Hyosung works to Jeans Redesign guidelines
The innovation, named Creora 3D Max spandex, has been formed with Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Jeans Redesign guidelines in mind. Hyosung said it can deliver a high-performance stretch, even as a small portion of fabric content, which means it is Redesign-ready.
According to the Redesign guidelines, all denim must be made with a minimum of 98% cellulosic fibres, leaving only 2% for stretch or synthetics. However, the Seoul-based producer said that it was more common for a polyester-spandex dual core to result in synthetic yarns taking up 12% to 16% of a finished garment.
Global marketing director for Hyosung Textiles, Mike Simko, commented: “Clearly people have demonstrated they want stretch. How does the spandex industry react and make it so that you’ve got sustainability and circularity starting from the inputs?”
With Creora 3D Max spandex, Hyosung has created a yarn that swaps out the polyester core typically used to give denim extra stretch for spandex, making a “fully stretch” material that retains the recovery properties of the less recyclable polyester-spandex combination.
This latest development will be formally introduced by Hyosung during its “denim days” events in London, Los Angeles and New York city on select dates in November.
Image: Hyosung.
