NEW YORK CITY—Sina Pearson, founder and head of New York City-based Sina Pearson Textiles, introduces her latest eco-friendly collection with Crypton Green technologies. The collection utilizes the exuberant palette of India. Indian Summer, sustainably produced from post-consumer recycled polyester fibers, offers two related patterns in a total of thirteen colorways. The Crypton Green finish adds stain, moisture, microbial and odor resistance, without harming the environment. The collection will premier in November 2009.
To create the fabrics’ palette, Pearson imagined women in brightly colored silk saris standing in rice fields, a juxtaposition of hot colors with earthy green and brown landscape tones. She added hints of fruits and spices from the outdoor markets, jewels and henna dyes. “These are colors to stimulate the senses,” she said.
The patterns take off from traditional Indian arts. Mehndi is a stylized dot-and-floral motif that looks directly to mehndi painting: ceremonial, ornate decorations on hands and feet made with henna dye. Pearson’s Mehndi is languid and flowing: ogee curves intertwined with abstract florals, all rendered in dots. The seven colorways are Gold Fortune, Joyous Orange, Energy Red, Majestic Plum, Harmony Green, Henna Brown and Cosmic Black. Ikat conjures classic ikat fabrics, a technique in which the yarns have been resist-dyed prior to weaving. Indian Summer’s Ikat features short dashes of color in random rhythms. The six colorways are named Orange Awakening, Spiritual Red, Purple Promise, Green Peace, Down to Earth Brown and Meditation Black.
Both Mehndi and Ikat are jacquard-woven of post-consumer recycled polyester. They use Crypton’s most innovative green production processes which meet strict emissions requirements, and are MBDC-certified Cradle to Cradle Basic. Use of Mehndi and Ikat can contribute to LEED-CI points.
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