It ain't fashion, if it ain't sustainable

Why Garments Must Come Apart

Circularity in apparel is being redefined at the level of design, where garments are now being conceived for disassembly rather than mere use. That shift recasts end-of-life recovery as a question of product architecture, not just material choice. This three-part series examines how construction, performance, and recyclability are being drawn into the same design logic.

Rethinking Circularity / Garments Apart / I

6 April 2026

8 minutes

Where performance apparel meets its limits, the real question is not what a garment is made from, but how it was conceived to end.

Four Partners, One Jacket, and a New Logic for End-of-Life

The gap between recyclable components and a recoverable product has long defined the limits of sustainable apparel. The Peak Performance R&D Helium Loop Anorak, built in collaboration with four specialist partners, was designed to close that gap—by treating end-of-life disassembly not as an afterthought but as the primary constraint governing every construction and material decision.

Subir Ghosh

Feature

Wireframe: Why Garments Must Come Apart