Irene Salom

JERSEY & LEATHER RTW

Homewear, toys, jersey, woven, knit and outerwear

Responsible for the sustainability development within material choices. Including: LCA, preferred material list, quality and price evaluation within new materials, purposes, and other CSR strategies.

Sales agent for Next Fabric 21 in the Nordic countries. Responsibilities such as meeting with brands, informing of products available, take orders, and meet the client’s needs in terms of fabrics for their collections.

Participation in the development of a bio-based product by upcycling apple waste from cider production and similar. My responsibilities went from research, to prototyping, to testing. In charge of meeting the goals for tear and tensile strength as well as adhesive properties. Moreover, responsible for going through ISO Standards tests and determine their priority and role for all material testing.

Having worked on several company projects such as the development of a capsule collection for woolrich or a new B2B product portfolio for Swarovski

Speciality in textiles. Bachelor Thesis: “Improvement of wear resistance properties of long hemp fibres”. Where mercerization is used in order to enhance the properties, tests are carried out to determine the improvement and a thorough LCA is done (ISO 14040) to determine the degree of sustainability of the different mercerization processes.

Having done a whole overview of the production and manufacturing behind clothing, accessories and footwear. From materials, to manufacturing of textiles and products, to finishes and dyes and quality assurance.