Sustainable Fashion's Latest Trend: Patchwork Collections

Thaum lub sij hawm "patchwork" tuaj yeem hu ua kev zam ntawm xyoo 1970, cov npe niaj hnub no tau coj qhov zoo nkauj no rov qab los ntawm lub npe ntawm kev ruaj khov.

Lub hom phiaj tshiab tshaj plaws los vam ntawm qhov sib txawv no yog Madewell.

Los ntawm kev tshaj tawm cov kev pabcuam denim rov ua dua tshiab los qhia txog kev muag khoom thiab nws thawj lub khw muag khoom nyob rau xyoo 2021, Madewell yog tam sim no nthuav dav nws txoj kev cog lus rau kev ruaj khov nrog kev tshaj tawm. txwv ib tsab, kev sib koom tes ob leeg nrog Brooklyn-based tsim lub tsev Storytellers & Creators.

Cov xov xwm no los ntawm heels ntawm kev hloov tshiab rau lub hom Madewell Mus Ib Txhis platform, uas tam sim no suav nrog kev sib koom ua ke, kev muag khoom denim, thiab kev lag luam tawm-txhua yam yog tsim los tsim Madewell ua ib qho chaw mus yuav khoom lag luam.

Cov khoom sau tau nkag mus rau hauv qhov kev sib tw nrov nrov nrog ib qho ntawm ib qho denim patchwork pieces xws li lub kaus mom thoob, tote, patchwork ris, thiab ntau dua (tag nrho cov upcycled los ntawm poob qauv denim scraps Madewell tau tso tseg los ntawm cov txheej txheem tsim khoom. )

Raws li cov khoom no yog tsim los ntawm tes, nws tsuas yog muaj nyob rau hauv cov khoom tsawg ntawm Madewell lub vev xaib thiab hauv Madewell Men's khw hauv Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

"Raws li ib lub hom phiaj sib koom kev hlub rau kev siv tes ua thiab denim, qhov kev sib koom tes no yog kev npau suav ua tiav. Pab neeg Storytellers tus kheej tau nqis peev rau txhua yam ntawm txhua lub tsho uas lawv kov, "said Mary Pierson, Madewell's SVP of Denim Design.

Lwm lub npe zoo li Alex Mill tau txhawb nqa zoo xws li patchwork-based upcycled collections, ib yam nkaus. ReWork, tsim nyob rau hauv kev koom tes nrog Blank Supply, yog ib qho kev txwv capsule ntawm xuas tes ua, ib-ntawm-ib-zoo ua hauj lwm tsho, chinos, thiab kaus mom ua siv ib tug sau ntawm vintage quilts.

Txawm tias cov tub ntxhais kawm ntawv hauv tsev kawm ntawv qib siab xws li Colorado State tab tom tuaj koom nrog kev txav mus los.

Muaj, Lub Patchwork Initiative, ib lub koom haum tub ntxhais kawm-khiav sustainability, tab tom qhia cov tub ntxhais kawm txog cov hauv paus ntawm kev hnav khaub ncaws los tiv thaiv kev ua qias tuaj. Ntawm cov xwm txheej hauv tsev kawm ntawv, pab pawg muab cov ris tsho hnav dawb thiab kho cov khoom siv, nrog rau cov ntaub ntawv hais txog kev coj khaub ncaws zoo.

Sustainability kws txawj nyiam Ashlee Piper xav tias patchwork-raws li upcycling dag zog yog ib qho kev txav mus rau qhov raug. "Kuv nyiam pom tsis yog tsuas yog saib rov qab los xwb tab sis kuj tau cog lus los ntawm cov neeg tsim qauv thiab cov chaw tsim khoom kom pom cov khoom siv textile hauv kev rov xav dua, siv tau zoo," nws hais.

Dab tsi yog qhov ua rau lub patchwork craze nyob rau hauv lub upcycled fashion chaw? Consumer psychologist Kate Nightingale hais tias nws tuaj yeem tau txais hauv paus hauv patchwork cov ntsiab lus keeb kwm raws li kev ua haujlwm hauv zej zog, uas qhov kev ua ntawm kev tsim patchwork yog kev sib raug zoo.

Nws tau hais tias "Qhov kev xav tau tseem ceeb ntawm kev sib raug zoo tau tsav ntau tus neeg siv khoom, thiab kev ua haujlwm tsis txawv," nws hais.

Tsis muaj teeb meem kev tshoov siab rau qhov sib txawv, qhov nce ntawm kev coj ua zoo dua qub (xws li patchwork thiab khaub ncaws kho) tseem yog qhov tseem ceeb rau ob qho tib si hom thiab cov neeg siv khoom.