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Reducing wastage


Waste can be reduced at sample making, cutting, manufacturing, packaging, sewing and finishing levels. One can also reduce the waste by manufacturing large quantities of the same style in different colors or prints, as cutting and production is easier with efficient marker making. A lot of designers lack technical skills like pattern making and fabric cutting, which results in increased fabric wastage. Fabric waste can be eliminated by buying the right width of the fabric. Buying 36-inch-wide fabric for a 46-inch-wide kaftan will create more waste, as will a 46-inch width for a 36-inch wide scarf. Thus, for any designer, it is important to know the technical skills of pattern making and garment construction.
Companies like Fabscrap, which collect fabric waste from manufacturers and sell it to designers and quilters, are changing the systems of fabric shopping. This helps small designers to experiment with less fabric quantities and in return the bigger textile manufacturers are able to get rid of their excess fabrics. By volunteering for a couple of hours at their New York City warehouse, students can get some free textile yardages in return!
ReRoll, a venture by Brooklyn based designer Daniel Silverstein, is a on a similar mission as Doodlage. Silverstein is on a mission of zero-waste fashion products. He collects fabric waste from garment factories and makes it into soft textile goods and apparel.
Although there is no way to completely eliminate the amount of waste created, it is possible to reduce it. Printed fabric, one-directional prints, and stripes usually generate a greater amount of wastage. If multi-directional prints and more solid fabrics can be used, the cutting can be done efficiently to reduce the waste.
Silhouettes with complex patterns and more pieces add to the waste. Box fit silhouettes and full-width kaftans, which use the full-width of the fabric, help eliminate left-over fabrics. This will, of course, alter the experience of the clothing. A loosely-fit kaftan which eliminates waste, cannot substitute for a well-fitted formal office wear tunic or a couture gown. It may be more suitable for a beach, resort, or lounge.
On the other hand, a designer’s innovative approach to versatile clothing can help eliminate waste. A reversible jacket which can be worn on two sides eliminates the need to have two separate items of clothing and suffices with one instead. A day time tunic which can be worn as an evening dress serves the purpose for a traveler to carry fewer clothes, and hence produce fewer items of clothing.
Thus, by adopting creative design, technical pattern making, and innovative utilization, the amount of waste generated while production in the apparel industry can be reduced to a great extent to move towards a sustainable future and circular economy.

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