In this summer, in order to investigate clothing factory wastes, I have been to Guang Zhou (China) to visit one of my friend’s clothing factory - ZINO corp. LTD. This factory is used to produce womenswear. In general, most of the wastage is come from the cutting process, for example armholes, collar, sleeves, fabrics between each piece etc, there is approximately 15% fabric is wasted. Imagine factories make thousands of garments a day, the wastage is multiplied by 1000 which is a massive quantity. All the unwanted fabric will be collected and put into bags. You may ask where will these wastage go? I have asked the person who in charge of the wastage, he said most of them will be sold to other company but he didn’t mention how the fabrics will be used. It remains mystery.
Being a designer is responsible to all we have created including the waste, we should think before we cut a piece of fabric and plan the patterns wisely to minimize the wastage. Fashion Designer Mark Liu has cleverly used his unique cutting to create his Zero Waste garments. His idea has turned all the negative fabrics into positive and sew them back together like a jigsaw puzzle. No matter what role are you, you are also responsible to maintain the health of the Earth.
Mark Liu Zero waste design
I have made a top out of the fabric waste. My method is combining all the little pieces into a big fabric and create clothing out of it.
ZINO corp. LTD
http://www.stique.com
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