Over the past few months our design team have been supporting Falmouth design student George May and his latest Eco design project by donating a supply of of our Audited Animal Welfare Down from our DOWN CODEX programme.
George created a 5 piece collection including a Pull-On which uses our DOWN CODEX Down.
George tell us more....
"The pullover above is made of 100% silk.
The silk has been treated with Poppy Oil and a Walnut Alkyd Medium in order to
waterproof it. The coating made the silk habotai go translucent and crisp and
adds fairly good waterproofing. You can see the down through the silk. This is
all non toxic and eco friendly so goes very well with the ethically sourced
down!
The lining is pure silk without a coating so has great insulation
properties. It features a chest zip pocket and a zip up to the neck in order to
get it on; the zip has a wind guard behind it. The belt can be removed so you
can have it as just a standard pullover. The jacket looks quite fashion-like but
it is tailored in order to provide full movement in the arms and good comfort.
It also features high performance merino cuffs on the gaitors in the
sleeve.
Here is a link to a short video of my collection.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ7aiS0_ADo
All of the clothes in the collection have used varying
techniques and fabrics in order to make them high performance."
You can check out more about George's collection here www.georgemay.co.uk and read more about our DOWN CODEX programme at www.thedowncodex.me.uk
photos: Kirstin Prisk
