Fashion Designers impact on SUSTAINABLE practice towards Fashion

When we talk about Global pollution, Textile industry is in SECOND position. Textile and Garment manufacturers are linked directly or indirectly to the global water, soil and air pollution. Besides talking about sustainable fashion, reuse and recycling, we the fashion designers need to know the manufacturing process of a garment and the impact, it left on the global nature. It's high time we already talked and discuss on it. Now it's high time  to implement process which protects the environment.

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International advanced label has already invented new techniques which will protect the environment using less water, energy as well as less garbage while producing the garment. Your design, your clothes should be ethically made.

There are technology now like AIR dye, Archroma dye, Ozon wash. Even textile waste can convert to dye powders. Sooner or later all need to know about these technology and should be implemented practically.

Though processes are costly right now but as soon as this practices will start, Hopefully cost will be reduced.

Cold Pigment Dye or CPD

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WHAT IS COLD PIGMENT DYED OR CPD?

In the process of COOL PIGMENT DYE, the ready-made goods are dyed in a cold process at room temperature without heating. Garments are dyed at ambient temperature with color pigments together with a corresponding binder. Cold-dyed garments show a fancy and vintage look. Cold dyed clothing have a scruffy, washed-out appearance, stains, spots or color gradients and are usually brighter along the seams. Each finished piece has an individual one of a kind look.

Advantage And Disadvantage of CPD

Pigment dye can easily apply in any fabric from cotton to synthetic blends, which is not possible in other conventional dyeing. Its a comparatively a cheap dyeing and environmental friendly process. The chemical used in CPD is less toxic.

There is also some disadvantage is CPD as well. The color may be fade and it turns out so many ranges of shades in bulk production.

Source: http://dyeingworld1.blogspot.com/2010/01/pigment-dyeing.html