Post by caterina on Mar 22, 2023 18:13:43 GMT
Hello.
It is not a book, I am talking about a documentary that I have recently seen on Amazon Prime (Italy): I am not sure if you can find it on your local Amazon Prime movie offer, but I think that it was interesting and it would be worthwhile to check if you can find it somewhere.
The title is "Stracci", meaning "Rags", in the italian version, and it had English along with Italian as language in the audio.
This is a link to the Primevideo entry:
www.primevideo.com/detail/Stracci/0T5N61D146Q9B8WGITH5YHIDIO
This is a link to the review on IMDB:
m.imdb.com/title/tt16986370/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
It's a documentary on the 1-hundred-plus-year-old wool recycling tradition in an Italian town. It shows all the process to recycle wool fibers, from discarded garments to wool fiber to newly spinned and woven wool fabric used by fashion designers.
They say that the recycled wool fabric that they can obtain is of similar quality to the virgin wool fabric, because of their long-standing tradition and experience in working with the regenerated wool fibers (it's apparently challenging during the spinning process, the fibers are shorter and of mixed quality). Anyway, from the documentary it seems more fashion brands are becoming interested in wool based fabrics again, as it is actually recyclable and recycled more, so all in all a more sustainable choice.
I liked how old and new were mixed, and how wool comes out as the only fiber that is almost fully recyclable, with a lot less carbon impact than recycled synthetics for the recycling process, although the documentary points out that we really need to reuse, mend and keep more of our clothes, instead of going on buying more.
It is not a book, I am talking about a documentary that I have recently seen on Amazon Prime (Italy): I am not sure if you can find it on your local Amazon Prime movie offer, but I think that it was interesting and it would be worthwhile to check if you can find it somewhere.
The title is "Stracci", meaning "Rags", in the italian version, and it had English along with Italian as language in the audio.
This is a link to the Primevideo entry:
www.primevideo.com/detail/Stracci/0T5N61D146Q9B8WGITH5YHIDIO
This is a link to the review on IMDB:
m.imdb.com/title/tt16986370/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
It's a documentary on the 1-hundred-plus-year-old wool recycling tradition in an Italian town. It shows all the process to recycle wool fibers, from discarded garments to wool fiber to newly spinned and woven wool fabric used by fashion designers.
They say that the recycled wool fabric that they can obtain is of similar quality to the virgin wool fabric, because of their long-standing tradition and experience in working with the regenerated wool fibers (it's apparently challenging during the spinning process, the fibers are shorter and of mixed quality). Anyway, from the documentary it seems more fashion brands are becoming interested in wool based fabrics again, as it is actually recyclable and recycled more, so all in all a more sustainable choice.
I liked how old and new were mixed, and how wool comes out as the only fiber that is almost fully recyclable, with a lot less carbon impact than recycled synthetics for the recycling process, although the documentary points out that we really need to reuse, mend and keep more of our clothes, instead of going on buying more.
