Disclosed herein is a customized garment a method of forming the customized garment. The method involves first forming a garment having an integrated gaiter coupled to a neckline of the customized garment. The integrated gaiter has a customizable insert coupled to a front portion of the integrated gaiter. The integrated gaiter is stretched over a platen so that an entirety of the customizable insert is flat. Heat transfer sublimation is used to transfer imagery from sublimation paper to the customizable insert.

Provided is a method for dyeing a polymer material with an aqueous pigment composition containing at least one pigment dispersed therein, wherein the polymer material is a blend including a first polymer composition and a second polymer composition which is compatible with the first polymer composition, which second polymer composition includes a binding agent for the at least one pigment. The method includes the steps of heating the polymer material to an activation temperature below the softening temperature of the polymer material, contacting the polymer material with the aqueous pigment composition at a contact temperature for a period of time sufficient to form a pigmented polymer material, subjecting the pigmented polymer material to a fixation step to fixate the at least one pigment therein by cooling the pigmented polymer material to a fixation temperature which is lower than the temperature at which contacting of the polymer material with the aqueous pigment composition is carried out.

The present invention relates to the use of indigo derivatives for dyeing synthetic textiles to a process for dyeing synthetic textiles and to dyed textiles and articles containing them. The invention also relates to novel indigo derivatives per se and to a process for the preparation thereof.

According to the invention there is provided a method of treating textile fibers including the steps of: providing a polymeric precursor which includes a group of sub-formula (I) where R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are independently selected from (CR.sup.7R.sup.8).sub.n, or a group CR.sup.9R.sup.10, CR.sup.7R.sup.8CR.sup.9R.sup.10 or CR.sup.9R.sup.10CR.sup.7R.sup.8 where n is 0, 1 or 2, R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 are independently selected from hydrogen, halo or hydrocarbyl, and either one of R.sup.9 or R.sup.10 is hydrogen and the other is an electron withdrawing group, or R.sup.9 and R.sup.10 together form an electron withdrawing group, and R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are independently selected from CH or CR.sup.11 where R.sup.11 is an electron withdrawing group, the dotted lines indicate the presence or absence of a bond, X.sup.1 is a group CX.sup.2X.sup.3 where the dotted line bond to which it is attached is absent and a group CX.sup.2 where the dotted line bond to which it is attached is present, Y.sup.1 is a group CY.sup.2Y.sup.3 where the dotted line bond to which it is attached is absent and a group CY.sup.2 where the dotted line bond to which it is attached is present, and X.sup.2, X.sup.3, Y.sup.2 and Y.sup.3 are independently selected from hydrogen, fluorine or other substituents, R.sup.1 is selected from hydrogen, halo, nitro, hydrocarbyl, optionally substituted or interposed with functional groups, or —R.sup.3-R.sup.5≡Y.sup.1, and R.sup.13 is C(O) or S(O).sub.2; coating the textile fibers with the polymeric precursor; and polymerizing the polymeric precursor so as to produce a polymeric coating on the textile fibers. ##STR00001##

Compositions and methods for treating textile materials so as to facilitate transfer of an image thereto using a dye sublimation transfer system are provided. The compositions are applied to the textile in the form of an aqueous pretreatment composition, which comprises a polymer resin and a crosslinking agent. The resin and crosslinking agent are cured upon the textile material to form an image-receiving area. The sublimation transfer system is then applied to the image-receiving area to form a finished, image-bearing textile product.

An inkjet ink contains coloring particles and an aqueous medium. The coloring particles contain a reaction product between a reactive dye and a specific resin having a primary hydroxyl group. The reactive dye may have a chlorotriazinyl group. The specific resin may include a styrene-(meth)acrylic resin, a polyester resin, or a urethane resin.

A pigment textile printing ink jet ink composition contains a pigment, a resin particle, a nonionic fluorine-based surfactant, and water.

A pigment textile printing ink jet ink composition contains a pigment, a resin particle, a nonionic fluorine-based surfactant, and water.

A decolorization method for a dyed fiber cloth is provided. The decolorization method for the dyed fiber cloth includes steps of: providing a fiber cloth attached with a dye, extracting the dye attached on the fiber cloth by an extractant, and applying a microwave to evaporate the extractant so as to obtain a dried and decolored fiber cloth.

A decolorization method for a dyed fiber cloth is provided. The decolorization method for the dyed fiber cloth includes steps of: providing a fiber cloth attached with a dye, extracting the dye attached on the fiber cloth by an extractant, and applying a microwave to evaporate the extractant so as to obtain a dried and decolored fiber cloth.