New technonlogy!! HEATTECH!!

Warms Autonatically stays warm surprising technology

steying warm thtoough a cold winter is actually not all that difficult, layer cloth to make a heavy outfit or wear something make of thick material. Since clothing was first created,people havegotten through the coldness of winter with either of these methodes. how can you overcome the  cold of winter without relying on thick clothing? That dilemma has been resolve with ground - breaking technology HEATCH form uniqlo. its fiber absorb moisture thant the body emits, and the fabric itself generates heat. Just wearing it automatically warms you a surpring innovation in technlolgy wear. moreover, the layer of air in between the fibers does not allow. the warmth generated to escape, so that you can continue to feel warm as long as you are wearing it.

Thin, Lightweight and cinfortable qualities resulting from tireless Research with the human body.

HEATTECH is no merely warm clothing. HEATTECH stretches and shrinks to fit your body.That is something you will fell once you try it on unparalleled comfort. Uninhibited movement. The days when you had to wear layer upon layer of restrictive clothing to feel warm are over.




I think that Heattech is one of jeanious technology of personal wellbeing. In present, the tamperarcher of winter has changed cloder than inthe past. so, almost people have dressed in layer of clothes heaily. and they do not like it due to heavy. and they do not have free action. but heattech is solveing this  ploblem. and it is also the technology of personal weelbeing. beacuse, i can help to saveing of person's temperatur with warming body.
http://www.uniqlo.com/lab/heattech/us/
image; http://beijingology.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/highly-recommended-heattech-from-uniqlo/

Personal wellbeing

Personal wellbeing

-antibacterial

-mediclal treatments

-UV protection

-aromatic

-insect repellancy

-moisture management

Conparison of dyeing and natural dying

Dyeing

- chromatic dyes
  ; dydes that decomeing wisidle with knitt
- cinductive inks
-reflective inks

Natural dyeing

* with colours from natural procudt (orgaanic, such as plants)
   It has a great benefit which is not harming
   but earth -saving and depends on which material
   you use, sometimes it works as a healthy helper

* obtaining colours

1. Red (or pink)- flowers , strawberry ..ect

2. yellow - curry (yellow), vinegar(it also helps the colours to get lighter)

3.purple - cabbage, grape(purple)

4.Blue-

5.Browm - Bleakfast tea, rusts

6.Green - Green tea, Bronze, grass
 
         

how to use natusal dyeing

Principles of Natural Dyeing

Most natural dyes need both a plant extract and a mineral mordant to make a permanent colour. The stronger the dye extract - the more plant used - the deeper the colour. Mineral (metal salt) mordants are always used in the same PROPORTION. One can use less for a pale colour, but NEVER USE MORE, as too much metal can harm the fibre. All recipes are given as PROPORTIONS. Typically, amounts are for 1 pound of fiber. If you are dyeing more, increase the amounts, proportionally; if less, decrease, always proportionally. i.e. if you are dyeing 1/2 lb, use only 1/2 the recipe amount. TIME - TEMPERATURE - CONCENTRATION are the variables involved in any chemical reaction. Higher temperature means less time needed for dyeing, as does higher concentration of dyestuff. Prepare your textile material for the rigours of the dyebath: put FIBRE in a MESH BAG; tie YARN IN SKEINS, using thin yarn ties; PRE-WASH FABRIC or garments to remove any sizing. NO RUSH. Work time is not that much, but process time can be several days.

Equipment and Materials

Use big pots with plenty of room for the material to move freely. Otherwise the colour will dye very unevenly. Since these recipes use only alum and iron for mordants, and completely non-toxic dyestuffs, any type of pot is ok to use. If you work just with alum and iron, most dye work can be done in plastic buckets with the cold soak method below (except the dye extraction itself). Stainless steel or unchipped enamel are recommended. Aluminum pots will take more scrubbing to clean, and may stain permanently with dark dyes. Iron darkens colours, so iron pots should be used only with recipes that call for iron. Just make sure you scrub your pot thoughly after use or you may end up witn pink spaghetti. If other mordants are used, use a stainless steel pot dedicated only to dyework because there will always be residue and you wouldn't want to eat from these pots. Aurora Silk sells a full selection of natural dyes and mordants. For ideas on which dyes and which mordants to use, view our Natural Dye Color Chart.

Step 1 - Preparing material and dye

Mordanting your fiber material: WEIGH your textile material. All recipes are proportional, just as in cooking. ALUM: Divide the weight of the material to dye BY FOUR. Weight out that much alum mordant. A scant two tablespoons equals one ounce of alum. Add the alum to the pot, and almost fill with warm water. Leave enough room to add the wet textile material. Stir until fully dissolved. OTHER MORDANTS: ½ oz (two teaspoons) per pound fiber for tin, chrome, iron and copper. Wet out the textile in warm water. Add the wet textile. Gently stir so that it is opened out in the solution. HEAT until the pot is hot, stirring occasionally for evenness of colour. Keep it HOT for about 1 hour. (180 - 200 degrees F) Let cool overnight. ALTERNATIVE: begin with hot tap water. "MORDANT" in a plastic bucket and let it soak 3 to 5 days. (Lower temperature = more time). Silk is ready after soaking overnight. Tin, chrome and copper need to be heated to mordant well. Iron can be done cold. MEANWHILE, extract the dye: in plenty of water, (enough to loosely cover by several extra inches,) BOIL UP YOUR CHOSEN DYESTUFF: FLOWERS - boil 20 minutes; strain off the water to make the dyebath. BARKS, ROOTS, DYEWOODS - soak overnight, boil 1/2 hour, pour off and save the extract (this is the dye solution), add more water and boil again. Do this boiling and saving three times to make the dyebath. -or more times, as long as dye continues to extract. COCHINEAL - if ground, boil 20 minutes; if whole, proceed as for barks.

Step 2 - Dyeing

Add enough additional water to the dye solution so the textile can move freely in the dyebath. Add the textile and heat to hot. Heat 1 hour or until the colour is the desired depth. Remember, the colour will lighten after it is rinsed and dried. If the colour is too light, use more dyestuff. (But do not use more mordant.) Now is the time to modify the colour, if desired, with the additional mordant of iron. (See directions, below.) Cool the textile, rinse and dry. Handle the fibre according to its form: Fibre should be gently swooshed in several changes of water, squeezed out and removed from its mesh bag only after it is partly dry. Then pull it gently to smooth and groom the roving. Yarn should be rinsed with an up and down motion to help remove tangles and smooth it. Wring thoroughly. Shake out and twist it while drying, to soften. Fabric can be run thru a wash cycle, without soap, in a machine; then tumbled dry to soften.

Adjusting the Color

IRON "AFTER-MORDANT" TO MODIFY COLOURS: Dissolve about 1 tablespoon of ferrous sulphate per pound textile. Add to the dyebath, or fill a bucket with warm water, add the iron and transfer the textile to this "after mordant" bath. This is an important technique to know, for iron will turn golds to moss greens, reds to plum and maroon colours, and will darken browns. Many leaves and plants will make grey with iron as the only mordant needed.

Always remember: have fun and treasure the unique.

More from Aurora Silk:

• Information
• Dyeing with Indigo
• Dyeing with Logwood
• Natural Fabric Paint Dyes
• Shop
• Buy Natural Dyes
• Buy Mordants
• Books and Publications

For more detailed dyeing recipes, read Brilliant Colors! by Cheryl Kolander.
http://www.aurorasilk.com/info/natural-dying.shtml

Printing & Dyeing

Printing & Dyeing
- Digital printing : fast, speed production, screem printiog                   

 

-Transfer print ; T-shirts, digital primting; heat processed
-Reahnce printing ; T- shirts
                             ex) elly kishimoto

- Devore, burn out
 -the oldest was
 -toxic and not very clean way
(it uses chemical products)

- PU and spandex texture
http://fashiontech.wordpress.com/2010/01/27/karma-kraft-digital-printing/

Lamiation

Lamination

- 3D strucures
                                                                          1layer
                      bonding                                                   2 knitted layers
    (connected)   (liexible)                                    2layer

-Security holographic laminates
 ipixelaated image, two different images overlaid

-electrospun membranes
 ; bonding with very fine layers

- elastomeric membranes
; self healing material
;shpe protedtion quality

Laminate

Laminate


A laminate is a material that can be constructed by uniting two or more layers of material together. The process of creating a laminate is lamination, which in common parlance refers to the placing of something between layers of plastic and glueing them with heat and/or pressure, usually with an adhesive. However, in electrical engineering, lamination is a construction technique used to reduce unwanted heating effects due to eddy currents in components, such as the magnetic cores of transformers.

Contents [hide] 1 Materials 2 Types of laminators 3 Film types 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Materials

The materials used in laminates can be the same or different. An example of the type of laminate using different materials would be the application of a layer of plastic film — the "laminate" — on either side of a sheet of glass — the laminated subject. Vehicle windshields are commonly made by laminating a tough plastic film between two layers of glass. Plywood is a common example of a laminate using the same material in each layer. Glued and laminated dimensioned timber is used in the construction industry to make wooden beams, Glulam, with sizes larger and stronger than can be obtained from single pieces of wood. Another reason to laminate wooden strips into beams is quality control, as with this method each and every strip can be inspected before it becomes part of a highly stressed component such as an aircraft undercarriage.
Examples of laminate materials include Formica and plywood. Formica and similar plastic laminates (such as Pionite, Wilsonart, Lamin-Art or Centuryply Mica) are often referred to as High Pressure Decorative Laminate (HPDL) as they are created with heat and pressure of more than 5 psi (34 kPa). A new type of HPDL is produced using real wood veneer or multilaminar veneer as top surface. Alpikord produced by Alpi spa and Veneer-Art, produced by Lamin-Art are examples of these types of laminate.
Laminating paper, such as photographs, can prevent it from becoming creased, sun damaged, wrinkled, stained, smudged, abraded and/or marked by grease, fingerprints and environmental concerns. Photo identification cards and credit cards are almost always laminated with plastic film. Boxes and other containers are also laminated using a UV coating. Lamination is also used in sculpture using wood or resin. An example of an artist who used lamination in his work is the American, Floyd Shaman.
Further, laminates can be used to add properties to a surface, usually printed paper, that would not have them otherwise. Sheets of vinyl impregnated with ferro-magnetic material can allow portable printed images to bond to magnets, such as for a custom bulletin board or a visual presentation. Specially surfaced plastic sheets can be laminated over a printed image to allow them to be safely written upon, such as with dry erase markers or chalk. Multiple translucent printed images may be laminated in layers to achieve certain visual effects or to hold holographic images. Many printing businesses that do commercial lamination keep a variety of laminates on hand, as the process for bonding many types is generally similar when working with arbitrarily thin material.

[edit] Types of laminators

Three types of laminators are used most often in digital imaging:

• Pouch laminators
• Heated roll laminators
• Cold roll laminators

[edit] Film types

Laminate film is generally categorized into these five categories:

• Standard thermal laminating films
• Low-temperature thermal laminating films
• Heatset (or heat-assisted) laminating films
• Pressure-sensitive films
• Liquid laminate

[edit] See also

• Lamination paper
• Laminated bow
• Composite laminates
• Carbon-fibre reinforced plastic
• Composite material
• Epoxy
• Glass-reinforced plastic
• Sandwich structured composite
• Wood

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laminate

Cellulosic

Cellulosic(visrose)

-Flexible, soft

-Derived either from the cellviose of the cell walls of short cotton fibers(called linters)or from pine wood (such as bamboo, wood pulps)

-Rayon
-Acetate
 thermoplastic = able to forming into a desired shape by the application of pressure with neat (see 'thermo plastics)

-iriacetete
 It is a thermoplastic fiber that is more resilient that other celluiosic fibers

Coating

Coating

-polyurethane ; oil base
                       decoartive -knitted
                       shinny, crunch plastic

-resin (acrylic, sylicon)
-PVC - water proof
-waxing -natural fibre, water proof

-Rubber -natural
             -strenth, water proof, elasticity
             - bio resourses material
             - shoes

*To separates ins and outs(inside and outside)

*water protenction - such as rain coats    

Spunbond Technology

Bonding

Bornding

-stitch bonding of needle punchin
;studio base
;makes nice texture on denims

-ultra sound ; quick of clean
                      produce minimum waste
                      of quilting (rather than stitch)

-embosing

-sandwich layers
-plasma technology

Wearing Milk rather than drinking it, in the form of taking milk bath, what better can we get out of Science and technology!!!

Wearing Milk rather than drinking it, in the form of taking milk bath, what better can we get out of Science and technology!!!

Introduction

We have been hearing from our mothers since our early infancy, the usefulness and advantages of drinking milk. But we never bothered to have it just because many of us don't like it. Anyhow, the technology has benefited us in the way by providing us the alternative to extract milk's advantages without actually drinking it. We can wear milk in the form of milk fabrics and it itself makes us feel better. Milk protein fabric is made out of skimmed milk. This Fabric contains around fifteen types of amino acid extracts that helps in the nourishment of the skin and makes it healthier. Milk Protein fabric is an ideal blend of nature, science and technology that has benefits of natural as well as synthetic fibre. It has a glossy appearance as of Mulberry silk.

It can either be naturally spun alone or blended with cashmere, silk, spun silk, cotton, wool, ramie and other fibers to make fabrics. The fabric helps in keeping away allergies and wrinkles. It is bloated and fragile in nature with restrained moulds which makes it soft and subtle. It helps to absorb moisture since it is hygroscopic and has vertical fibres with regular conduits providing ample space for the moisture to pass from fibre to fibre. It is an environment friendly product minus harmful chemicals and runoffs. This fiber is regarded as a naturally healthy fibre by association of milk; however, for valid certification International Ecological Textile Oeko-Tex Standard 100 Authentication approved it in April, 2004.

Chemical Process

During the First World War, when the Germans were looking out for some newer sources of fabric, it was then when they discovered milk's potential for cloth. They observed that when milk dries out it makes a hard film. There's a possibility for fibers out of that. After skimming the milk, it is curdled and the proteins are alienated and intensified into a glutinous solution. That solution is forced through a duct and is then toughened into hard fiber that can be spun around a reel. 100 pounds of skimmed milk is required to make 3 pounds of milk fibre. This is the reason considered for its low popularity.

Advantages of the Fabric

• It is highly smooth, sheen and delicate
• It is hygienic and flexible
• It is moisture absorbent, permeable and heat resistant
• It is colour fast and easily dyeable
• It can be blended with cotton, silk, wool, etc.
• It is a renewable, biodegradable and eco-friendly fabric

Disadvantages of the Fabric

• It gets wrinkles easily after washing and needs to be ironed every time
• It should not be washed in machine and that is because it's not a very hard fiber
• It has a low durability
• Due to abundance of other fabrics like polyester, milk fabric never really became that popular

Milk Fiber Blended with Other Fibers

Milk fibres are blended with many other fibers like cotton, cashmere, silk etc. When milk fibre is combined with these fibres, the ensuing fabric adopts some new characteristics of other fibres but one quality that is preserved in all the blends is of being a fit and eco-friendly fibre.

Blends with silk and bamboo: It is the cool fibre. This fibre is free of moisture; it is sweat exhibitor, comfy and aerated which has the chattel of coolness. It is soft and silky with an attractive sheen. The dazzling grace is reflected in the personality on wearing this fabric.

Blends with wool and cashmere: It is the heat protective fibre. Milk fibre has a type of three-dimensional arrangement. With permeability and humidity resistant properties, the milk fiber when combined with wool and tepid cashmere, turns out to be extremely warm material and it is comfy and healthy fabric.

Blends with cotton and cashmere: It is suitable for comfortable under garments. The milk protein contains ample of amino acid and moisture protecting genes. It is competent enough of resisting micro organisms. The natural fibres of cotton and cashmere also contain similar characters and combining with milk fiber, these traits churn together to make healthy and comfy under clothing.

Blends with cotton and silk: It is used for making home textiles. Milk Fibre when mixed with cotton or silk it also takes on comfort, robustness and grace making it perfect for home furnishings

The elements of the fibre include casein proteins, which are extracted from the milk itself. It is feigned by spiraling protein solution through bio-engineering procedure. This liquid is apt for soggy spinning procedure in the course of which the ultimate imminent textile is prepared. Whilst spinning, a solution is used by producers and micro-zinc ion is implanted in the fibre to make it bacteriostatic and strong.

Conclusion

It has many commercial uses since it is appropriate for apparel, bedding, sweaters, underclothing, uniform, t-shirts etc. Indeed, Milk Fabrics are so skin-friendly that it itself makes us feel better. It seems like we are wearing milk bath. There has been demand for the product at stylish boutiques and spas. The milk fabric has enthralled in itself many properties that are sufficient to make it one of the most adorable fabrics in the upcoming time. But since the price of the product is too high as compared to other fabrics some people find that drinking milk is much better than actually wearing it.http://www.fibre2fashion.com/industry-article/31/3005/milk-fabrics-a-smarter-way-to-absorb-milk-nutrients1.asp

친환경 섬유 개발의 노력

새로운 신소재!! 거미줄 섬유!!

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거미줄과 생명공학의 만남,「바이오스틸」
거미(Spider, 학명 : Araneae)는 거미강(Arachnida), 거미목(Araneae)에 딸린 절지동물들
을 말한다. 자신들의 생활에 있어 '실'을 이용하는 동물은 거의 없다. 그렇지만, 거미는
자신이 만들어낸 실로 그물과 집을 만들어 곤충을 포획하여 묶어놓기도 하고, 알을 감
싸서 보존하기도 하며, 실을 따라 걷고 이동하기도 한다. 그물 하나를 만들어내는 데
필요한 거미줄 길이는 대략 20미터 정도. 아침이슬을 지탱하는 것도 힘들어 보이지만,
실제로는 주인인 거미 몸무게의 4천 배를 지탱할 수 있을 만큼 튼튼하다.
거미는 실을 공중에 뿜어내어 공중을 날아 자리를 옮기고, 점성물질이 있는 거미줄로
그물에 걸린 곤충을 꼼짝 못하게 만들기도 한다. 그렇지만 정작 그곳에 사는 거미는 달
라 붙지않는, 즉 점성이 없는 또 다른 실을 분비해 길을 만드는 등 집주인인 거미는 그
물 안에서 끈끈한 줄과 건조한 줄을 본능적으로 알고 평소에 잘 피해다니지만, 실수로
끈끈한 줄에 붙어버리면, 거미라 할지라도 곤충과 같은 신세가 되고 만다. 사용 목적에
따라 여러 종류의 실을 뽑아내, '실을 엮어서 살아가는 세계'를 영위하는 지구상에서 가
장 번성한 동물 중의 하나이다.
그림 2. 거미줄
◆ 강철보다 튼튼하고 나일론보다 질긴 거미줄
가장 강력한 생존의 도구인 이 거미줄을, 거미 한 마리(예를 들면, 무당거미)가 연속으
로 만들어 낼 수 있는 길이는 무려 700m가 넘는다. 거미에 따라서 자신이 이미 만들어
놓은 거미줄(망)을 먹어서 다시 실로 환원시키기도 하므로, 단순히 효율을 비교하기에
는 어려운 점이 있지만, 누에가 동일조건에서 만들어 내는 1,500m에 비교해 보아도 상
섬유정보팀
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당한 수준이다. 그 굵기 또한 매우 가늘고 필라멘트사와 마찬가지로 균일한 상태를 유
지하는데, 일반적으로 왕거미의 줄은 지름이 0.0003mm로 일반 견사 지름의 1/10에 불
과하다.
강력은 같은 지름을 가진 강철보다 5배 이상 강하고 나일론보다 질기며 실크처럼 부드
럽다. 복원력이 뛰어나 나일론보다 탄성이 2배나 좋으며 끊어질 때까지 몇 배나 늘어난
다. 나일론의 신축성이 16%인데 반해 거미줄은 31%나 된다. 또한, 공기가 잘 통하면서
도 수분이 침투하지 못하는 특성이 있다.
거미줄을 섬유로 사용한 예로는 1709년 프랑스의 유명학자인 쌩띨레르가 양말과 장갑
을 짰고, 당시 만국박람회에 출품되었던 일은 잘 알려진 일화이다. 이에 착안하여 학술
원에서 옷감 제직을 연구하였으나, 옷 한 벌을 만들기 위해서는 어른 거미가 1분에 5～
6 피트의 거미줄을 분비한다고 할 때 5천 마리의 거미가 수명을 다 할 때까지 뽑아내
는 실을 다 모아야 한다는 점과 너무 가늘다는 점 때문에 연구를 중단했다고 한다. 또
한 거미는 육식동물이고 상당히 공격적이어서 대량 사육이 곤란하고, 누에처럼 모아놓
고 생산한다고 해도 비용면에서 누에의 경우보다 수 천 배를 넘을 것으로 보고 있다.
하지만 누에 실크와는 전혀 다른 특성이 있고, 새로운 소재로서 매력이 커서 근년에는
유전공학 차원에서의 연구가 미국과 일본을 중심으로 진행되고 있으며, 생명공학
(Bio-Technology)의 소재로서 주목받기 시작하였다. 이러한 측면에서 자연에 존재하고
있는 다른 유기체와의 유전자 변환 기술로 대량생산이 가능할지에 관한 연구가 계속되
고 있는데, 독일의 한 연구팀에서는 거미 실의 유전자를 조사하여 그것을 몇 종의 식물
에 이식해 보았다. 특히 감자에서 전체 단백질 질량의 2% 정도에 해당되는 거미줄 단
백질(거미실크)을 얻을 수 있었다.
이러한 유전자 변환기술을 이용해 거미 단백질를 얻고자 하는 시도로서, 거미의 유전자
를 박테리아에 이식시키는 실험도 있었다. 그렇지만, 이를 위해서는 박테리아 배양에
고가의 비료를 사용해야 하기 때문에 비용면에서 유효한 수단이 될 수는 없었다.
◆ 염소 젖에서 추출하는 거미실크
가장 유력한 방법은 염소의 젖을 이용한 것으로 이는 개발 초기단계부터 매스컴에서도
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일제히 보도한 바 있다. 거미의 방사샘과 염소의 유선(乳腺)이 생물학적으로 비슷한 것
에 착안하여 캐나다의 한 생명공학회사가 거미줄 유전자를 염소의 배아에 이식해, 염소
의 젖에서 거미줄 단백질을 추출한 것이다. 이 단백질에서 불순물을 제거한 뒤 압축하
면 인공 거미줄 섬유가 만들어진다. 거미실크를 이용한 섬유로 총탄에도 파괴되지 않을
만큼 튼튼하면서도 매우 가벼운 직물(fabric)을 개발할 수 있다고 한다. 바이오스틸
(BIOSTEEL)이라고 부르는 이 거미실크는 강도가 매우 뛰어나 힘줄, 인대, 뼈를 고정시
키는 수술용 봉합사로도 이용이 가능할 것이며, 방탄복·낙하산 등의 군사용품에도 사용
가능할 것으로 보고 있다.
현재까지의 진행 상태는 매우 양호하지만, 아직까지는 초기단계라고 할 수 있다. 본격
적으로 신소재 섬유 개발에 필요한 충분한 양의 유전자 변환 염소를 확보하는 데는 약
1년 정도의 시간이 더 필요하기 때문이다. 이를 계기로 염소 뿐만 아니라 다른 포유동
물의 세포를 이용하여 거미실크를 다량 생산하고자 하는 첨단 바이오산업의 길도 열리
게 되었다. 거미줄의 놀라운 변신을 눈여겨 볼 일이다.
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how to make milk fiber?

Process of 'Milk fibers'

Main process of milk protain fiber: To make milk protein fber, milk is first dewatered and skimmed, then by means of new bio- engineering technique, the protein spinning fluid suitable for a wet spinning precess is manufactured, then finally the new high- grade textile fiber is made. It combines the advantages of natural fiber and synthetic fiber - the protein fiber is a kind of fresh fiber with healthy function.

 Process

 Milk dewatered and skimmed - polymerize -Spinnign - Drafring - Rinsing - Drying - Crimping - Cutting - Milk protein fiber

Milk fiber application

milk fiber fabric is soft, smooth , breathable, igh absrbent and comfortable. Thanks to the hollow structure if fiber, the fabric can absord and evaporate water instantly, which is also featured with excellent color stainless, durability, resilience and drapablilty. It favors by people in hot summer and caters to people who like sports.

http://www.bamboo-china.com/product/milk-fiber-top.html

Milk protein fiber

 

Milk yarn

Cyarn milk protein fiber dewaters and skims milk, and manufactures the protein spinning fluid suitable for wet spinning process by means of new bio-engineering technique, and new high-grade textile fiber is made by combining them. In April 2004, it passed Oeko-Tex Standard 100 green certification for the international ecological textiles.

Cyarn milk protein fiber is healthy for skin, comfortable, with bright colors due to good dyeability, etc. The milk protein fiber can be spun purely or spun with cashmere, silk, spun silk, cotton, wool, ramie and other fibers to weave fabrics with the features of milk protein fiber.It can also be used to create top-grade underwear, shirts, T shirts, loungewear, etc. to satisfy people's pursuit of comfortable, healthy, superior and fashionable garments.

The milk protein fiber is a fresh product as a superior green, healthy and comfortable fiber, milk protei fiber will certainly become popular goods in the market as new favorite of the Textile.

http://www.cyarn.com/products/fiber/fiber_036.html

http://www.bamboo-china.com/product/milk-fiber-top.html

Banana Republic presents eco-aware for S/S 09 - MillionLooks.com

The Banana Republic brand presents Heritage Collection to celebrate urbane style this spring.

A new line is of relaxed style, eco-aware pieces in a very complexion-enhancing, neutrals soft color lays of ecru, slate, cream and white. Pure stripes with animal prints are injected into the row to add a bit of importance.

Sustainability is the new luxury,” said Simon Kneen, executive vice president of design. He describes the collection as “signature sportswear for the really modern attitude.”

Mixing together the highstreet haven’s characteristic elegant esthetic with eco-aware credentials, the new collection is evidence that honourable fashion doesn’t have to offer design for going green.

At 50-pieces strong, 90% of the garments employ sustainable materials: organic cotton, bamboo and soy silk.

The Heritage Collection by  Banana Republic , ranging from $39 to $150, features casual pantaloon shorts,breezy shirts, elegant blouses, airy knits which fit close to the body, and oversized shirts in light-as-air soy silk.

Some of the clothes include the Twill Heritage Blazer, the Safari Tunic and Bloomer Cargo Shorts in solids and stripes.

The 90% of the clothes use sustainable fabrics.

The collection hits stores this week.

Banana Republic presents eco-aware for S/S 09 - MillionLooks.com



I think that resent fashion factorys are forcusing on using of organic materials in their works.
This effort and attempt in fashin  is good attitude and organic fabrics and textiles sould be played on fashion continually.