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Circular knitwear business Cashmere Circle makes its debut

Published
Jan 8, 2021

Scottish start-up Cashmere Circle has launched an eco service to "revive, repair and recycle" cashmere garments.


Edinburgh Innovations


Belinda Dickson and Ross Powell have co-founded the company to help “luxury fashion move to a circular economy model” while boosting textile skills and jobs in the Scottish Borders, reported Knitting Industry.

It’s also linked up with charity Oxfam to divert end-of-life cashmere garments that would otherwise go to landfill.

It sells recycled cashmere items at relatively low prices, such as fingerless gloves for £30, neck-warmers for £34 and baby sets for £69. And Cashmere Circle also claims it can invisibly repair almost any small hole, before treating the garment with pioneering cleaning processes that enhance and sanitise it.

Prices begin at £30 to revive a single garment, and it promises to “return it to like-new condition, no matter how ‘loved’”, the company said. For larger holes unable to be invisibly repaired, Cashmere Circle also offers a bespoke patching service.

The business has also partnered with Edinburgh Innovations, which helps researchers, students and industry to drive innovation within the textiles industry. The tie-up sees Borders-based experts come on board to ensure skills are retained for the next generation of knitwear experts.

“Cashmere Circle aims to be a truly sustainable business – environmentally of course, but also socially, by ensuring jobs and skills are retained in the Borders”, Cashmere Circle co-founder and CEO Powell, a long-serving board member of the UK Fashion and Textiles Association, told the publication.

“A truly beautiful wardrobe is one that does no damage to the planet and dressing in luxurious knitwear doesn’t mean you can’t address clear societal and sustainability needs. Cashmere Circle will be doing great things for industry, the wider communities and the planet”.

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