Komatsu refines natural dyeing fabrics

Not long ago, at the First Vision 2015 Spring/Summer Collection Fabric Show held in Paris, France, Komatsu's scouring company from Japan exhibited n color vintage series new fabrics that were dyed with natural dyes.

This series of fabrics is based on Komatsu's self-developed synthetic fiber material konbu improved technology, based on the use of more than 50% of natural dyes produced by the new mixed dyed fabrics.

In the recent period, Komatsu's scouring company has made many attempts in various finishing processes. This time, the company focused its research and development on the dyeing process and jointly developed this fabric by cooperating with renowned fabric designer Shinohara Kanako.

Under normal circumstances, fabrics using natural dyes may have some weaknesses in the light fastness and perspiration fastness. However, although the fabric used more than 50% natural dyes, its color fastness is still Can reach level 3.

According to the company, this series of products not only maintains the color fastness of the fabrics, but also enables the fabrics to show the dark old effects through special processes. Designer Kasahara Kanako pointed out that natural dyes, through their combination with chemical dyes, can express natural tones on the basis of soft colors. It is understood that natural pigments are made of 20 kinds of raw materials such as gardenia, hemerocarp, and gall, mixed and mixed.

In the Spring/Summer 2015 collection, the company will use two 100% nylon materials, each with eight colors. In the future, the company will also increase the variety of colors, and will explore other applications, such as the combination of other finishing processes, or finished product dyeing.

Komatsu's scouring company expects sales of the new series to reach 100,000 meters in the first year, with sales expected to reach 100 million yen. After three years, it strives to achieve a production volume of 500,000 meters and sales of 400 million yen. During the first visual fabric exhibition held, the company's products were well received by professional buyers, and the colors of the products were considered as "unused tones". Yellow and pink fabrics have attracted attention at the show.