Fashion & Luxury

This study at “the heart of the matter” harnesses material properties, the play on light and end requirements to develop translucent high-end polymers.

A biopolymer sprinkled with a handful of gold and material shaped by 3D printing that plays with the light – all to deliver creations to the fashion and luxury goods industry.

Our experts are using precision short pulse lasers to sublimate materials while preserving the properties of the substrate. The laser heats the material in a carefully controlled manner to create colours from oxide generation or by creating forms that allow the light to play on the surface. 

Our experts are harnessing ThermoPRIME® and Thermosaïc® technologies, developed by CETIM Grand Est, to reformulate thermoplastics and form films or composite sheets, which are then reinforced by carbon, glass or vegetable fibres for an infinite variety of uses.

In a cluster organised around Cristal Innov (a tech hub of Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1), iLM and LMI research labs, Carnot Ingénierie@Lyon, and three companies – RSA le Rubis, Diam Concept and Arnano – are developing and producing a wide range of crystals: sapphires, rubies, diamonds and quartz, as well as other innovative materials.

C SLIFE is involved in designing and developing products and in bio-pharmaceutical dermal assessment of the properties of formulated active ingredients by incorporating lightweight, biodegradable and bio-sourced materials and using green processes. These new cosmetic products are then tested using sensory metrology.

Researchers from LMI and IMP are deploying their expertise in the design and synthesis of biodegradable films and packaging for the fashion and luxury goods sector.