# Wood-Woven Menswear These Eye-Catching Jackets and Sweaters are Crafted Out of Wooden Fabric By Rahul Kalvapalle | Published 2014-04-17 | Fashion Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/wooden-fabric References: [visualnews](http://www.visualnews.com/2014/03/18/wood-wear-geometric-clothing-made-faceted-wood/) & [elisastrozyk.de](http://www.elisastrozyk.de/seite/woodtex/woodentextiles.html) German designer Elisa Strozyk's latest project is her most audacious yet, as it involves the use [wooden fabrics](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/charity-hanger) to create completely unique-looking menswear. Storzyk teamed up with Icelandic menswear designer Sruli Recht to create two clothing items, a 'cropped militia jacket' and a 'loose sweater.' Both pieces of clothing are made by attaching walnut wood on a [wool base](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/knit-kite-jacket), creating a wood-textile blend that has a completely unique look and fit. The wooden fabric clothing makes light of conventional clothing design wisdom that assumes that large materials -- like huge clumps of cotton or long sticks of bamboo -- need to be broken into very tiny pieces before they can be forged into clothing materials. The clothes created by Strozyk and Recht boldly embrace [large structural components](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/programmable-clothing), as seen in their liberal use of large chunks of material. The use of large wood-embossed chunks causes the clothes to wrinkly geometrically, creating a very different tactile experience for the wearer. The wooden surfaces reflect light, producing a look that is at once organic as well as digital. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 5.8/10 - Popularity: 91% | Activity: 76% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 90% men, 10% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Fashion](https://www.trendhunter.com/fashion) > [Fashion for Men](https://www.trendhunter.com/fashionformen) ## Key Themes ### What Makes This Trend Stand Out - **Wooden Fabric Menswear:** Using wooden fabrics for clothing design creates a unique tactile and visual experience, disrupting conventional clothing design wisdom. - **Material Innovation:** Incorporating unconventional materials, such as wood, into clothing design introduces disruptive innovation opportunities. - **Organic-digital Hybrid Fashion:** The wooden fabrics create a distinctly organic and digital aesthetic, which can inspire new directions for fashion designers. ### Sectors Adopting This - **Textile and Clothing Industry:** Incorporating wooden fabrics into textile and clothing production processes can create new product lines and unique offerings for customers. - **Sustainable Fashion Industry:** Using wooden fabrics, a natural and renewable material, can reduce the environmental impact of clothing production and align with customer demand for sustainability. - **Luxury Fashion Industry:** Incorporating unconventional and high-end materials, such as wooden fabrics, into luxury fashion designs can offer a unique, high-end product to customers. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Discarded Wood Construction Materials](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/woodoo.md) - [Ancestral Pattern Woodcraft](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lost-cloth-project.md) - [Cultural Wood Installations](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lost-cloth-object.md) - [Ethical Merino Wool Clothing](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/knit-kite-jacket.md) - [Textured Wood-Inspired Eyewear](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/issey-miyake-eyes.md) - [3D-Printed Wooden Furniture Series](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/econitwood.md) - [Wearable Art Streetwear](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/a-days-march-1.md) - [Dynamic Timber Furniture Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/down-to-earth.md) - [Experimental Programmable Clothing](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/programmable-clothing.md)