Prada Brings Re-Cashmere and Re-Wool Into Its Ready-to-Wear Assortment

Image: Prada. Image: Prada. The material specifications make the distinction between the two lines clear. Prada says its Re-Cashmere pieces use 100% recycled cashmere.

Its Re-Wool yarn combines 50% virgin wool certified to the Responsible Wool Standard, 40% recycled wool and 10% recycled cashmere; the recycled components are certified to the Global Recycled Standard. The company sets out those proportions on its official collection page.

A broader role for recovered fibres Prada says the programme draws on pre-consumer material including spinning residues and production offcuts, which are collected, sorted and returned to the supply chain as usable fibre. It places production in Tuscany and Umbria, regions with established knitwear and textile expertise.

The house also notes that available material shapes production, making the supply of recovered yarn part of how the assortment is planned. That operating model gives Re-Cashmere and Re-Wool a different role from a single seasonal statement piece…