Other sculptural tangles to consider are a slightly crazed example by Abraham Cruzvillegas at Regen Projects (involving more rebar, as well as feathers, fabric, chain, beer bottle caps and dried meat), and a much more delicate one made from yarn, wire and wood, by Matthias Bitzer, at Kadel Willborn.
Yoko Inoue Nós, 2011-2012 FabriChainsns (Detail).
Inoue constructed fabric chains through an interaction with residents.
This move could have impacts on both ends of the fabric life chain.
Also standing apart, but in a less compelling, arty way, are life-size mannequins, covered in colorful fabric or chain mail, by Forcefield, a collective based in Providence from 1996 to 2003.
H&M is developing a three-year plan to end all sourcing from the world's endangered forests, Stella McCartney has pledged that all its cellulose fibres will meet "strict sustainability standards" by 2017 and Quiksilver has "committed to using reasonable efforts to influence our own fabric supply chain".
In addition, Daveu announced the start of Kering's collaboration with Worn Again to create a circular textile supply chain via fabric recycling.
In fact, said Arvind K. Singhal, chairman of the retail consultancy KSA Technopak, "We are beginning to see big investments at all stages of the textile supply chain, starting from fabric manufacturing to fabric processing to apparel making".
Punk Lolitas wear deconstructed fabrics, fishnets, chains and studs.
Ms. Pontz is especially inventive, blending cotton thread with wire, fabric, iron and chain to make abstract botanical forms.
The Donatella Versace approach is to focus on the namesake line and to let Christopher Kane, as her companion in design on the Versus collection, play with the plasticized fabrics and digital chain prints natural to his generation.
