Innovative Fashion and Lifestyle Design from Sustainable Fiber Processing with Valueless Agricultural Waste

Abstract

    The purpose of this study was to find the guideline of developing innovative fibers from valueless agricultural waste products of durian rinds suitable for fashion and textile products. The population included 11 people in total consisting the durian entrepreneurs (Chanthaburi province area), the generation Y consumers, and textile experts. The sample group consisted of 3 textile experts using purposive sampling selection. The interview form was used as a research instrument. The data was collected from the field visit to survey durian entrepreneurs in Chanthaburi province, the developing of durian fibers into textiles innovation, and the result analysis of the fabric pattern suitable for developing into fashion lifestyle products. The results of the study showed that there is the mechanical property like the fiber of cotton and hemp in durian rinds which can use in textile industry. The experiment can be concluded as follows; 1) the development of fiber from durian rinds can sort the fiber with the following 2 ways; drying and boiling to sort the fiber, and soaking or pickling the durian rinds to sort the fiber, which the soaking or pickling the durian rinds provided the natural fiber and the quality of fiber was better, but there is the limitation that soaking and pickling took long time and it is smelly. 2) The development of textile products from durian fibers with the cotton divided into 2 patterns: the first pattern used community weaving (hand-spined) which tried to weave the fabric according to the ratio of cotton : cotton mixed with durian fiber, the result found that the characteristic of the fabric is quite thick, stay in shape and keep the shape well. The surface was in normal condition but some of them were quite rough. The thickness of the fabric was at normal level, and some of them were slightly thick respectively. The fabric surface is quite similar to other natural woven fabric. The second pattern used industrial drawing and weaving which the fiber was formed using Open End Rotor Spinning and Grabo spinning according to the ratio of durian fiber : cotton using Nep weaving pattern. The result found that the fabric was thick, rough, and flexible. The surface is harsh and smooth respectively. The differences found in the fabrics may be caused by the cleavage of the fibers which were the substrates. According to the surface and structural pattern analysis of the fabric found that the fabric was suitable to use in each type of fashion lifestyle products differently such as such as clothing, bags and home decoration products etc.