Spanish fashion brand Mango has made a strategic investment in start-up The Post Fiber, a company focused on repurposing post-consumer textile waste into new fibers for the garment industry. The collaboration is part of Mango’s effort to expand its sustainable fashion offerings and support circular fashion growth.
The investment will be directed through Mango’s fashion start-up accelerator, MangoStartUp Studio. This partnership makes Mango one of the first major fashion companies to incorporate post-consumer textile waste into its clothing line. As part of this initiative, Mango has launched Mango Teen, a new limited-edition collection for youth made from post-consumer recycled fibers.
The Mango Teen collection includes casual items such as T-shirts, and features 80% recycled materials, with 15% sourced from Post Fiber. The garments are crafted from new fabric and yarn derived from repurposed textile waste. The collection is available for purchase on Mango’s website and in select stores.
In addition to using textile waste, the clothes in the Mango Teen collection have been dyed using a unique process called Pigmentura. This sustainable dyeing technique, combined with the use of recycled materials, is part of Mango’s efforts to promote circular growth and reduce environmental impact.
Andrés Fernández, Mango’s Director of Sustainability and Sourcing, emphasized that this collaboration with Post Fiber is a key step in reducing the company’s environmental footprint while creating value in the process.
Post Fiber’s development is supported by four major textile companies such as Textil Santanderina, Moda-Re, Hallotex, and Margasa. The company focuses on transparency and innovation in the textile sector, with Berta Moral, Director of Mango Kids and Mango Teen, joining its board of directors.
Moral highlighted that this partnership will help Mango increase the percentage of recycled fabrics in its collections and scale solutions to further the circular economy. By utilizing more recycled materials, Mango aims to achieve its goal of using 100% environment-friendly fibers by 2030. This collaboration has already helped the company increase its recycled content to 40%.
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