New pajamas (lettuce)
According to estimates* by United Nations agencies and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, one-third of the world's food production is thrown away every year, and Japan's annual food loss exceeds 6 million tons. increase. As a bridge between the food and apparel industries, food textiles focus on the "color" of food. Utilizing our unique dyeing technology, we have worked with various apparel brands to commercialize foodstuffs provided by various food-related companies, and have tackled the food loss problem from the apparel industry. Due to the popularity of our customers and the expansion of collaborations with various companies, new items will appear this spring, and we will open a limited-time pop-up shop nationwide where you can actually pick up the products.
(*2015 estimate Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries: http://www.maff.go.jp/j/shokusan/recycle/syoku_loss/attach/pdf/161227_4-55.pdf)
(*Key Findings FAO: http://www.fao.org/save-food/resources/keyfindings/en/)
Develop limited-time pop-up shops in Osaka, Nagoya, and Hakata
FOOD TEXTILE will appear in the bedding section of the campaign event "GOOD for GREEN" held at Hankyu Department Store Umeda Main Store on Wednesday, May 22nd. Limited collaboration pajamas using the tree of life and residue from Horiuchi Fruit Garden, which has been popular since this spring, and slippers, which will be the first item to be developed this time, will be released exclusively at Hankyu Department Store Umeda Main Store, and will be used as a dye material. We will also carry out a tea tasting service of the herb and aromatherapy specialty store “Tree of Life”.
In addition, pop-up shops will be opened one after another at Matsuzakaya Nagoya from May 29th (Wednesday) and Hakata Hankyu from June 19th (Wednesday).
[Overview of pop-up shop]
- Hankyu Department Store Umeda Main Store
- Period May 22nd (Wednesday) to June 4th (Tuesday), 2019
- Location: Kotokoto Stage “GOOD for GREEN” on the 7th floor, 8-7 Kakuda-cho, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka
- Matsuzakaya Nagoya
- Period May 29 (Wednesday) to June 4 (Tuesday), 2019
- Location: 3-16-1 Sakae Naka-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture "Nihon no Yokimono"
- Hakata Hankyu
- Period June 19 (Wednesday) to June 26 (Wednesday), 2019
- Location: Fukuoka Prefecture, Fukuoka City, Hakata-ku, Hakata Station Chuo-gai 1-1-1 8F Beauty and Health Event Space “MADE FROM NATURE”
■FOODTEXTILE (food textile)
A project to reuse food waste from the fashion industry, where people can enjoy fashionably in the lifestyle scenes of clothing, food, and housing, centering on "food", by reborning things that are simply thrown away.
Residues of vegetables and ingredients produced in the manufacturing process of food companies, restaurants, and farms. These leftovers that were just waiting to be thrown away become the coloring elements of FOOD TEXTILE.
http://www.foodtextile.jp/