Gathering Taiwan’s Textiles for Functional Fashion and Sustainability to Fulfill the Requirements of Urban Casual Living

Consumers are increasingly choosing functional clothing as their daily outfits for work, and the modern population is also becoming more aware of their health. As a result, the urban casual trend that blends elements of sports and daily life is gaining popularity. Today's consumers strive for fitness, fashion, and a high quality of life in their urban surroundings. They maintain their physical health through diet and sports instead of exercising in gyms, parks, and the suburbs. As a result, they require light and functional clothing with features such as elasticity, moisture wicking, wind proofing, wrinkle resistance, warmth and cooling, and fashionable designs. Fashion, sporting, and outdoor brands worldwide are combining “fashion” with “function” through their core capabilities and incorporating the requirements of urban residents. They are developing clothing suitable for various occasions, such as exercise, leisure, and city life, creating apparel that can satisfy all the needs of a consumer living in a city.

Taiwan’s textile industry accounts for 70% of the world’s functional textiles. Not only does it play an important role in the global supply chain, Taiwan’s textile industry has also become an important partner of world-famous sporting brands. In recent years, Taiwan’s textile companies have been dedicated to developing functional textiles and incorporating environmentally friendly technologies in their products. Aside from being fashionable, the products are also environmentally friendly, elastic, moisture wicking, and cooling. They are suitable for work and exercise in urban casual living and fulfill the requirements of international OEM and garment factories.

Vietnam is Taiwan’s largest export market for high-quality textiles such as functional fabrics. In order to showcase Taiwan's latest developments in sustainable functional fashion textiles to the international community and meet the demand for urban leisure textile products in the global market, the Taiwan Textile Federation partnered with 29 companies, including Far Eastern New Century Corporation, Zig Sheng Industrial Co., Ltd., Eclat Textile Co., Ltd., New Wide Enterprise Co., Ltd., Men Chuen Fibre Industry Co., Ltd., Tung Ho Textile Co., Ltd., Taiwan Taffeta Fabric Co., Ltd., Everlight Chemical Industrial Corporation, Jintex Corporation Ltd., and Remmington International Co., Ltd., to participate in the 2023 SaigonTex Vietnam (4/5 to 4/8). The Federation plans to set up the Taiwan Textile Select booth (Booth No. Hall B, 2F-01) to display over 200 sustainable, fashionable, and lightweight functional textiles, including fashionable and functional yarns, fabrics, labels, dyes, and additives.

Among the innovative products introduced by Taiwan’s textile companies:
- Far Eastern New Century Corporation has created raw materials with a low carbon footprint and materials for a circular economy through the development of innovative new technologies based on the land, sea, and air;
- Men Chuen Fibre Industry Co., Ltd. has introduced environmental friendly dope dyed fabric;
- Nan Ya Plastics Corporation introduced Knit Jacquard SAYA Stretch Yarn;
- Tung Ho Textile Co., Ltd. created eco-friendly yarn made from pineapple leaves;
- New Wide Enterprise Co., Ltd. developed a new wide-eco-t/s wick 3D cable rib...

In addition to the physical display, Taiwan Textile Federation is also using an online showroom to overcome the temporal and spatial limitations of a physical presentation, and expanding the diversity and quantity of the products of manufacturers. The Federation has created the Taiwan Textile Select Online Exhibition to help Vietnamese and international buyers easily learn about the features and highlights of Taiwan’s excellent textiles through online and offline integrated marketing. The Federation aims to accelerate cooperation between buyers and sellers to create beneficial results for all involved.



On the second day of SaigonTex (4/6) at 2PM to 3:30PM, the Taiwan Textile Federation will hold a New Product Launch in the Dahlia conference room on the third floor of SECC. The presentation will be based on the topic of Fashion Meets Function - the New Era of Sustainable Textiles. The latest products and technologies developed by Far Eastern New Century Corporation, Jintex Corporation Ltd., Remmington International Co., Ltd., Tung Ho Textile Co., Ltd., and Zig Sheng Industrial Co., Ltd. will be unveiled at this event.