Bananatex® isn’t just a material — it’s a collaboration. As a partner in the creative process, we work alongside brands across diverse industries to bring their ideas to life and accelerate positive change.
With its distinctive texture, weight and hand-feel, Bananatex® embodies both craft and responsibility. It’s the natural choice for brands and designers who prioritize circularity without compromising on quality.
The brands we collaborate with and the products we help create prove that circular design isn’t a future concept — it’s already shaping the present.
This is what a Material (R)evolution looks like.
Aman × Kim Jones – Travel Wardrobe
Kim Jones Studio has designed a travel wardrobe for Aman, the benchmark for exclusive hospitality worldwide. Bananatex® is used in the tailored shorts, zip jackets, utility trousers, vests and a large bag, produced by Dover Street Market.
Fendi – MUSA Denim Collection
Fendi introduces Bananatex® to luxury denim. Named MUSA, the project marks the Roman house's first denim collection under Chief Creative Officer Maria Grazia Chiuri. The first collection consists of three pieces – a regular-fit jean, a Western shirt and a shirt dress – crafted from a fabric by Italian mill Berto Industria Tessile that blends abacá banana fibre with cotton, finished with vintage washes and Fendi's signature yellow topstitching.
WORRY – Microsofa
Vienna-based WORRY, founded by Georg Schnitzer, Johnny Huemer and Peter Umgeher, has created a plastic-free microsofa from Bananatex® and other natural, compostable materials. Made to order in Vienna, it is assembled without glues and can be easily taken apart, repaired and recycled.
Balenciaga – Unity Backpack
After the launch of the Triple S in Bananatex®, the Unity Backpack is Balenciaga's second release crafted with Bananatex®. Water-repellent and functional, the design features a top handle, adjustable straps and multiple zipped compartments for everyday use.
Nikari – Kinderspital Zürich
For the new University Children's Hospital Zurich by Herzog & de Meuron, Finnish furniture maker Nikari made a special edition of its December chair, designed by Jasper Morrison and Wataru Kumano. The solid wood frame is combined with seat and backrest slings in Bananatex® Mediumweight Oxford in Limestone.
Dior
Dior has crafted a unique outfit entirely from Bananatex®, featuring a jacket, long-sleeve jersey, hat and shorts. Part of the Parley Future Material® initiative, the collaboration shows how fashion houses can bring natural, innovative materials into commercial collections.
Balenciaga – Triple S
A signature design of Balenciaga, the Triple S Sneaker was first introduced in 2017. This new edition, created through several years of development and close collaboration between Balenciaga and Bananatex®, features a Bananatex® upper and is available in natural white and all black. Both versions come with matching laces and an embroidered Balenciaga logo on the side.
Stella McCartney
Stella McCartney has launched its first bag crafted from banana plants as part of its Autumn 2023 collection – a vegan Logo tote, embroidered with the brand's Fungi Forest toile de Jouy print. The hand-drawn print debuted in the Summer 2022 collection and is now woven onto the tote's Bananatex® base.
Lehni x QWSTION – Ensō
Swiss furniture company Lehni and bag brand QWSTION have created Ensō – a seat built for circularity, for both indoor and outdoor use. Its base is crafted from recycled aluminium, while the seat is made from Bananatex®. All other components, like screws and feet, are designed to re-enter existing material cycles. Design by Frédéric Dedelley and Christian Kägi.
Good News x H&M
London-based footwear brand Good News teamed up with H&M on H&M's first shoe collaboration featuring innovative materials. Known for its playful, retro-inspired sneakers, Good News continuously explores new materials. Bananatex® is used for the upper of the black low-top sneaker, combined with recycled rubber soles and recycled cotton.
lavie – Bed Linen & Homewear
With Swiss label lavie, Bananatex® enters home textiles. The collection of bed linen and homewear blends 50% organic cotton with 50% Bananatex®, creating a fabric with a soft drape and a fine, cool and dry hand-feel – made for restful nights. It comes undyed and in Avocado and Coconut, true to lavie's aim of timeless textiles, sustainably and fairly produced.
COS
Influenced by architecture and design, fashion brand COS introduces a modern take on the classic squared silhouette with a large tote bag crafted from Bananatex® heavy twill, following a zero-waste approach.
In House
New York-based contemporary brand In House, founded by Rheanna Henney, combines traditional tailoring with material innovation. The debut collection includes the Sheer Top and Floor Skirt in Bananatex® knit.
INUIKII
Luxury footwear brand INUIKII is inspired by the traditional winter shoes of the Inuit in Greenland. Designed in Switzerland, each pair is handmade in Europe. The Sustainable Collection includes two styles with an upper made from Bananatex® in natural white and all black, combined with recycled rubber soles and organic cotton laces.
MCM Worldwide
Known for its signature monogram designs, luxury lifestyle and fashion house MCM Worldwide uses Bananatex® for a summer bucket hat with an embroidered MCM logo.
PALAIUS
The MAE chair by German design studio PALAIUS is inspired by Europe’s architectural and cultural diversity. Handmade in traditional European workshops, it combines a powder-coated steel frame with a seat crafted from Bananatex® – suitable for both indoor and outdoor use.
Tommy Hilfiger
Tommy Hilfiger brings its modern prep style to a collection of bags and sneakers made from Bananatex®, combining classic design with natural materials for everyday wear.
QWSTION – All Weather Coat
QWSTION has created the Bananatex® All Weather Coat – a plastic-free, genderless parka crafted from Bananatex® Lightweight Twill. Water-resistant with a PFC-free DWR and natural wax finish, it is made in Croatia.
Carpasus – Bananatex® Edition
St. Gallen menswear label Carpasus presents overshirts and trousers crafted entirely from Bananatex®, in black and olive. Made in Portugal and launched at the QWSTION Store in Zurich, the pieces are breathable, durable and free from pilling – a Swiss collaboration from plant to wardrobe.
QWSTION x MOVER
Swiss brands QWSTION and MOVER have created the Hip Pack – a lightweight bag for outdoor use that combines functionality, timeless design and minimal use of resources. It is made from Bananatex® mediumweight fabric, natural wool and aluminium. Produced in Switzerland, the limited edition contains no plastic.
Rapha
Rapha has redesigned its Essentials Case, now crafted from Bananatex® and available in three colours. The updated riding accessory keeps essentials organised and fits into pockets and bike luggage.
ISTO.
Portuguese menswear brand ISTO. is known for timeless essentials made from organic, natural materials. Transparency is central to the brand, with every step of production and the true costs behind each garment openly shared. ISTO. has launched a workwear collection in Bananatex®, debuting with a utility suit.
Dominik Scherrer – Closed Loop Footwear
Closed Loop Footwear is a modular, glue-free sneaker by industrial designer Dominik Scherrer, developed at FH JOANNEUM Graz. It is assembled by the wearer, can be repaired part by part and taken apart for recycling. Bananatex® is the primary upper material, alongside the hemp-based Revoltech LOVR. The project earned Scherrer the title Emerging Footwear Designer of the Year 2025 at the Global Footwear Awards and an Editor’s Choice at the Green Product Award.
Liunic x H&M
H&M’s kidswear collection features the illustrations of Indonesian artist Martcellia Liunic. Her colourful creatures, plants and flowers are printed onto a range of children’s clothing, accessories and sneakers made with Bananatex®.
Sky High Farm Universe
New York-based Sky High Farm Universe, a mission-driven brand supporting food security through partnerships and consumer engagement, created a workwear collection in Bananatex®, dyed with bio-based, non-toxic BioBlack TX by Nature Coatings.
QWSTION × ViCAFE
Swiss brands QWSTION and ViCAFE have created a plastic-free, reusable and compostable coffee pouch from Bananatex® – the first food-packaging use of the material. Neighbours at the SBB Werkstadt in Zurich and partners in the Made in Zürich / B Corp community, they developed the Bean Bag together. Available at ViCAFE for CHF 25.
QWSTION
QWSTION challenges conventional ways of designing, making and using everyday goods. Designed for circularity, its products are crafted from plants instead of plastic. By placing material research at the heart of its creative process, QWSTION developed Bananatex® – and invites others to collaborate.
Alex Crane
Alex Crane, the Brooklyn-based clothing brand known for clean, breezy designs made from 100% natural materials, introduces the plastic-free Rama Board Shorts, crafted from Bananatex® lightweight fabric.
Sara Kele – CoTangens
CoTangens is an outdoor furniture collection by Hungarian designer Sara Kele, developed between 2021 and 2022 within the DesignLab incubator programme of the Hungarian Fashion & Design Agency, which connects designers with manufacturers. Open, see-through frames and an earth-tone palette let the modular pieces settle into any outdoor setting, from gardens to lakesides.
Together with the Bananatex® team, the project explored Bananatex® for outdoor use: the waxed, water-repellent cushion covers close with zips, so they can easily be removed for cleaning or a change of colour. CoTangens received an A’ Design Award in the Garden and Outdoor Furniture Design category.
RE-PETE
Fashion label RE-PETE creates timeless pieces from recycled and regenerative materials, beyond seasonal trends. Bananatex® features throughout the collection, including the RE-PETE Gather Dress, made from finely knitted, undyed Bananatex®.
Charlotta Åman (ECAL) – Babybo
Babybo is a portable baby nest for babies aged 0–6 months. The mattress core is made from hypoallergenic, breathable mycelium foam, tuned to different densities and heat-pressed into soft panels that fold easily. Depending on how the buttons are closed, it becomes a play mat, changing pad, shelter or sleeping pod. All materials, including the abacá fabric Bananatex®, are fully biodegradable in industrial composting once shredded at the end of their life.
PURIFIED
PURIFIED launched the ABACA shoe, its debut style crafted from 100% natural materials. The upper is made from Bananatex®, and the shoes are designed to return safely to the earth after their final wear. The shoe is featured in the Netflix documentary The Plastic Detox.