Five of Stella McCartney's designs that push the sustainable agenda
Stella McCartney set out her sustainable approach to design in an interview with Dezeen last week. Here's a look at the five of her sustainable designs, including trainers made from sea plastic and a backpack made from fishing nets.
Throughout her design career, McCartney has stuck to a sustainable mission and used her platform to push change. Environmentally friendly materials feature in all her fashion and accessory designs, as well as the interiors of her new flagship store in London.
Speaking to Dezeen, McCartney said: "It's exhausting full stop, but we believe it, and we do it, and we won't stop. We are trying to create a new palette. The fashion industry works with the same 10 materials and we are questioning that. Things have got to change." Here's a look at the five times the designer has chosen sustainable materials:
Glue-free shoes
For Autumn Winter 2018, the fashion designer released a trainer that doesn't use any glue.
Trainers are regularly made by sticking the sole to the bottom of the shoe, but these conventional glues contain toxic solvents which are not easily biodegradable.
In an effort to create a circular product design, McCartney's Loop trainers are instead created using specially designed hooks which hold the shoe together. This also allows the shoe to be fully dismantled so that the different components can be recycled individually.
"I use recycled plastics, vegetable oils, the list really goes on and on. I don't use glues that cont...
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