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Epson partners with renowned Japanese fashion designer
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enowned Japanese fashion designer Yuima Nakazato has utilised Epson’s digital textile printing to create his latest collection.
Eson’s dry fibre technology, which is already used commercially to recycle office paper and which requires virtually no water, has been adapted to produce printable non-woven fabric from used garments. The new fabric production process is part of a three-year collaboration between Epson and Mr Nakazato.
The collaboration between Epson and Mr Nakazato builds on the success of the company’s printing support for his couture and evolves the level of his creations to enable the low-impact production of high-quality custom garments. Both Epson and Mr Nakazato are keen to raise awareness of the water and material waste associated with excess production.
The fabric taken to create the latest Yuima Nakazato fashion line was derived
from material from used garments sourced from Africa, the destination for many discarded garments from elsewhere in the world. Mr Nakazato visited Kenya where he collected around 150kg of waste garment material destined for the ‘clothes mountain’ of discarded textiles he encountered there. Epson then applied
in its early stages, Epson believes its dry fibre technology combined with pigment ink digital printing could offer the fashion industry a much more sustainable future, significantly reducing water use while allowing designers the freedom to fully express their creativity.
Items from the YUIMA NAKAZATO collection
its dry fibre process to produce over 50 metres of new refiberised non-woven fabric, some of which was used for printing with pigment inks with Epson’s Monna Lisa digital printing technology. Hitoshi Igarashi from Epson’s Printing Solutions Division explains the importance of the technology: “Although
Innotech launches new and improved e-commerce website and customer portal
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nnotech Digital has launched a new and improved website and customer portal. The site went live on Wednesday, January 26, with a completely new look, speed and mobile usability improvements and an upgrade to search and filtering functionality.
The website’s improved customer portal area will have a new user interface designed to make the site more accessible, intuitive and constructive for visitors. Initially, the site will have new features, such as favourite lists, saved baskets and advanced reordering functionality. As the site develops throughout 2023, Innotech will add new online services, such as order tracking, credit account management, and consignment stock management. Kieran Dallow, Innotech’s marketing manager, says: “As our company and product ranges continue to grow, we felt it was time to develop and launch a new and improved online experience for our customers. The new site will allow printers and sign makers to manage their
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Innotech’s new website has improved mobile usability
entire Innotech experience from any location, whether they are in the office, next to the printer, on the road, or even on holiday! In addition, trade suppliers can register for a trade login if they don’t have one already. This will allow them to view their prices and get access to the full customer portal.
“Throughout the development, we have focused on ease of use and a logical, innovative workflow that makes the online experience as easy and practical as picking up the phone or sending us an email. This new website will be the foundation of future online developments.”
“Epson’s Environmental Vision is committed to contributing to a circular economy, and this development could be one step towards achieving this. Dry fibre technology applied to the fashion industry offers the possibility of producing material for new clothes that have been recycled from used garments.”
The new YUIMA NAKAZATO collection was showcased at Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week from Monday, January 23 to Thursday, January 26. The Paris Show illustrated how switching to digital textile printing using more environmentally friendly pigment inks offers the fashion industry a more sustainable and less wasteful means of textile printing.
Neutral launches new Recycled Cotton collection
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xcess materials from Neutral’s production find new purpose in the new collection – Recycled
Cotton.
The range is high- quality
basic wear made from 60% cotton waste from Neutral’s own
production and 40% recycled
polyester made
of plastic waste collected in India. Neutral’s Recycled Cotton collection is certified EU Ecolabel, SA800, Oeko-Tex and made solely on renewable energy like the rest of Neutral’s styles. Items in the range include a T shirt, a polo and a twill bag.
March 2023 | 19 | Recycled cotton T shirt
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