‘Impact starts at fibre’: seven designers who are championing regenerative fashion

When it comes to regenerative fibre farming, flax generally grows with minimal irrigation and when farmed without chemical fertilisers and pesticides can be a carbon sink. Photograph: Anastasiia Krivenok/Getty Images

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Much like the term “sustainable”, “regenerative” is increasingly used in vague ways in fashion marketing. For a garment to be truly regenerative, the raw materials must have been farmed without synthetic fertilisers or pesticides using techniques that restore the health of the soil, improve ecosystem functionality, water cycles and biodiversity.