These innovative, sustainable fabrics are defining Herno Globe A/W 2022

Herno Globe is the sustainable offshoot of historic Italian outerwear label Herno. From regenerated nylon to fast-to-degrade materials, discover the fabric innovations defining the brand’s colourful A/W 2022 collection

By Jack Moss

last updated 28 September 2022

in Features

Left: Male model wearing beige zipped jacket and green trousers against an orange background. Right: Female model wearing a dark green bubble jacket and orange trousers against a green background — Herno Globe A/W 2022

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An array of innovative fabrications make up the latest offering from Herno Globe, a sustainably minded collection from Herno. ‘It expresses [our] goal to preserve the environment,’ the historic Italian house says of the offshoot.

Herno’s ‘Made in Italy’ fabrics have been at the heart of the label since its founding in 1948; for Herno Globe A/W 2022, these now range from regenerated nylon satin, crafted from recycled PET plastic bottles, to cutting-edge material ‘Fast5Degradable’. The latter, a type of lightweight nylon, takes just five years for anaerobic degradation if disposed of, in comparison to the usual 50 years.

Innovative, sustainable: Herno Globe A/W 2022

Female model wears Herno Globe A/W 2022 padded green coat, orange trousers against a green background

Other fabrics utilise the natural materials that Herno have long favoured, farmed using responsible processes. Organic boiled wool, for example, meets both the ‘ecological and working’ conditions required to get GOTS certification (‘maintaining and restoring soil fertility’), while knit jumpers are crafted from virgin wool processed entirely in Tuscany, Italy, where it is spun, woven, finished and tested. Herno notes that it can monitor the ‘environmental, social and economic standards of the entire supply chain’.

These fabrics are utilised across a playful, youth-focused collection. Vivid use of colour meets experiments in shape and volume across the various pieces, which span nylon satin parkas, easy boiled wool shirt jackets, and sweatpant-style trousers. Lively details are scattered throughout, whether a colourful alphabet print on a bomber jacket (crafted from recycled taffeta) or slogans that read ‘Take Care of Our Future’ and ‘Be Part of the Green Revolution’.

Female model wears long cream coat and pink trousers, against a green background

Sustainability is an ongoing focus for the brand, which recently has invested in ‘photovoltaic’ technologies in order to make its headquarters on the shores of Lake Maggiore, northern Italy, autonomous in terms of energy consumption. ‘I believe in continuous improvement, in constant change through investments in research and advanced technologies,’ says Herno CEO Claudio Marenzi. ‘The future is always ahead of us and requires attention.’

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Jack Moss is the Fashion & Beauty Features Director at Wallpaper*, having joined the team in 2022 as Fashion Features Editor. Previously the digital features editor at AnOther and digital editor at 10 Magazine, he has also contributed to numerous international publications and featured in ‘Dazed: 32 Years Confused: The Covers’, published by Rizzoli. He is particularly interested in the moments when fashion intersects with other creative disciplines – notably art and design – as well as championing a new generation of international talent and reporting from international fashion weeks. Across his career, he has interviewed the fashion industry’s leading figures, including Rick Owens, Pieter Mulier, Jonathan Anderson, Grace Wales Bonner, Christian Lacroix, Kate Moss and Manolo Blahnik.