How did green clothing develop?

Green clothing is also called ecological clothing and environmental protection clothing. It aims to protect human health from harm and has the advantages of non-toxicity and safety. When it is used and worn, it gives people a comfortable, relaxed, natural, fatigue-free and comfortable feeling. It takes natural animal and plant materials as raw materials, such as cotton, hemp, silk wool, leather and so on. They not only reflect the environmental awareness from the style and color design, but also use pollution-free natural raw materials from fabrics to buttons, zippers and other accessories. From raw material production to processing, it is also entirely from the perspective of protecting the ecological environment, avoiding the use of chemical printing and dyeing raw materials and resins and other substances that damage the environment. In the whole process of raw materials, production, processing, use and resource recovery. Environmental protection clothing can eliminate pollution or no pollution, protect the environment and maintain ecological balance, which is harmless to human body and beneficial to health care. In today's society, with the development of industrialization and the progress of material civilization, the earth on which human beings depend has been polluted more and more seriously, which poses a serious threat to human survival. Therefore, all countries in the world attach great importance to environmental protection. Under the slogan "We only have one earth", environmental protection has become the focus of people's attention in this century. "Green products" and "green consumption" have become international trends. The combination of "environmental protection style" and modern people's inner need to return to nature has gradually made eco-clothing a new trend in the fashion field.

The International Association for Ecological Research and Testing issued the Green Environmental Protection Standard for Textiles and Clothing, which mainly includes three aspects: First, the production process of textile raw materials must meet the ecological standards. For natural fiber, planting of animal fiber, fertilization, vegetation protection, use of growth AIDS, animal feeding, health care, disease prevention and use of growth agents all need to avoid using a large number of pesticides and fertilizers, and try to reduce or eliminate pesticide toxic residues on the fiber to avoid ecological imbalance and the destruction of soil fertility. For chemical fibers, biodegradable fibers (such as soybean protein fiber, modal fiber, chitin fiber, etc.) that do not produce pollution. ) and do not pollute the environment should be used.

Second, the production, processing and packaging of textiles must meet ecological standards. Prohibited dyes and toxic finishing agents such as resin and formaldehyde shall not be used. Adopting dyeing and finishing technology without water or less water can effectively realize clean production or zero pollution production, avoid or reduce environmental pollution or harm to human body, and ensure that the pH value of the final product reaches the optimal value.

Thirdly, the treatment of textiles after use should meet the requirements of environmental protection, try to avoid or reduce environmental pollution, and the waste can be recycled or biodegradable. In recent years, the upsurge of planting natural colored cotton has suddenly arisen in the world. It and pollution-free cotton are ideal raw materials for making environmentally friendly clothing. When planting cotton, chemical fertilizers and pesticides are not needed, only organic fertilizers can be used. Although the price of pollution-free cotton is three times higher than that of ordinary cotton, it is still in short supply, mainly used to make baby clothes and medicinal cotton. Natural colored cotton does not need dyeing during processing, and resin and formaldehyde are not used during pre-shrinking. Even if dyeing is needed, pollution-free dyeing methods can be used. Germany has recently introduced pollution-free supercritical carbon dioxide fluid dyeing technology. This method does not need water, chemical additives and washing after dyeing, so it will not produce sewage, and the dye is made of finished products without carcinogenic azo dyes to ensure the safety of consumers. Some pollution-free, biodegradable or recyclable chemical fibers have attracted more and more attention. In Europe, due to people's growing awareness of environmental protection, people often wear clothes made of recycled textiles to feel the fashion. For example, senior fashion designers in Paris, France, promote colorful women's wear made of old clothes and surplus clothes, and buyers are very enthusiastic. "Eco-clothing" can not only remind people to pay attention to the world environmental problems at all times, but also help people to relax, eliminate fatigue and feel comfortable. Therefore, "eco-clothing" will become a new trend and trend of fashion development in the contemporary world.

The design of eco-clothing is very close to nature in texture, tone and style. Its fabrics are mostly natural fabrics such as cotton, hemp, wool and silk, with green and blue as the basic colors, symbolizing the vast Yuan Ye, forest, blue sky and sea. Most of the patterns imitate the landscape of mountains and rivers, jungles or flowers, fish and insects, and integrate people's clothing into the natural landscape, fully demonstrating the harmony, freshness and elegance between man and nature. Clothing accessories are also environmentally friendly. For example, buttons are made of pure natural materials, and metal accessories such as zippers do not need electroplating, which can avoid a lot of harmful residues. The eco-clothing advocated by French fashion designers is mainly rural, full of strong local flavor and charm. Women's clothing fully considers the close-fitting clothing lines in the design, showing the beauty of human body curves. Men's wear adopts cascading and collocation skills, which fully shows men's steady gentlemanly demeanor.

The "green textiles" that have been developed and marketed in the world generally have many functions such as deodorization, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-ultraviolet, anti-radiation, itching and humidification. This kind of product is still in its infancy in China, and underwear is the main product that has been launched. However, this kind of textile is welcomed by consumers because of its specific function beneficial to human health.

In the future, the development of environmental protection clothing will continue to develop in two directions: first, it will emphasize the health comfort and skin care function of clothing, so that the clothes you wear will become skin care products, such as tights that can release vitamins for skin care, socks that can remove odor and fully absorb sweat, and ceramic fiber health care clothes with air conditioning function that can change color with temperature changes (containing bactericidal components and mixed with complexes of silicon, zinc and copper); Second, it emphasizes the embodiment of clean production and green consumption in production and use, so that the garment processing industry and old clothes will no longer increase the environmental load. For example, the improved polyester fiber has dual biodegradability of light and biology. After being discarded, it can be completely decomposed into water and carbon dioxide in a year or so under natural conditions, and it can return to nature faster than pure cotton clothes.