On November 2019, 11, Kyoritsu Women's University will hold a fashion show "Cross ArtTech Fashion Show at" at the Kanda / Hitotsubashi Campus, focusing on the clothing and children's departments of the Faculty of Home Economics, as part of the regional collaboration project "Regional collaboration through sustainable fashion design." "Kyoritsu Women's University" was held.While the fashion industry is creating jobs in developing countries, it has caused environmental and labor problems caused by synthetic dyes in the past, and is actively working toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Efforts are underway.
At Kyoritsu Women's University, in a regional collaboration project represented by Professor Hiroki Murase of the Faculty of Home Economics, Professor Takashi Masuda of Hokuriku Advanced Science and Technology Graduate University, Associate Professor Ayumu Sugiyama of Yamanashi Prefectural University, Toshiharu Kutsune, a writer of Yuzen Kaga, and Sadako Chung, a fashion illustrator. , Sakai Obex Co., Ltd., Nishiyama Sangyo Co., Ltd., etc., produced a fabric dress using a new dyeing technique with a low environmental load using natural dyes, and presented it at a fashion show.Under the piano performance of Associate Professor Yasuko Murakami of the Faculty of Home Economics, a student of the Department of Clothing of the Faculty of Home Economics appeared wearing a dress as a model and showed off the completed dress.
The fabric used for the dress is dyed using dyes extracted from the petals of Kenrokuen Kikuzakura and agricultural products in the Hokuriku region, and the environmental load is reduced by clean dyeing wastewater.In addition, a part of the fabric is used as Ushikubi Tsumugi, a traditional pongee fabric from Ishikawa Prefecture, which is also an attempt to combine cutting-edge dyeing technology and traditional crafts.In Japan, where imports of clothing exceed 97% in terms of quantity and 78% in terms of monetary value, it can be said that proposing new fashions and revitalizing industries rooted in the region are also efforts to solve important issues. ..
On November 2019, 11, a series of activities including the regional collaboration project of Kyoritsu Women's University received the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award, which is the highest award of the "STI for SDGs" award sponsored by the Japan Science and Technology Agency. However, it was highly evaluated as an effort to solve social issues.Positioned as a project to commemorate the 1th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and Austria, it also creates an opportunity to introduce Mr. Masuda's new plant dyeing technology and traditional Japanese technology to Europe, which has a low environmental impact and enhances safety.
reference:[Japan Science and Technology Agency] "STI for SDGs" Award Winning Initiatives
