The next wave of sustainable fashion is soy-based textiles, which are on the rise. To spur innovation in that space, U.S. Soy announced Clara Padgham (PADJ-hum) from the University of Wisconsin as the national winner of the NEXTILE: The Soy in Textile Design Challenge. In its second year, the NEXTILE competition is designed to highlight the creativity and originality of students studying design by encouraging the use of sustainable textiles, namely soy-based products. Padgham’s winning design is a women’s textile bucket hat that utilizes a number of soy-based components, including silk yarn. As the competition winner, Padgham will get a $1,000 scholarship. This year’s competitors were provided with a soy-based product design kit, which included soy silk, soy cashmere, organic pigment, soy wax, and other soy products. “The students showed their creativity and innovation,” said Carla Schultz, a Michigan farmer who also served as a judge during the competition.
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