# Sustainable Progressive Industrial Fashion BLUE SKY LAB Inspires Viewers at Shanghai Fashion Week By Amy Duong | Published 2021-10-26 | Fashion Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/blue-sky-lab References: [hypebeast](https://hypebeast.com/2021/10/blue-sky-lab-sustainable-collection-shanghai-fashion-week-release-info) NIO Life, a design lifestyle label unveils its sub-label [BLUE SKY LAB](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/symbiotic-urban-furniture) at this year's Shanghai Fashion Week. BLUE SKY LAB is its own branch of sustainable fashion, exploring functional design that comes from an industrial angle. The collection of goods uses recycled vehicle-grade fabric materials. This includes the likes of seat belts, airbags, and even haptex BASF leather materials sourced from automobile manufacturing. The label launches 59 sustainable pieces that are broken off into three different chapters: starting with Urban, followed by [Energy](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/eros-energy), finalized by [Exploration](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-north-face-urban-exploration-reexploration-patch-up). The brand continues to search for environmentally friendly materials while working with fashion designers from all over the world for its plans for the upcoming future and the designs to come. Image Credit: BLUE SKY LAB ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 5.7/10 - Popularity: 89% | Activity: 71% | Freshness: 10% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Fashion](https://www.trendhunter.com/fashion) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Sustainable Fashion:** There's an opportunity for fashion companies to explore recycled materials and a sustainable approach to product design. - **Industrial Design:** Industries can explore the use of unconventional materials such as seat belts, airbags, and other vehicle materials in product design. - **Collaborative Design:** There's an opportunity for companies to collaborate with fashion designers from all over the world to promote sustainable design in the fashion industry. ### Who This Affects Most - **Fashion Industry:** The fashion industry has an opportunity to embrace sustainable fashion and collaborate with designers to explore recycled materials and sustainable product design. - **Automotive Industry:** The automotive industry can explore the use of unconventional materials in product design and partner with sustainable fashion companies to promote the use of recycled materials. - **Product Design Industry:** Product designers can explore the use of unconventional materials in their designs and partner with sustainable fashion companies to promote the use of recycled materials. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Sustainably-Focused Experimental Fashion](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/upcycled-fashion-collection.md) - [Eco-Minded Denim Capsules](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bayeas.md) - [Progressive Protein-Material Fashion](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/brewed-protein.md) - [Luxury Slow Fashion Brands](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/kzk-studio.md) - [Archaeology-Inspired Eco-Friendly Apparel](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/aelis.md) - [Eco-Friendly Indian Fashion](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/latin-quarters.md) - [Fabric-Centric Spring Fashion Capsules](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sage-nation-5.md) - [Innovative Textile Exhibitions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/textile-production.md) - [Outdoor Apparel Collaboration](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/on-and-sky-high-farm-goods.md)