Sustainable Fashion, Migrants, Embroidery : Ateliers of 'Social Integration' / Alessandra Lopez y Royo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lopez y Royo, Alessandra, author.

Series:

Dress and fashion research.

Dress and Fashion Research Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clothing trade--Sustainable methods.

Clothing trade.

Fashion design--Social aspects.

Fashion design.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, [2024]

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

Sustainable Fashion, Migrants, Embroidery: Ateliers of 'Social Integration' tells of community-led 'solidarity ateliers' engaged in sewing and embroidery activities which, in the Global North and Global South, are providing a vital alternative to neoliberal and neo-colonial fashion paradigms. On encountering several ateliers solidaires/sartorie sociali during her immersive fieldwork, for which she travelled to Morocco and Southern Italy, and contrasting her findings with her knowledge of parallel and analogous initiatives in London, Alessandra Lopez y Royo suggests that despite their different outlook and approach these ateliers can be inscribed within an ever-growing economy of solidarity and sharing. With a uniquely combined focus on sustainability, fashion and migration, Lopez y Royo examines how the ateliers foreground a powerful social inclusion agenda, encouraging migrants (and refugees) to collaborate, exchange knowledge, and foster communities on a level playing field with locals. Questioning widely accepted notions of 'empowerment' and 'social integration', and drawing on her background in archaeology and material culture studies, Lopez y Royo uses micro-studies to illuminate a broader path to a more inclusive, sustainable, and socially conscious industry, presenting a fresh perspective on repurposing and upcycling. In a world grappling with the need to shift away from fast fashion's wasteful practices, this thought-provoking exploration shows how slow-growth 'solidarity ateliers' can challenge the widely accepted notions of both 'fashion' and 'social integration'.

Contents:

List of plates Preface Acknowledgments Prologue: A Mosaic of threads Part 1: Together we sew 1. Grainlines and selvedges 2. Disambiguating 'sustainability' Part 2: Fashion-ing in solidarity: Case studies in Socially Sustainable Eco-Fashion 3. Sartorie Sociali in Apulia and Sicily 4. When in Rome: Solidarity fashion meets embroidery art 5. The London/South-East experience: Social agendas and Brick Lane chic Part 3: Fashion-ing an archaeological sensibility 6. We are all fashion archaeologists now: Vintage clothes, upcycling and mending Epilogue: Cutting the selvedges Appendix: list of online sources Bibliography Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Lopez y Royo, Alessandra Sustainable Fashion, Migrants, Embroidery

ISBN:

9781350284104

OCLC:

1443934728