As beautiful as its story
Italian fabric: 85% recycled wool, 15% new wool
This story begins with the clever idea of one man: during the post-World War II shortage of raw textile materials, Enzo Anacleto Mantellassi revives an old Italian spinning mill to create yarn from unused military uniforms. An 80-year-old recipe, now used for your coat: Manteco collects used textiles, sorted them by color, shredded them, and spun them again, adding only 15% of new wool.
In addition to setting you apart, this unique brown shade encourages more responsible consumption: it is born from recycled beige and brown garments, locally sourced, without dyes or chemicals. Manteco has thus reduced its carbon footprint to around 0.9kg of CO2 eq/kg compared to 10.4 to 103kg for virgin wool. This has been certified by the GRS (Global Recycled Standard), which certified 85% of this wool, also confirming a 99.9% reduction in water consumption and a 93.3% reduction in energy use.
It's a sincere and authentic approach to recycling that we would love to see more often—and one that deserves to be highlighted.