1. Waterproof fabric
Chariot, a KickStarter project, used nanohydrophobic technology, coated with a very fine layer of silica, to turn a 95% cotton fabric that looks like a regular fabric, into being waterproof but still wicking moisture well.
When dropped on this material, water will slide into small particles like on glass. This is considered a remarkable innovation in the fashion industry, helping clothes stay dirty longer. However, this advantage is not permanent because after about 80 washes, clothes will lose the nano layer that protects them from water. Increasingly, scientists are improving so that the number of washes is increasing.
When dropped on this material, water will slide into small particles like on glass. This is considered a remarkable innovation in the fashion industry, helping clothes stay dirty longer. However, this advantage is not permanent because after about 80 washes, clothes will lose the nano layer that protects them from water. Increasingly, scientists are improving so that the number of washes is increasing.
2. Virtual fitting room
Unlike many other high-tech technologies that need to go through a lot of research and testing before being widely adopted, virtual fitting room software is welcomed and quickly adopted by fashion stores. Originally created to make it easier for customers to shop online and reduce return rates, virtual fitting rooms allow customers to try on every piece of clothing they like with precise body measurements. From there, customers can make comments quickly without spending too much time.
3. Smart sewing technique
Indian designer and technician Siddhartha Upadhyaya, of the eco-friendly fashion label August Fashion, came up with the idea to connect an automatic loom with a computer system. With just one piece of software, DPOL (Direct Panel On Loom) will allow designers to create the most precise size and fit fabric patterns to complete a set of pages. clothing, no need to go through the fabric cutting stage. This will result in significant savings on starting raw materials.
4. 3D Printing
Today, many designers have masterfully applied 3D printing techniques to create masterpieces that embossed three-dimensional shapes on costumes, impressing the audience.
Compared with conventional patterns such as embroidery, rhinestones, cut-out… embossing has opened up a new direction rich in art and creativity for designers. In the future, this technology will be extended to fashion accessories such as shoes and bags.
5. Dyeing without water
Dyeing without water is a trending fashion technique that is close to the natural environment. In essence, this technique only reduces the amount of water and energy required for one dyeing session by using supercritical CO2 (scCO2) instead of water to dissolve the dye. CO2 is an inexhaustible source of raw materials to do this, helping to reduce emissions of environmental pollution. AirDye and DyeCoo are two companies pioneering this new technology.
6. Bamboo yarn
Another new step is recorded when the environmentally friendly “green” material is increasingly explored and applied more and more is bamboo fiber. Inheriting the natural properties of the tree, this new material has many advantages such as high hygroscopicity and antibacterial, color fastness, smooth gloss, and even UV resistance. Not only 100% woven from bamboo, bamboo fiber can also be combined with traditional fibers such as cotton, linen… Growing bamboo for raw materials is also considered to cause less environmental pollution than growing cotton. .
7. Digital printing
Similar to waterless dyeing, digital printing allows designers to directly print patterns, textures, and images onto fabrics, even after the garment is finished. This ensures very good color quality and image sharpness on canvas.
Not only that, this technology saves 95% of water used in traditional dyeing and 75% of energy. Those advantages are why digital printing plays an increasingly important role in today’s design studios. For example, the famous fashion house Alexander McQueen has thoroughly applied this technique for many years.
8. Clothes made from recycled materials
Not all waste has to be thrown away, materials such as plastic bottles, nylon, old newspapers … can be reused in the fashion industry if they go through a process of sorting, cleaning and using technology. high to return to the starting material.
This is a fashion trend that is friendly and environmentally friendly, so it is increasingly interested and popular. Even, the market has appeared many fashion brands specializing in this type of recycled material such as Ecoist, Lunar Bar or Aveda …
9. Litchi made from fermented tea
Similar to bamboo fiber, “cultivating clothes” – using fermented tea (kombucha) – to make clothing fabrics is a remarkable advancement, a success of the fashion designer and biologist. study Suzanne Lee. With Suzanne, biomaterials in the future can be used to create many other consumer products. In the near future, she also plans to launch imitation leather products made from plants.
