Humen Clothing Enterprises Turn To "Low Carbon Clothing"

　　 Since the end of last year's Copenhagen global climate conference, the concept of "low carbon economy" has gradually entered the hearts of the people. Garment manufacturers in Humen, China's garment city, have been active in making and selling low carbon clothing. The clothing made of low carbon and environmentally-friendly fabrics has attracted more and more consumers' attention because of its strong environmental protection and high wearing comfort.

It is understood that low carbon clothing refers to the lower total carbon emissions generated during the production and consumption of clothing, including clothing with low total carbon emissions and garments made of recycled materials. According to the relevant data, the carbon dioxide emitted from a cotton T-shirt in its life span is about 28 times its weight. And chemical fiber fabrics, carbon emissions will be higher.

Some garment enterprises believe that in this important period of development, how to grasp the new trend of Humen's clothing industry and seize the commanding heights of the industry will have a great impact on the future trend of Humen's clothing. Then, with the continuous popularization of "low carbon concept" and the rapid development of the clothing industry, how can Humen clothing make an issue on "low carbon"? How can we enhance the influence and competitiveness of garment clusters through the extensive adoption of environmental friendly fabrics? Low carbon economy: Humen clothing in action

It is understood that at present, more and more garment enterprises in Humen town have joined the ranks of low carbon, and consider adopting more environmental friendly fabrics on clothing materials.

It is understood that Liu Honggang, director of the design department of Humen fox fairy clothing brand, introduced new bamboo fabrics, soybean fibers and milk fiber fabrics in the spring and summer new products this year. They have been widely used in clothing. The reason why they actively adopt this kind of fabric is not only the echo of the slogan of the national low carbon economy, but also the superiority of the material itself.

Coincidentally, the song eagle, which has always advocated the concept of green, environmental protection and health, is constantly adopting new environmentally friendly fabrics with new technology and high technology content. The products of the pine Eagle are integrated into the organic cotton products in this season. According to the scientific and strict proportions, the organic cotton and other high grade fabrics are collocated. The garments made from them are more comfortable, delicate and delicate. At the same time, the pine hawks can also use degradable nonwoven bags for packaging, so as to avoid environmental pollution.

Subsequently, it is found that more and more garment enterprises in Humen town have joined the ranks of low carbon and consider using more environmental friendly fabrics on clothing materials. Wang Ruipeng, a warm and pure project manager, told reporters that as a leading brand of fashion casual wear, they have been following the fashion trend. In recent years, low carbon is a major trend. This year Wen Wen has also strengthened the requirements for environmental protection fabrics. It is not just the brand enterprises taking the initiative to implement the concept of low carbon, even the companies engaged in OEM production also feel the advent of low carbon clothing trend.

And a person in charge of a garment factory in Humen Town mouth said that since this year, some of the merchants who ordered the factory have asked for the use of environmentally-friendly fabrics, including hemp and linen fibers, which were mainly cotton fabrics.

　　 Thinking about environmental protection fabric

"A problem before Humen's clothing industry is that Humen has not many fabric manufacturers, and Humen's clothing has a high dependence on foreign trade." Wang Minjian, Secretary General of Humen garment industry association, believes that Humen is a distributing center for southern style clothing, but the production and supply of fabrics can not meet the requirements of enterprises. This is both a challenge and an opportunity for the development of Humen's garment industry. In the future, the environmental protection fabric manufacturing industry will be promising in Humen.

Ou Chunyan, purchasing manager of Hongkong Song Ying (International) clothing and apparel Co., Ltd., told reporters that since 2000, the company has been insisting on using environmentally-friendly materials since its vigorous efforts to create pine hawk brand. Ou Chunyan said that in Humen, the homogenization competition in the garment industry is fierce. Therefore, the pine hawk will take a step forward to seize the commanding heights of the industry with environmental protection and high quality.

Ou Chunyan introduced that the so-called environmentally-friendly fabrics are not 100% of the fabrics, but the proportion of environmental protection materials in fabrics. "For example, the top grade mulberry silk shirts we sell include about 95% of pure cotton and about 5% of silkworm silk. Only the cotton and mulberry silk are blended in the fabric."

The advantages of environmental protection materials are obvious. Organic cotton is an example. The cotton material is mainly used in agricultural production, mainly based on organic fertilizer, biological control of diseases and insect pests, and natural farming management. It is forbidden to use chemical products, from seeds to all natural pollution-free cotton produced by agricultural products. In addition, the contents of pesticides, heavy metals, nitrate and harmful organisms (including microbes, parasitic eggs, etc.) in cotton are controlled within the standard limits and certified by the standards of agricultural products safety and quality promulgated by various countries or WTO/FAO.

Of course, the price of environmentally-friendly fabrics is usually several times or even tens of times that of ordinary fabrics. Ou Chunyan admitted that the sales of environmentally-friendly shirts such as pure mulberry silk in pine hawk products amounted to several thousand yuan.

Apart from the high price and poor plasticity of environmental protection fabrics, many designers also have a headache. Fang Lin, the design director of Humen's "little grass baby" brand, told reporters that compared with traditional fabrics, the space of environmental protection fabrics can be reduced in design. Therefore, many designers still prefer to use traditional fabrics.

But Fang Lin is very optimistic about the future development of environmental protection fabrics. She believes that with the continuous development of technology in the textile industry, the fabric with strong environmental protection and plasticity will soon be born, which requires the joint efforts of the whole garment industry. "Among them, fabric manufacturers are the most critical part, requiring the relevant departments of the state to increase supervision and policy guidance so that they can continuously make more environmentally friendly products."

　　 Moving towards "low carbon" will enhance the influence of Humen clothing cluster.

"Low carbon" is the inevitable trend of garment industry. Ou Chunyan believes that China's textile industry is constantly developing and developing, and environmental protection is a new challenge facing the Chinese apparel industry. For southern style clothing, this challenge may be even greater because Humen fashion women's clothing has always been an important selling point for its fashionable style and fashion, so as to design diversification and wholesale volume as a way of life. But the overall grade is relatively low, if we can inject more environmental elements, no doubt the competitiveness of the garment industry will be further improved.

Fang Lin, the design director of Humen's famous children's wear brand "little grass baby", said that with the continuous improvement of people's living standards, more people pay attention to the environmental protection and health of the clothing materials, which is a major trend of the future clothing. "Many enterprises in Humen are making articles on the" low carbon "materials. This is conducive to the positive transformation and upgrading of Humen clothing. If more and more Humen clothing enterprises can do more environmental protection, it will help enhance the influence of the Humen garment industry cluster.

"Style, quality and price have always been the main considerations for consumers to choose clothes." Fang Lin believes that with the development of society, the future clothing enterprises will no longer sell more and make more profits, but look at whose materials and processes are more environmentally friendly and less harmful to the environment, and who can win more markets. The introduction of environmentally friendly clothing will undoubtedly increase R & D investment. If these inputs are transferred to the product price, it will undoubtedly affect sales. But in the future, the state will definitely introduce the carbon emission reduction standard of clothing industry. Therefore, enterprises may wish to take a step forward to improve their internal strength and seize the opportunities of the industry.

Tang Minyi, vice president of Guangdong Fashion Designers Association, pointed out that although the state has not yet promulgated the "carbon emission standard" of clothing industry, the demand for low carbon clothing is not urgent. However, with the deepening of low-carbon environmental protection concept, low-carbon clothing will become a hot spot and new economic growth point of China's clothing industry.