Bast Recast Deep-Dive: Warp-Face
Lenzing’s Bast Recast collection would not have been possible without collaboration. When we set out to create designs using hemp mixed with TENCEL™ Lyocell, the project relied on the expertise and vision of partners—from mills to marketing.
For the collection, sustainability and recyclability were key themes. In the garment design, this extended to details and trims such as TENCEL™ thread and rivet-free pockets. When it came time to develop the hangtags, we knew we wanted a similarly low-impact option.
Another aspect of the collection was hearkening back to the denim of the late 1800s. Combining both the vintage and planet-friendly stories into one, we tapped U.K.-based studio Warp-Face to make recycled denim paper tags. The naturally blue paper made of denim scraps saves old jeans from landfills. Therefore, for Bast Recast, Endrime(R) saved all the denim offcuts while making the collection for Warp-Face to make the TENCEL(TM) x hemp paper.
Warp-Face uses traditional letter pressing techniques, giving its printing a timeless appeal and preserving the past. For this collection, the branding designed by Endrime’s Sadia Rafique was printed using Recycrom dye from Officina+39, marking the first time the dye was used for printing on paper.
“We talked about the authenticity of this project, and at that time of that late 19th century, this is how it would have been done, it would have been letterpress and that paper would have been made locally,” said Warp-Face owner Duncan Eldridge, who called it his “dream project.”
Click through the slideshow below to see more of how the hangtags use from upcycling the denim scraps from the Bast Recast collection came together.
