THE SEAMAN
A journey with "sea women yarn" and the challenge of function textiles on board of a ship, classificated in four categories. Pure and recyclable.
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Virginia Reil
A life on board has many challenges, you need the right clothes for every situation. The designed textiles have different functions and properties and can be combined with each other, pure and recyclable. A low-melt yarn enabled extremely dense and structured fabrics. And I wrote about sea women...
My inspiration was the traditional clothing of the fishermen families, but also uniforms, other sailor clothing and the seaman pullover. The textiles should offer a additional flame protection on board and are designed as combination textiles. They can be