Polybutton
Fashion design / Craft innovation
Even in countries where waste sorting is most advanced, clothing remains one of the most difficult items to recycle. Materials widely used in the fashion industry, such as polyester fibers and nylon, have high recycling values. This design focuses on the method of joining buttons to clothes. By melting and stamping polyester fabric, buttons and snap fasteners are directly made from the fabric itself. The design is an attempt at monomaterial production for clothing fastenings, aiming to reduce the difficulty of recycling clothes. Through the production of a monomaterial, it is desired to shorten the supply chain in the clothing industry to reduce carbon emissions during production and transportation.
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