In past few years, we have continuously explored new techniques to inject fresh vitality into our linen designs. We're so excited to announce that in 2024, after a year and a half of hard work by Linennaive and our friends in the Japanese laboratories, we finally perfected an exclusive salt shrinkage process for flax!

The lovely fruit enzymes are used as a pre-treatment, and sandwashing is used as a post-treatment to give the linen an uneven texture. This lovely salt shrinkage linen with a gorgeous bubble-like texture is named Saltble™ Linen (salt shrinking + bubble-like texture). With our star fabric, Oilpa™ yarn-dyed linen, we’re going to be revitalising the high-end fabric market in 2024.

What is Salt Shrinkage Linen?

Salt Shrinkage is unknown in the western world but has evolved over the centuries within Japan. It is a tradition originally used for finishing silk crepe, where by soaking the fabric in seawater the fibrescontracted to create more density.

Linen fibre is a bundled structure that, after the "salt shrinkage" treatment, will produce more intense contraction. Linennaive thought, we can apply the practice of silk to linen! By soaking with salt, sun exposure, washing, twisting and shrinking of the cord, soaking with water, softening and other processes, we can make the linen more comfortable and full.

The Saltble™ Linen Advantage

Breathable Bubble Texture

What is more valuable than comfort? The use of the salt-shrinkage process makes the otherwise inelastic linen become slightly swollen and fluffy, giving it a bubble texture effect, a unique look that gives the skin extra room to breathe and adapt to different body shapes.

For an extended period, Linennaive has maintained that comfort should be the primary consideration in design, and Saltble represents a new product that reflects this philosophy. 

Dyeing Solutions for Morandi Inks

Due to the inherent characteristics of linen yarn, fabric dyeing often entails a certain degree of compromise in terms of finesse, and salt shrinkage process can make linen dyeing more uniform and less saturated. Salt shrinkage of dyed linen, just like in the common color to add gray and white tones and neutralization, color balance, calm and elegant. 

The Second Layer of Your Body

The fabric crafted with subtle wrinkles showcases rich layers: soft to the touch, yet not as fluffy as cotton, but rather the fresh and smooth feel unique to linen. The beautiful shapes created by salt shrinking technology emphasize clean lines and contours that flatter all body shapes.

 Follow us in 2024, get ready to discover a whole new world of futuristic natural fabrics!