Deadstock fabric

Deadstock fabric is textiles which for some reason are unused and sits in a storage at a fashion house, a mill, reseller or manufacturer. 

Why Color Vision uses deadstock fabric

Deadstock fabric saves the environment in multiple ways. First, textile manufacturing is water intensive and sometimes uses different chemicals for dyeing or finishing. By using remnants of other companies fabrics we avoid making new textiles. 

Second, small brands have access to luxury and haute couture fabrics which would be impossible for them to get their hands on usually due to production minimums. The color selection is much wider and more exiting for luxury maison deadstock fabrics than stock fabrics from mills. 

Thirdly, using deadstock fabric makes perfect sense in a made to order production model which Color Vision adheres to. Small volumes of fabric makes one of a kind made to order.

Where does Color Visions deadstock originate from?

For the Mia silk duchess dress the deadstock double face silk duchesse is from Nona source. Nona Source is an online B2B resale platform launched in 2021 by LVMH that sells deadstock fabrics and leathers from prestigious luxury fashion and leather goods houses to creative professionals across Europe. 

Can deadstock fabric be reordered?

Unfortunately not, deadstock fabric is usually one of a kind - bought by the metre. The designs that Color Vision makes in deadstock textiles are available for made to order as long as the fabric lasts.

Written by Iben Bergstrøm, founder and third generation textile expert
Iben Bergstrøm is the founder of Color Vision and a third generation textile expert. Her great grandmother was a dressmaker, her grandfather a textile engineer, her mother a textile artist. She writes from that inheritance, on fabric, craft, and the quiet knowledge passed down through three generations of hands.