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The Taipei Innovative Textile Application Show, is a three-day event that started Wednesday. Among the 300 or more exhibitors from all over the world, Da Ai Technology stood out with its uniquely designed booth, decorated with recycled items, like plastic bottles, old tires, and even newspaper packed tightly together to make chairs. The company showcased its latest recycled textile, that can pass for silk or soft cotton. Designers turned the fabric into stylish Chinese coats and other garments. The company also launched a new line of colorful polo shirts, which instead of using chemical dyes, are colored by a newly patented, more eco-friendly technique.
為期三天的台北紡織展，周三開跑，來自世界各地300多個廠商裡，大愛感恩科技的展示區，非常的不一樣。以回收物像是寶特瓶，老舊輪胎來佈置，也用舊報紙當作椅子，大愛感恩科技做出環保又時尚的衣服，也研發出類似蠶絲棉質質感的衣料，讓設計師設計出中國風服裝，同樣強調不染整，今年新發表的休閒POLO衫，是以獨家的環保方式套上顏色的。
＜ Eco-fabrics take center stage >
The black Tang-style coat is light and elegant, tailored in a fabric that most people will have difficulty identifying- few would ever guess that the items coming down the catwalk are all made from recycled plastic bottles fabrics manufactured by Da Ai Technology.
Fashion designer, Zhang Guofu：
The fabric made from "Da Ai thread" has a texture like silk or cotton. I believe recycled synthetic materials can be just as chic as natural materials.
< Da Ai Tech's unique coloring technique >
The yarn retains the color of the plastic bottle, but the fabric gets its black color by mixing the liquefied material with colored plastics called "masterbatch". The same coloring technique was also used on the new polo shirts offered by Da Ai Technology, which mark a style breakthrough from the brand's last line.
Da Ai Technology vice chairperson, Huang Huade：
We didn't want to dye our fabrics, so we had to innovate new coloring techniques to make the textile seem like it has been dyed. The research and development involved was a painstaking process, but we did it.
< Jumping on the eco-bandwagon >
At the Taipei Innovative Textile Application Show, many fashion designers have jumped on the eco-bandwagon, experimenting with earth-friendly choices, using textiles with minimal petrochemical dyes, or woven from alternative fibers, like bamboo. The expo brings home the message that the environment doesn't have to be compromised to achieve beauty and style.
一襲黑色中國風的外衣，輕柔優雅，不說你恐怕不知道，伸展台上到的衣服，布料全都是大愛感恩科技公司製作，由回收寶特瓶做成的環保衣物。
大愛紗很像蠶絲或棉質，我覺得環保素材也可以很時尚。
單單利用寶特瓶原色，再加入黑色色母粒交織而成，同樣的調色方式，也應用在新發表的休閒POLO衫當中，突破過去素色的設計。
因為都不染色，就必須去研發如何套顏色，讓衣服起來像染色，整個研發過程相當挑戰，但我們成功克服了。
今年台北紡織展當中，有越來越多服裝設計，注入環保思維，使用環保素材，像是減少染整的生產製造，或是以竹子纖維作為素材，都是這次紡織展中最想傳達的理念，美麗不需要犧牲大自然。
靜思語 懂得惜福，就會造福；真正造福的人，才是真富有。
Those who cherish blessings will create blessings. Those who create blessings are truly spiritually wealthy.
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