Fashion For Development
Made from Deadstock Fabric
What is Deadstock Fabric?
Deadstock fabrics are leftover fabric. These excess fabrics result from several reasons. Let's say, for example, that an apparel company discontinued the production of certain t-shirt design and now has hundreds of yards of jersey fabric leftover. It could also happen that a fabric mill may have overproduced a specific textile that they can no longer sell to their customers. In other cases, fashion houses or brands overestimate their needs and end up with materials and a surplus of textiles or even Custom textiles that were ordered from overseas didn't meet colour matching requirements for a company. In the most unfortunate cases, excess fabric goes straight to the landfills even when it's new and untouched.
We're giving a second life to fabric that was destined for the landfill.
Some Statistics:
Deadstock fabric and unsold inventory are weighing down the fashion industry, which is responsible for 10 per cent of the world’s carbon emissions. 20% of the world’s industrial water pollution is caused by the fashion industry. Over 8000 toxic chemicals are used worldwide to turn raw materials into the textiles we all end up wearing. Making a single cotton T-shirt requires over 700 gallons of water, which is equivalent to 6 years of drinking water for a person. Whereas using a pre-existing fabric to make something new requires nearly no water. Use of deadstock fabric can divert 85% of textile waste that ends up in landfills.
Why We Use Deadstock Fabric?
Using our team of resources we find high quality deadstock fabric. The fate of deadstock and surplus materials normally ends up in landfills, but the team at DEFCLO revamps them.
Using deadstock fabrics means we can only make limited pieces of any one fabric. Rolls or bags mostly come in small amounts of 10m to 100m (if we are lucky). Small amounts of fabric means small production. Sometimes we can even only make 2 or 3 pieces of a specific style. We think that is a wonderful thing though. It makes those pieces unique.
By using deadstock fabrics you get unique, one of a kind pieces. We also save beautiful fabric from being thrown out and don’t pollute the planet. A win/win for everyone.
