 saw the restart of the events in presence also in the fashion sector. The last event of the Milan Fashion Week is Filo, the international exhibition of yarns and fibers for orthogonal and circular knitting weaving promoted by the Biella textile district.