Design to rescue textile waste with RECLÉM’s patented method. The possibilities are exciting!

With RECLÉM’s rescue textile waste process, designers will rethink the way they develop surface design, texture, pattern, and details. The technology enables designers to engineer surface design details, textures and grainlines as well as reduce the number of seams. Textiles of any fiber content, weight, or fabrication can be used. 

Not only can these revolutionary techniques enhance the aesthetic and sustainable qualities of the product, there are several ways to approach using RECLÉM’s rescue textile waste process by 1) using cutting waste for garment parts and/or accessories, 2) using industrial cutting room waste, 3) using dead stock fabric, and 4) breaking down unwanted clothing.  

Design product using the cutting waste for garment parts.

• Dress by WashU Portfolio Plus 2022 student #1. Silk charmeuse yardage was used to cut out the body and the lower sleeve of this dress, and the remaining scraps were combined with the RECLÉM rescue textile waste process to create the upper sleeves. 

Use the cutting room waste to create new garments. 

• Dress by WashU Portfolio Plus 2022 student #2. Industrial cutting room waste, from 100% cotton knit was stretched into tubes and laid out inside of the pattern pieces for this extra long-sleeved tunic dress. 

Out of fashion or uninspiring dead stock fabrics can gain a new life with RECLÉM

Breaking down unwanted clothing

• Any kind of clothing has the potential to be used, but the fastest process is accomplished with clothing items that have large pieces of fabric and that are uniform in some way. 
• The common t-shirt works great, for example. 

T- shirt bale photo from Mednick Riverbend 

• This silk blouse was broken down and transformed with RECLÉM’s rescue textile waste method.