Words By: Deepadharshini N A Batch: MA in Fashion Communication
Innovative fabrics are textiles that combine the innovative potential of material that exist around us with the technical capabilities that man has formulated. These textiles can also take inspiration from nature in the forms of biomimicry. Innovative fabrics identify the loopholes in using traditional and commercial fabrics and offer solutions to various problems or concerns that these textiles were not capable of addressing.
Vegan leather is leather that is made from plant matter or plastic material instead of the traditional method of deriving it from animal skin and hide. Vegan leather is made from polyurethane or polyvinyl chloride, both of which are plant based material. It can be made from various innovative and sustainable material such as pineapple leaves, fruit peels, cork, other fruit waste and