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Taipei Fashion Week Puts Sustainable Fashion First
by Modem – Posted March 22 2022
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Six brands, C Jean, Dycteam, oqLiq, Tsung Yu Chan, Uuin, and Weavism, will present their "eco-friendly" collections on March 24 during the opening show of Taipei Fashion Week FW22. Each designer sees the beauty of Taiwan from his own perspective, and embraces all sorts of wastes produced from Taiwan. oqLiq works with Everest Textile Co., Ltd., and utilizes the functional fabrics which are reproduced from oyster shell, fish scales, and recycled fishnet, to give a concept of oriental minimal silhouette and street fashion, and eventually come up with a new piece with both zen and coolness. Dycteam and Formosa Taffeta Co., Ltd. work with local fishermen to produce the eco-friendly fabrics from recycled waste oyster ropes and its dyeing process. Tsung Yu Chan Even found the world first eco-friendly fabric made of exhaust, and it is produced by Far Eastern New Century Corporation. This fabric applies the mature technology of “carbon capture” to collect a big volume of carbon monoxide from steel mills, and produce a strong sustainable material with third dimension.

Uuin works with Eclat Textile Co, Ltd., and applies a non-chemical approach to arrange the structure of knitting and yarn, and represents the beautiful scenery of green square paddy fields in East Rift Valley effortlessly. C Jean teams up with New Wide Enterprise Co., Ltd., and uses bio-polyester from plants to replace petrochemical raw materials, and substantially decreases the use volume of petroleum, eventually becomes a recyclable single ingredient polyester. Weavism is a subsidiary of Her Min Textile Co., Ltd. had already launched Weavismeco collection which were all made of eco-friendly sustainable fabrics in 2020 AW. In AW22, the whole collection collaborates with Li Peng Enterprise Co. Ltd., and applies the technique of ReEcoya, an eco-friendly solution dyed approach, in order to save more water resource and produce less carbon emission. The design director of the brand, Tony Chen, had been invited to be the speaker of “Responsible Fashion Forum” at the biggest fashion exhibition in the U.S. in 2020, and shared Taiwan experience with fashion professionals from many countries.

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