Aquafil Provides Green Carpet for Green Fashion Awards

Cartersville, GA, October 3, 2017-Top models and the best fashion designers of the world walked on a green carpet at the Green Fashion Awards in the iconic La Scala Opera House in Milan last week.

The 1500 square-yard green carpet, with flower and fruit motifs, was made entirely out of Econyl fibers, the 100% regenerated nylon 6 by Aquafil.

Giulio Bonazzi, president and CEO of Aquafil, explains: “Econyl raw materials are discarded fish nets from Norway, Scotland and the Philippines, old carpets from the USA, textile waste from Italy and China and otherwise unusable plastic scraps.” The world of fashion has been intrigued by the Econyl message. Bonazzi adds, “We have signed 170 licensing agreements with fashion brands such as Stella McCartney, Adidas, Levis, Gucci, Speedo, Volcom and many others.”

Aquafil’s largest consumers of Econyl fibers are commercial carpet mills. However, the automotive industry, especially in the hybrid and full electric categories, as well as trend-setter fashion brands have embraced the powerful “circular economy” message of Econyl fibers.