Repair & care is the new green

Special favourite pieces are companions for life.

Reduce
Recycle
Repair
Repurpose

The CASHMERE SPA offers a proactive, practical approach to circularity – one which is easy, effortless and cost‑effective. This much-needed service provides you with a means to correctly and professionally care for your sartorial investments.
Heralding in a movement of designers, professionals and producers taking stewardship over the products that they are responsible for releasing into the world, it encourages conscious consumption by extending the longevity of your wardrobe. Integrated within this is also the option to have the yarns of your garments recycled at the end of their wearable life.
The CASHMERE SPA closes the loop between production, consumption and waste.

The process

Knitwear made from fibers containing more than 70 % natural materials can be sent to the Cashmere Spa, including silk, cotton and wool.

Inspection

Once received by the Cashmere Spa, pictures are taken of the garment/s and what needs to be done. An assessment of the repairability, and what can be done with the revival and rejuvenation processes for you follows – which is communicated with you.

Refrigeration/sanitization

The pieces are then placed into a freezer. As only natural products are dealt with, this precaution is taken against parasites/moths/microbial life – that likes to eat and live in the hair from animals. Top hygiene standards are adhered to for your safety, as well as securing the manufactory facility and the team from infection.

Anti-pilling

The garments are then hand-shaven to remove or prevent any pilling. This also enhances the softness of the yarns too.

Steaming/fitting

Due to the wear and use of a product, it can become misshapen or the sizing can adjust – such that a mediumsized garment could become a size large or even extralarge. As such, garments are then steamed, and fitted onto a mannequin to regain their original shaping.

Repairs

A thorough examination follows, where small holes – or the beginnings of tiny holes – are carefully repaired. Labels are repaired, new buttons are added if needed, and so on.

Sanitization/packing

From there, a quality control check happens followed by another sanitization process, before being packed and shipped back to you.

The process takes two weeks from start to finish

This whole process takes approximately an entire day to complete, but with the number of products in line and to adhere to hygiene standards, it is estimated to take two weeks from start to finish. Considering that your pieces are returned as new, this time investment in the warmer seasons pays off dividends of comfort, luxury and sustainability in the cooler seasons – not to mention decreasing the costs of purchasing a new piece.

Incorporating the recycled wool initiative

As part of the service, should clients send in pieces that are past the point of resurrection (meaning that they cannot be brought “back to life” for the client), they are given the option to contribute them to the Recycled Wool Initiative.
Here, garments are added to any left-over materials from the manufactory.These are then sorted and sent to small-scale spinners in Italy, which make up new yarns from them, creating recycled wool – which still produces a highend product. Products made with such yarns have even less of an imprint on the environment – due to the lower CO2 emissions created in production, less water to manufacture the end garments, and so on.
This further completes a circular approach in which clients are guaranteed that their garments that are past the point of repair are used to create new ones.

Circularity in action

Extending the lifespan of textiles is the first crucial step in reducing CO2 emissions and conserving resources. By ensuring that our garments and fabrics are used longer, we significantly decrease the need for new raw materials and energy-intensive production processes. Circularity represents the new approach to value streams, where materials are continuously reused, recycled, and reintegrated into the production cycle, creating a more sustainable and resource-efficient economy.

Lorenz Wied Baumgartner

“In a world where durability and sustainability are becoming increasingly important, Cashmere Spa offers a space to make conscious choices. Our customers say: »These values reflect who I am. These are the values I want to wear. These are the values I want to find in my wardrobe.«”

Anton Schumann, CEO

Closing the loop

The CASHMERE SPA is committed to sustainability in the textile industry by collecting unusable and unreparable materials and garments. These are carefully sorted and, once we reach a batch size of 1 ton, sent to our partners within the SÜDWOLLE Group in Biella, Italy. There, numerous companies work to transform pure wool, cashmere, hemp, linen, and other natural materials into new yarn or raw materials for the textile industry. In doing so, we close the loop in the textile economy, reduce CO₂ emissions, and extend the lifespan of these materials, which are reintroduced into the consumption cycle. Durability, repair, and closed regional loops are key elements of our mission to make the industry more sustainable and contribute to resource conservation.