A Study on the Production Methods of Upcycling Tweed Fabric Using Clothing Waste Based on Chanel’s Tweed Design

Abstract

This study aimed to produce upcycled tweed fabric using clothing waste, and to this end, weaving methods for tweed were designed, and the creative upcycling of tweeds was produced. For the improvement in the quality of recycled fabrics and to produce creative, upcycled tweed designs, four weaving methods were designed based on Chanel’s tweed design. Various types of discarded clothing waste were collected and used as materials. The upcycling tweeds produced were evaluated by experts based on the factors of novelty and appropriateness. As a result of the evaluation, all of the upcycled tweed fabrics presented excellent creativity scores. The creativity score was high when different materials, such as yarn and fabric tape and yarn and bead, were used. Tweed weaving is not difficult to perform, and our interest increased during the weaving process. The creativity of upcycling tweed fabric was discussed in depth, centered on experts who evaluated upcycling tweeds. Through this study, the possibility of popularizing the upcycling of tweed fabric using clothing waste is expected. This study is meaningful in that it presents aesthetic and functional utilization methods for decreasing clothing waste and shows the possibility of creative changes made to clothing waste.

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“…Won Lee collected various types of discarded clothing waste and created four weaving methods based on Chanel's tweed designs. These upcycling methods not only make the most of discarded clothing waste but also give it new life and value (won Lee, 2023).…”

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“…The objective of this study was to link the garment disposal stage to the garment material development stage for a sustainable fashion stream. This study is a follow-up to two previous studies [40,41] that were conducted to develop a plan to utilize physically generated clothing waste as apparel material, and utilize low-grade waste and improve its quality to regenerate its use value as a product. In the first preliminary study, the authors collected a variety of clothing waste and investigated their utility as weaving material through simple shape modification, and simultaneously designed various weaving methods [40].…”

“…This study is a follow-up to two previous studies [40,41] that were conducted to develop a plan to utilize physically generated clothing waste as apparel material, and utilize low-grade waste and improve its quality to regenerate its use value as a product. In the first preliminary study, the authors collected a variety of clothing waste and investigated their utility as weaving material through simple shape modification, and simultaneously designed various weaving methods [40]. In the later stage, to increase the utilization of clothing waste materials and the feasibility of recycling methods for the public and overcome the limitations of the previous study, we refined the weaving method, simplified the material preparation, produced woven fabric samples, and produced virtual digital textile prototype products [41].…”

“…The author's first study considered the development of a method to explore the possibilities of converting clothing waste into textiles through weaving, and the second concerned the creation of textiles from clothing waste that are both aesthetically pleasing and practical. In the first study [40], the author found through preliminary research that most end-users who generate clothing waste are unaware of how to recycle it but would like to know how to do so. The author also found that people believe recycling clothing waste should be easy and convenient and that the recycling process should be enjoyable.…”

“…Specifically, a physical fabric swatch was first created, and then a large physical fabric and a digital fabric were created based on it. To create the physical fabric swatches, weaving frames (size: small; material: wood; width: 165 mm; height: 210 mm; interval between wraps: 8 mm) (Figure 3a) were used, as in previous studies [40,41]. The swatch was 13 cm wide and 13 cm tall and remained within the weaving frame.…”