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Interested in finding out more about what socks are made of, where yarns come from, and how to create more sustainable clothing?
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Article · 11 Mar 2025
Designing Sustainable Socks: The Sock Investigation
The Secret Sockciety mission is to integrate social and environmental sustainability in the design of every sock. To determine when a sock is actually sustainable, a lot of research was required. Read about our sock investigation to find out how socks can be more environmentally sustainable!
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Article · 4 Feb 2025
Breaking Down the Blend: How Does Chemical Recycling Work?
In our last article, we explored why blended fibres make sock recycling so difficult, and why chemical recycling holds so much promise. This time, we're getting into the detail — the specific technologies being developed to finally crack the blended textile problem.
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Article · 25 Jan 2025
Challenges in Textile Recycling: The Blended Yarn Problem
What is required to give your old clothes a second life? Textile recycling is not as simple as it may seem. Socks in particular are always made of a blend of different yarns. What are the challenges at the recycling stage?
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Article · 13 Jan 2025
Guidelines for Starting a Sustainable Fashion Brand
Sustainability is one of the most overused words in fashion. But behind the buzzword is a real set of decisions — about materials, manufacturing, labour, and design — that determine whether a garment is genuinely better for the world or just marketed that way. Here's what it actually takes to produce and sell more sustainable clothing, from first fibre to final sale.