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“An all-Australian team behind a new fabric blending premium cotton and
low-value wool hopes it will revitalise domestic clothing manufacture.
A collaboration between scientists, farmers and the fashion industry, the Mud
to Marle project set out to shake up textile production in Australia.
"All the things that could be done with textiles, if only we were given the
chance rather than constantly asked to do the cheapest, fastest thing," project
lead Meriel Chamberlin said.
Looking to tackle some of the biggest issues in the clothing supply chain, the
Queensland-based textile scientist wanted to create a sustainable fabric that
could be made from start to finish in Australia.
"The idea was: What would it look like if we could combine the natural
properties of wool and cotton to create some fabrics that could be super low
[environmental] impact?" she said.
"It was looking to take out as many processes as possible and still create
something lovely."
The result is both a knitted and woven fabric they hope will challenge how
Australians think about clothing.”
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