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– The partnership combines dye and dry fiber technologies to create stunning designs from recycled clothing –
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, England, January 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Epson has partnered with renowned Japanese fashion designer Yuima Nakazato and his eponymous brand YUIMA NAKAZATO at Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2023 to unveil creations that are stunning and sustainable. In addition to using Epson’s digital textile printing to reproduce his unique and creative worldview, YUIMA NAKAZATO realized some of his creations with the help of a new, more sustainable and potentially transformative process of the textile manufacturing industry.
Luca Tombolini x Yuima Nakazato
Luca Tombolini x Yuima Nakazato
Epson’s dry fiber technology, which is already used commercially to recycle office paper and requires virtually no water, has been adapted to produce printable non-woven fabrics from used clothes. The new fabric manufacturing process was discovered in Paris as part of a three-year collaboration between Epson and YUIMA NAKAZATO and was used to create items for the first time during the latter’s runway show at the Palais de Tokyo IN January 25, 2023.
The collaboration between Epson and YUIMA NAKAZATO builds on the success of the company’s printing support for its fashion and evolves the level of its creations to enable the low-impact production of high-quality custom clothing. Both Epson and YUIMA NAKAZATO are keen to raise awareness of the water and material waste associated with overproduction. The Paris show illustrates how the transition to digital textile printing using more environmentally friendly pigment inks offers the fashion industry a more sustainable and less wasteful means of textile printing.[1]
The fabric sourced to create the latest YUIMA NAKAZATO fashion line is derived from used garment material sourced from Africa, the destination for many discarded garments from elsewhere in the world. Nakazato visited kenya where he collected about 150 kg of clothing material waste destined for the “cloth mountain” of discarded textiles he encountered there. Epson then applied its dry fiber process to produce over 50 meters of new refibred non-woven fabric, some of which was used for printing with Epson’s pigment inks Lisa’s husband digital printing technology.[2]
Hitoshi Igarashi from Epson’s Printing Solutions Division explains the importance of the technology: “Although in its early stages, Epson believes that its dry fiber technology combined with digital pigment ink printing can offer the fashion industry a much more sustainable future, significantly reducing water use while allowing designers the freedom to fully express their creativity.
“Epson’s Environmental Vision is committed to contributing to a circular economy and this development could be a step towards achieving this. Dry fiber technology applied to the fashion industry offers the possibility of producing material for new clothes that are recycled from used clothes.”
In a test of distributed printing for venue decoration, Epson inkjet printers entered Japan AND France with remote support from Epson engineers were used to create decorations in the venue space. Both Epson and YUIMA NAKAZATO intend to continue exploring opportunities to contribute to a more sustainable fashion industry.
About Epson
Epson is a global technology leader whose philosophy of efficient, compact and precise innovation enriches lives and helps create a better world. The company is focused on solving societal issues through innovations in home and office printing, commercial and industrial printing, manufacturing, visual and lifestyle. Epson’s goal is to become carbon negative and eliminate the use of exhaustible underground resources such as oil and metal by 2050. Led by Japan-Seiko Epson Corporation-based, worldwide Epson Group generates annual sales of more than JPY 1 trillion.
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[1] Digital textile printing using pigment inks offers a more sustainable approach to the fabric production process compared to traditional analog methods. In addition to pigment inks requiring much less water, the digital process requires far fewer steps and is less complex. Unlike analog, it requires no manufacturing, washing, or storage of plates, results in little disposal of used inks, and allows on-demand production that contributes to less waste.
[2] Epson Lisa’s husband Direct-to-Fabric digital printers use less water compared to analog methods. Pigment paints are more environmentally friendly. Epson GENESTA pigment inks are GOTS approved by ECOCERT.
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