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Pilling and sustainability: can we accept the passing of time in the name of a more sustainable fashion?
Does recycled cashmere really pill more than virgin cashmere? What is the difference between the pilling of garments that are made from pure materials and those coming from cheap materials...
Why sustainable fashion can't be produced on a large scale
Recycled materials are not enough to make a garment sustainable, also the production processes matter. We at Rifò know it very well: producing a clothing collection in the most sustainable...
Synthetic and artificial fibers: do you know the difference between the most common ones?
We often talk about fibers produced through chemical processes. We generally talk of them in a negative way, as something that compromises the recycling of natural materials and requires chemical and...
Eco-design, what does it mean?
Have you ever thought about how many things you bought in your life? And how many actually lasted a long time? Ok, try to go back 100/150 years ago. Think...
Circular economy as a driver for post-pandemic recovery
When the global pandemic hit last year, people, locked in their homes, had to face one fact: too many clothes in their closets. Too many disposable things, made to be...
Why second-hand fast fashion is a damage for Africa
Tropical mix, this is the product category name of the 40-50 kg bales full of our old clothes that are exported every day to the developing world. Some time ago...
Industrial archeology in Prato: a journey to the places where textile regeneration was born
What is it that attracts us so much about old factories, abandoned industrial spaces and the one converted to new uses? The charm they have, the industrial history that they...
Knitting decreases: what is it?
Knitwear is a textile field rich in tradition and artisan knowledge.There is a world behind every single knitted garment, made up of choices: stitches, styles, collars, sleeves, ribs... even the...
Rifò's 2020, let's recap
Here we go, 2020 is over. We could begin this blog post by celebrating the end of this surreal, bad and pandemic year. The truth is that this year has...
Knitting recycled cashmere. The RE-Cashmere balls from Rifò X Bettaknit collaboration
We have often been asked if there was the possibility of buying our recycled cashmere directly in balls, to have the possibility to create handmade garments with knitting needles and...
What does mulesing free mean and which are the alternatives to this practice
Rifò uses for its winter collection a yarn composed of 95% recycled cashmere and 5% virgin merino wool certified RWS (Responsible Wool Standard) , which gives strength to the fibers....