Beyond the Salon: Dutch Fibre Start-Up Shows Fashion Industry How to Let the Hair Down

Beyond the Salon: Dutch Fibre Start-Up Shows Fashion Industry How to Let the Hair Down
Human League Human Material Loop has knitted its fibres into a Dutch hair jumper and woven them into a tweed-like blazer. It has tested its parka prototype atop the Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the Americas, at an altitude of 6961 metres, where it kept the wearer warm in -30 degrees Celsius. Human Material Loop

Ever wondered what happens to your hair once you go for your six-monthly chop-chop at the salon? If Human Material Loop, a Dutch start-up, has its way, all of this could well be mopped up to give you an all-new ethical, traceable and high-performing textile fibre, prototypes of which have been developed and the immediate plan is to go commercial. Founder-CEO Zsofia Kollar in conversation with texfash.