Fashion is a killer of the global environment, before it was a leader of the economy in the textile.
In the earlier periods, textile industries had been mainly with the manufacturing clothes and a relatively labor-intensive industry in Taiwan. Nowadays, the textile industries are made the more than 70% of functional fabrics to the whole world. is known as "Textile Silicon Valley". With the rapid development of Taiwan's textile, a lot of problems have come to pass in the global environment. In order to reduce the damage of the textile, the USR team of Ling Tung University starts attention to the topic of Green Fashion, which has less attention but it is highly relevant to everyone. With promoting of green fashion, we aim to the sustainable development of society, economy and environment. Thus, we plan a series of strategies and executive modes about promoting green fashion from schools to communities.
Commencing from the communities with influencing more families.
The USR team of Ling Tung University who all we to do and hopes to bring the concept of green fashion to more and more people and encourages everyone to execute it. Therefore, we not only combine the topic of green fashion with the related courses, but also interact between community elders and our team. Because we believe the community elders are the leader of a family who has the concept of green fashion, they can influence not only their family but also other people. The strategy of the plan will prove productive which spread gradually.
There is a touching story behind every used clothing.
On July 27, 2020, the USR team of Ling Tung University joined hands with Tong Ting Charity took place to cooperate with the activity of sharing narrative and creative mind about every community elder's used clothes. During the course of activity, our team shared the trends of sustainable environment in the current textile and the marketing cases of the clothing. There are almost touching that many community elders shared the love story about the used clothes which have been placed in the cupboard for many years and have been reluctant to abandon them in spite of their clothes being practical.
Love story I: Ms. Xiu-Zhen Ye introduced her mother's black coat which she always kept. Ms. Ye hoped this love and remembrance can be lived on her family, therefore, she wanted the black coat to be transformed into a Taiwanese black bear and give the final product to her nephew, Yu-Ming Ye, who is CEO of Tong Ting Charity because Mr. Ye was taken care of his grandmother in his childhood.
Love story II: Ms. Ru-Qin Xie said that she bought this dress when her son married, so she wanted this dress to be transformed and regain a time remembered. Even though she can't wear this dress, it that commemorates deeply the memory and the drapery very well.
Love story III: Ms. Man-Zu Cai said that she named this jacket "the temperature of love" because her boyfriend across Zhuoshui River to see her in cold and strong wind weather when she embraced a long distance relationship in those years. The weather was the coldest; therefore, Ms. Cai and her boyfriend spent more than twenty thousand on this leather jacket. In addition to being not cheap, Ms. Cai has a very meaningful memory. Therefore, she hoped this jacket can be transformed into a carry-on bag so that she can keep it continually
Transforming the used clothing resulted in tears well up in the participants' eyes.
In the nearly three months after the end of the exchange meeting on July, the newly created designers (students) trained by the USR team of Ling Tung University and the original old tailors in the community conducted creative and technical exchanges. In the end, the expectations and commissions of the community mothers were completed on Oct. 12, 2020, turning the story of old clothes into their ideal finished product, and we hope to continue spreading this love story.
October 12, 2020 (the narrative results of old costumes on display)
Love Portfolio I: During finishing the product, An-Ting Li often visited Ms. Ye to understand more details and needs about this black coat. When Ms. Ye give her nephew two Taiwanese black bears at the exhibition of achievements, he cried tear to joy immediately who said he was taken care of his grandmother in his childhood. Due to studying aboard, Mr. Ye didn't get to see him even for the last time when his grandmother passed away. Therefore, Mr. Ye can't thank enough to get the converted bears, student embroidered attentively my English name on the bear's feet. The event makes teachers, students, and community elder burst into tears.
Love Portfolio II: When Ms. Ru-Qin Xie was pleased to show the converted dress to say she thank Xing –Hui Lin for helping her transform this dress. In addition to good things coming in pairs, her son was surprised this converted dress which Ms. Xie wore to attend the dinner during the family. Her son finds this converted dress which his mother wore when he got married. Ms. Xie responded yes happily.
Love Portfolio III: Ms. Man-Zu Cai said Sheng-wei Shen is really a genius designer. He changed my jacket into a fashionable backpack and a practical long wallet which still retain the brand of jacket. Ms. Cai loves them and is very grateful to Ling Tung University.
There is a touching story behind every used clothing. The USR team of Ling Tung University promotes the clothing transformation, so that these beautiful stories can continue to be passed down and make our efforts maintain a wonderful environment.