First2Print digitally-printed ready-to-wear swim apparel

First2Print technology provides fast and long lasting of digitally fabric printing. Nice printout on bikini!

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First2Print, a leader in large-format fabric printing services, is collaborating with ESPI Fashion Design to transform original artwork into ready-to-wear swimwear with a sneak peek of the 2006/2007 fashion line at New York's currently running Material World show. Via a combination of three different polyester fabrics, dye-sublimation inks, digital textile printers, and a heat transfer process, First2Print is able to digitally print fabrics that can go straight to the sewing machine, sink, or pool -- for vibrant, non-fading finished goods. What makes this project distinctive is that the entire short-run, production-fabric printing process is digital -- from the digital photo of the artwork design to the printed fabric itself.

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"The fabric that First2Print digitally prints for us is gorgeous, with deep colors. Every single swimsuit in our 2006/2007 fashion lineup is unique, and the fabric color will stay as vibrant after thousands of washes as the day it was printed," continued Barboza. (Armondo Barboza, chief executive designer for ESPI Fashion Design)

The polyester fabrics used for the swimwear line include a matte, stretch poly-swim; a drapy, no-stretch, white-metallic sheen charmeuse; and a white, stretch poly-lycra with a medium sheen. No two swim suits will be alike as the garment pieces are strategically placed on the non-repeated printed fabric before each pattern is cut.

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