In any case, this is what Caroline Fourré, a Swiss designer, says. The young woman tried several experiments with vegetable peelings in order to obtain dye colors, and she even found formulas that would make it possible to create "natural" textiles in industrial quantities. Caroline Fourré explained to HuffPost:“What is cheaper than our trash? I have never put up with all this food waste that we, individuals, but also restaurants and communities, create every day." So she began her tests:thus the avocado would give salmon pink, red onions persimmon, onion skins yellow while the outer leaves of red cabbage would turn blue-purple. Once the peelings are scalded, she composes the fiber of the fabric with “environmentally friendly mordants”. Nice as a concept, right?
Case in point:One kilo of red cabbage leaves would yield one liter of blue dye that she says could dye two T-shirts. As for washing, there is still something quite complicated and still requires research. However, Caroline Fourré has already created her company and her first collection, Local Colours. A crowdfunding campaign has been set up to help finance his first pieces, silk scarves.
