Money Laundry Clothing Recycles Used Money into Their Clothes
Jacqueline Parrish — September 29, 2009 — Unique
References: themoneylaundry & cocoperez
Money Laundry Clothing is an innovative apparel company that has come up with an ingenious way to market their clothing: recycling used money.
The idea behind Money Laundry Clothing is using recycled $1 to $100 bills that are woven into threads and used to sew the shirt together.
By their calculations, there is approximately $22.56 worth of money stitched into every shirt.
Money Laundry Clothing is the first company to ever use money as thread.
Implications - Consumers in modern society are looking for items that will let them feel luxurious. Products that are functional while still having that prestigious element are appealing to those who don't want to sacrifice either one.
The idea behind Money Laundry Clothing is using recycled $1 to $100 bills that are woven into threads and used to sew the shirt together.
By their calculations, there is approximately $22.56 worth of money stitched into every shirt.
Money Laundry Clothing is the first company to ever use money as thread.
Implications - Consumers in modern society are looking for items that will let them feel luxurious. Products that are functional while still having that prestigious element are appealing to those who don't want to sacrifice either one.
Trend Themes
1. Luxury-focused Products - There is a trend towards luxury-focused products that offer both functionality and prestige.
2. Sustainable Fashion - The concept of using recycled materials, such as shredded money, has the potential to disrupt the fashion industry towards sustainability.
3. Innovative Textile Materials - Using money as thread opens up opportunities for companies to explore the use of other unconventional textiles in clothing manufacturing.
Industry Implications
1. Fashion - The fashion industry can utilize the concept of recycled materials and unconventional textiles to produce sustainable and luxurious clothing lines.
2. Marketing - Marketing industries who are looking for innovative product promotion strategies can leverage the novelty factor behind money-threaded clothing to sell their products.
3. Textile Manufacturing - The use of unconventional textiles such as shredded money offers disruptive innovation opportunities in textile manufacturing industry towards sustainability and innovation.
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