For this project presentation, we chose to adopt the following adaptability principles. After a year and a half in Spain, we began exploring sustainable felt factories using 100% local wool.

This next presentation represents a continuation of the brand's vision and a challenge: to bring its essence to other shores. This led to the creation of the "Poncho," finding its sustainability principles in local materials. We collaborated with the Olius Textile Factory in Catalonia, renowned for its development of natural felt in Spain. We understood that the project could be adapted to any region that produces textiles naturally and consciously, also seeking to incorporate local traditions into each garment. Olius's business stems from the utilization of wool, a naturally renewable resource that would otherwise become waste. The valorization of wool contributes to generating economic activity in rural areas, maintaining ecosystems, and improving territorial and social resilience, as the factory has its own water treatment plant. Providing the highest quality, we hold UNE-ISO 9001:2000 certification for the manufacture of felts for technical uses, and OEKO-TEX Standard 100 Class I certification for our entire range of manufactured felts.

Felt making has a long tradition linked to shepherding and wool production in Spanish history. Since the Middle Ages, the abundance of Merino sheep and the development of transhumant livestock farming fostered a significant wool-based textile industry. Although weaving was the predominant technique, felting was also used to make garments and objects resistant to cold and damp. During the 15th and 16th centuries, with the rise of Spanish wool as one of Europe's main exports, felt became very important in the production of hats, capes, blankets, footwear, horse saddles, and military equipment. The process consisted of compacting wool fibers using moisture, heat, and friction, without the need for weaving.

From the 19th century onwards, industrialization transformed felt production. Machinery and new processes were introduced, allowing for the manufacture of higher-quality felts for industrial applications such as machine gaskets, thermal and acoustic insulation, filtration, and mechanical components.

Today, felt in Spain combines artisanal tradition with technological innovation. Artisans continue to produce decorative pieces, fashion items, and accessories using ancestral hand-felting techniques, while industry employs wool felt in sectors such as automotive, construction, architecture, interior design, and furniture. In recent years, the growing interest in sustainable materials has led to a revaluation of wool felt as an ecological, renewable material with high technical and aesthetic performance.

The garment is a single, seamless piece of outerwear, entirely laser-cut. The openwork pattern designs were created using parametric algorithms, which allowed us to structurally lighten the garment. This enabled it to be closed in areas where needed for warmth, while the openwork geometric patterns were created in areas where volume could be reduced. This lowered weight, as felt is a dense material, and also provided the necessary fluidity for the textile to achieve balance. Because the material is joined through a felting process, no stitching was required to finish the edges. Laser cutting allowed us to reinforce the edges, further saturating the piece at the cut edges.