Excerpt - Eco Design - Cutting Losses

The following is an excerpt from our 2024 CSR report. 

Continuing the work begun in 2023, our multiple skilled staff of stylists, pattern makers and design offices have finalized a reference guide designed to anticipate losses caused by cutting delicate fabrics. 

Already an integral part of the day-to-day work of Darjeeling’s design teams, this efficient tool will also become standard for Chantelle by 2025. 

Right from the design phase of corsetry items incorporating lace or embroidery bands or braids, we evaluate how much unused fabric comes from the manufacture of bras, briefs and thongs, etc. in our collections. 

This project will also enable us to rationalize our stocks, and should help limit partial transfers of production batches that become unusable at the end of the season. 

In the medium term, we should be able to assess the impact this project will have on the collections of the different brands operating under the Chantelle parent brand. 

Late 2024 saw the launch of a study, conducted with our partner, Glimpact, to assess the “cutting losses” applied by the Apparel & Footwear Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules method compared to actual losses observed during the development of collections manufactured in our own factories. Since the Spring-Summer 2024 collection, this data has replaced the guidelines applied to assessing the multiple-factor environmental footprint of our collections. 

The results of this analysis are expected in Q1 2025. 

Last but not least, as a group more than a hundred years old, it is essential for us to pay constant attention to ensure we are using sound working processes. That’s why we have honed in on certain methods of calculating our fabric consumption, which are set to be updated in the first half of 2025. For example, we need to better assess the actual consumption of the cotton knit used to manufacture the gussets on our corsetry stockings.

For additional details, please see our full report HERE.