Down jackets were invented by ancient Chinese.
In the Zhou Dynasty of China, the feathers of birds and animals were used to make feather coats, also called velvet coats. In the Han Dynasty, yak hair was used as clothing wadding, and in the Tang Dynasty, goose down was used as clothing and quilt wadding. Chinese down jackets became popular in the early 1980s. At that time, the fabric quality and processing level were not high, and the styles were relatively monotonous, with low down content, large filling volume, and bloated appearance. They were called bread jackets.
With the advancement of craftsmanship and technology, down jackets have become an important part of the clothing field and an indispensable daily necessities for consumers in winter.
In the early 1980s, my country's first generation of down clothing was widely welcomed by consumers for its lightness, softness and warmth. At that time, coated nylon fabrics were used. Its shape and style were ski-shirt-style bread clothes and mountaineering clothes. The structure was relatively simple. Later, it broke the traditional design structure and was made through selection, drug sterilization, and high-temperature drying. Goose feathers.
Extended information
Down coat (down coat) is a top filled with down filler and has a large and round appearance. Down jackets generally contain more than half of the duck down content. At the same time, some small feathers can be mixed in. The duck down is cleaned, sterilized at high temperature, and then filled into the clothes.
Data show that in October 2012, the output of down jackets in my country reached 34.547 million pieces, an increase of 21.61% over the same period; from January to October, the cumulative production of down jackets in my country reached 226.178 million pieces, an increase of 13.25% over the same period.
In November 2012, the output of down jackets in my country reached 34.151 million pieces, an increase of 5.75% over the same period; from January to November, the cumulative production of down jackets in my country reached 260.329 million pieces, an increase of 12.2% over the same period.
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