Our materials
We only use 100% recycled materials from old clothes. Even our buttons come from surplus milk production. We know each and every one of our partners, from spinners to garment makers.
100% recycled yarns
All the yarns we use to make our fabrics are 100% recycled. They are produced from old textiles that have been sorted and shredded by collection organizations before reaching the spinning mills.
We work with two spinners in France and Spain, each using different techniques to recover and manufacture the yarns. The French yarns are spun using the carded process, while our Spanish spinner employs the open-end technique.
No new dyes! The advantage of using these recycled materials is the wide range of colors available. Our spinner sorts and recreates the desired shades using the colors recovered from old textiles. . Aucun colorant n’est donc ajouté pour fabriquer ces belles couleurs.
Our fabrics
All our fabrics are made by craftsmen near Castres, in the south of France. This region used to specialise in the manufacture of fabrics thanks to its water, which was considered ideal for washing wool. Today, only a handful of craftsmen maintain the know-how acquired from their parents and grandparents. Our fabrics are woven using the traditional warp and weft technique (the one used by our grandmothers on their looms). Warping, weaving and finishing: it’s the expertise in these three trades that enables us to achieve the beautiful quality that we offer you on LATER… garments. We spent time with our weaver to choose the fabrics best suited to our needs, existing stocks and his constraints. This collaboration is essential for him and for us: we must first understand his trade, measure the range of possibilities, present our ideas to find the best solutions together. These meetings are also what drive us in the project LATER…
Our natural and biodegradable buttons
They’re made from milk! Or to be more precise, milk casein. Casein is a protein found in milk that is processed to produce galalith. Harder than horn, shinier than bone and silkier than ivory, galalith, also known as milkstone, was one of the first synthetic materials, along with bakelite. It is a biodegradable, anti-allergic and anti-static polymer.
Our Lyon-based supplier recovers surplus milk from Ireland and manufactures the buttons in Italy.
