Is Garment Design Heading For "Zero Scrap" Era?

Imagine

Is there not a waste of cloth in the process of cutting? This is probably the most disruptive fashion in the international fashion world.

Move!

A few days ago, some top fashion design schools began to prepare for this course, not to test students' practical ability, but to reduce thousands of tons of rubbish every year. In the United States alone, 15% to 20% of the fabric was thrown away as a leftover material.

To achieve zero leftover in the process of clipping, you need to

Start with the innovation of design technology.

It is reported that a few years ago, some fashionable clothes which were full of enthusiasm for environmental protection were reported.

People started the experiment, and it has finally become a climate.

Next month, the Parson Design Institute in New York will take the lead in setting up a zero scrap design course; a book called "sustainable development".

Change the way we make and use it.

The book will be published in February next year. There will be two fashion shows in the two quarter of next spring and autumn.

and

Staged; next March,

A theme exhibition with zero scrap will also be held.

However, we must economize.

It's not easy to make clothes look good.

One of the sponsors of the zero scrap movement, Parson, assistant professor of design school at Rissanen, told New York Times that "it means that I have to learn design from the very beginning, and the first year and a half is basically spent in trying and making mistakes."

According to his experience, the so-called zero cutting material is tailored to two ways, or first to design the clothing style, then carefully cut the necklines, sleeves, pockets and other parts, then spell them together like jigsaw puzzle, or simply do not cut a knife, directly hang the material on the model body to fold and sew.

However, New York Times pointed out that

The technology has not yet attracted the attention of large garment manufacturers.

Simon Collins, Parson of the school of design, said: "they are willing to try a little, but they can not make up their minds to practice in large scale."

This is largely related to cost, because changing the way of clipping means changing the width of cloth doors commonly used in the industry. For many manufacturers, the money saved on cloth is not enough to introduce new production lines.