https://mariannecaroline.com/tags/european-flax/Recent content in European Flax on Marianne CarolineHugoen-usSun, 25 Oct 2026 03:17:33 +0000https://mariannecaroline.com/articles/five-designers-rewriting-the-rules-of-linen-on-the-catwalk/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 03:17:33 +0000https://mariannecaroline.com/articles/five-designers-rewriting-the-rules-of-linen-on-the-catwalk/<p>Linen is having a moment, but not the one most of us expected. At the 2026 International Festival of Fashion, Photography and Accessories in Hyères, five finalists took fabric supplied by the Alliance for European Flax-Linen &amp; Hemp and pushed it well past the familiar territory of summer shorts and relaxed holiday shirts. Two of those designers went on to collect awards. All five treated the fibre as a starting point for genuine material research rather than a box to tick on a sustainability checklist.</p>