On Monday, March 3rd, the first day of the Fall/Winter 2025 Women’s Paris Fashion Week, CFCL presented a runway show at IRCAM (Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique), adjacent to the Centre Pompidou.
Celebrating the 10th season since its debut collection, the brand once again turned to its origins and the creativity that only computer programming-aided knitwear can provide. Sound artist Miyu Hosoi traced the manufacturing process of CFCL garments, sampling the sounds and reconstructing them into a mechanical and rhythmic musical piece that rang out on the runway, creating a three-dimensional listening experience. With new perspectives born from an exploration of the production background, energetic colors and graphical outlines expressed the possibilities of knitwear.
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CFCL's knitwear is created through the intertwining loops of a single, flexible thread, capturing the essence of the times to create clothing for contemporary life. The VOL.10 collection takes inspiration from social anthropologist Tim Ingold's book LINES: A Brief History, reflecting on the brand's origins and reimagining the trial-and-error process of creating clothing solely through knitwear as ‘lines.’
These lines, curving, folding, and gradually expanding, illustrate the trajectory of CFCL's continuous exploration. By reinterpreting the ancient craft of spinning and knitting threads, rooted in human evolution, through the lens of modern technology and sensibilities, CFCL tells the story of 'Knit-ware'—an expression of free, bold lines that shape a new era.
MILAN ROUND
LOOK #1, 2, 3, 4, 5
HERRINGBONE
LOOK #6, 7
*100% recycled polyester
LOOK #8, 9, 10
*100% recycled polyester
LOOK #11, 12
METALLIC TUBE
LOOK #36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41
*On July 28, 2022, CFCL became the first Japanese apparel company to be certified as a B Corp (Benefit Corporation).
*All garments in this collection, with the exception of a few wool products, are made of GRS / RCS certified materials. As of VOL.8 (Fall/Winter 2024), 81.42% of all mass-produced products are made from recycled & regenerated materials that have been certified by a third-party organization as responsible for the global environ-ment and basic human rights. CFCL has set a goal to achieve 100% use of GRS, GOTS, and other certified materials in all mass-produced products by 2030.
*From the first season, LCA has been conducted on some of our products. About 64% of the target was announced by the previous season.
We aim to expand the target to all products by 2025, and to be carbon neutral by 2030.
See below for more on how CFCL is integrating the SDGs into its work.


