Case Study

Sustainability, innovation and fashion

Phygital Sustainability Expo in Rome.

RadiciGroup participated in the third edition of Phygital Sustainability Expo, an event entirely dedicated to the ecological transition of fashion and design brands held in July 2022 in Rome.

Two pieces of sustainable clothing by RadiciGroup were also presented during the “narrated fashion show” that took place at the Imperial Forum Museum complex: the fully recyclable ski suit and the Yamamay swimming costume made from yarn obtained by recycling plastic bottles. The “circular” ski suit is the result of a collaboration between RadiciGroup and DKB, a company specialising in technical sportswear. It was made from Renycle®, a yarn produced by RadiciGroup from recycled polyamide (nylon). The padding and many of the suit's accessories are also made from polyamide: this monomateriality makes it much easier to recycle the garment at the end of its life, for example to produce components for ski boots and bindings or for automotive applications in a logic of applied circularity.

Yamamay has used RadiciGroup's Repetable® yarns in its new range of sustainable beachwear. Repetable® is a polyester yarn obtained by a recycling process of plastic bottles, which, compared to virgin polyester, enables a reduction in CO₂ emissions (-45%) and a reduction in water consumption (-90%) and energy (-60%)*.