Sustainability

Crash Testing the Circular Economy

PERFORMANCE DAYS, Munich

Expert Talks

Thursday 30th October 2025

11:30 - 12:15 CET

Textile recycling is often presented as a clean loop, but step inside the machinery and the picture unravels: tangled fiber blends, fractured supply chains, and limits that no slogan can smooth over. The real story begins where the diagrams end, in the messy intersections of physics, economics, and design, colliding with the pressures of policy and competing solutions. What emerges is not the promise of infinite loops, but the challenge of building systems resilient enough to bend without breaking. The question is not whether recycling can save fashion, but whether fashion can rewire itself to make recycling truly work.

About the orator

Shivam Gusain

Decypher

Founder at Decypher

Shivam Gusain is a dyestuff chemist and water engineer working at the intersection of textile chemistry, sustainability, and systems innovation. He advises brands, manufacturers, and innovators on supply chain decarbonisation, next-gen materials, and circularity, focusing on the messy spaces where sustainability goals meet operational complexity. Much of his work is about cutting through uncertainty to identify leverage points where meaningful change is possible and building momentum from there. Through his platform Decypher, Shivam develops rigorous frameworks that challenge oversimplified narratives and push the industry toward systemic solutions.

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