On the event of the centennial celebrations of Wageningen College and Analysis (WUR) we have been commissioned to design a chunk for the round ensemble of WUR’s chairman Louise O. Fresco.
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| Louise O. Fresco throughout her speech |
Yesterday was the opening of the tutorial 12 months. Louise Fresco gave the openings speech the place she regarded again on the 100 years of Wageningen College however with emphasis on the longer term. As an alternative of shopping for a brand new outfit for this big day, Louise wished to put on an outfit she might put on with out guilt. That’s why we and different Dutch designers have been invited to create a chunk of sustainable clothes for her.
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| Our silk scarf dyed with micro organism |
THE SCARF
The headscarf actually complimented the outfit. Louise described sporting the headband as “the headband provides you wings”. Which can be a pleasant reference to the wings the silkworms develop finally.
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| Louise O. Fresco and Mark Rutte with us within the background |
POCKET SQUARE
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| Prime Minister Mark Rutte with our pocket sq. |
THE DRESS
The costume for Louise is designed by Elsien Gringhuis. She is understood for her timeless designs, that are produced in The Netherlands. The costume is manufactured from deadstock silk and designed with stitching patterns the place a minimal quantity of cloth is wasted. The costume additionally didn’t have buttons or zippers.
Aliki van der Kruijs created the print for the material, by portray the silk with residual ink from the digital textile printing business. Aliki noticed these ink residues on the aspect of the textile printer; a stunning darkish color purple. This leftover ink is often processed as chemical waste, however Aliki discovered a approach to reuse this residual movement and scale back the footprint of the business.
THE SHOES
Designer Luc Aarts made gold-coloured pineapple leather-based sneakers. Piñatex, as the brand new materials is named, is made from the leaves of pineapples. This by-product of pineapple cultivation is a pure and 100% biodegradable different to leather-based. The gold coating nevertheless is just not sustainable but. On the closing becoming the sneakers turned out to be too unfastened. “We had sadly measured her ft on a sizzling summer season day”, says Luc. That and due to the ungiving traits of the fabric the sneakers ended up too massive in the long run.” As a substitute, they determined to ornate a pair of Fresco’s personal sneakers with a gold detailed heel of Piñatex.
THE WATCH
The final sturdy element is the watch strap from a vegan leather-based different designed by Iris Houthoff, lecturer in Bio Course of Engineering at WUR and founding father of start-up Mylium. The strap is constituted of mushroom mycelium, a fungus derived from the Ganoderma lucidum mushroom. In Asia, that mushroom is used to extract a bitter medicinal tea. Houthoff: ‘Mycelium grows on residual flows, hardly consumes water and is handled with innocent chemical substances.’
THE MAKING OF
Watch the video of the behind the scenes making of the round outfit for Louise Fresco.
The outfit was commissioned by: