How clothing endangers your health and the environment and how to protect them.
Sustainable clothing accounts for 5% of the total global market share.
Pakistan, the fifth most populous country in the world, derives over half of its exports from the textile industry.
Pakistan’s textile industry utilizes less than 5% of recycled or waste materials in their products.
A significant amount of crop waste is burned by farmers, leading to elevated air pollution, smog, and CO2 emissions. Consequently, Pakistani cities rank among the most polluted in the world.
Each winter, an estimated 3.5-3.6 of 8.5 million tons of rice residue is burned.
International Growth Center, Oxford University, LSE.
A sustainable textile manufacturing company that leverages R&D to turn crop waste into valuable products.
project solution
To develop, manufacture and market textiles made from crop waste (70-80%) and cotton and/or polymer reinforcement (20-30%).
bridge studio
Pakistan USA
R&D team collaborating with National Textile University, Faisalabad and Agricultural University and independent experts to transform crop residue; sugar cane, cotton, wheat and rice- into high end sustainable textiles.
Patent the technology.
Establish a textile manufacturing unit.
Preparation of latest designs according to customer preferences.
Establish a brand; Bridge Studio.
Market and sell the finish product to retailers in the USA i.e. Target, Kohl’s, Walmart ,TJMaxx.
HEALTHY CLOTHING
Textiles made from regenerated crop waste are 100% organic and safe to use, alongside they stand the mark of time, lessening the frequency in purchases.
CLIMATE ACTION
Utilizing crop waste for textile manufacturing rather than burning the residue with mobil-oil, harming the enviornment with toxins, CO2 and other harmful vapors.
project goals
competition
Currently, in Pakistan , there are no companies utilizing crop waste to produce fibers and transform them into commercial products, making it an untapped greenfield market.
competitive advantage
Supply side:
Relationship and trust build with farmers over time.
Demand side:
Relationship with fashion companies build over time that we are supplying quality garments ethically and sustainable sourced.
Traceability of garment
Due to the collection from farmers we will create a proper mapping of the farmland given traceability and transparency to the origin of materials used.
Blockchain technology: To uniquely identify the origin.
our team
Strategic Design Graduate students at Parsons School of Design in New York City
She grew up in Tuttlingen, Germany
She gained experience in fashion management, e-commerce brand marketing. She is passionate about material science, biotechnology, and sustainability. Presently, she is based in Munich and New York City.
Hailing from Islamabad, Pakistan
Talha holds a background in corporate law, switching careers into communication design, has worked in advertising, corporate client side design, interior design, sustainable businesses, currently he resides in New York City & works in healthcare.
