The Green Revolution: How Microfactories Can Change the Face of Fashion
Source: https://emag.directindustry.com/
The fashion industry is now estimated to account for around 10% of greenhouse gas emissions and 20% of wastewater, making the pursuit of greener production methods more pertinent than ever before. Last year’s FESPA saw Mimaki team up with fashion designer Carolina Guzman to bring her designs to life in real-time at the show, setting up its own working microfactory live on-site to take her designs from screen to garment within just a day. Guzman’s designs were created using Mimaki’s TS100-1600 Sublimation Printer, before being transferred to textile, digitally cut and finally pieced together. Devised with a string of ethical and environmental objectives threaded throughout, the microfactory also exclusively utilized eco-friendly Greentex fabric.