Global perspectives on sustainable fashion / edited by Alison Gwilt, Evelise Anciet Rüthschilling, and Alice Payne.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Contributor:

Gwilt, Alison, editor.

Payne, Alice, editor.

Rüthschilling, Evelise Anciet, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clothing trade--Environmental aspects.

Clothing trade.

Clothing trade--Moral and ethical aspects.

Fashion--Environmental aspects.

Fashion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2019.

Summary:

"Global Perspectives on Sustainable Fashion showcases the global fashion industry's efforts to reduce the negative impacts associated with fashion production and consumption. Illustrated throughout with infographics, photographs and diagrams of creative works, eighteen essays focus on six regions, examining sustainable fashion in the context of local, cultural and environmental concerns. Also included are 18 regional 'Spotlight' sections highlighting the differences and similarities across regions by concentrating on examples of best practice, design innovation and impact on the community"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The sunshine on a cloudy day : sustainable fashion in Brazil

Evelise Rüthschilling

A spotlight on : fashion activism : the impact of the fashion revolution movement in Brazil

Anne Anicet, Cariane Camargo

Raíz Diseño : travel of a silent resistance

Laura Novik

A spotlight on : production of wool fiber in Uruguay

Ana Livni

Independent fashion design in Argentina, is "sustainablewashing" a concern?

Miguel Angel Gardetti

A spotlight on : sustainable fashion in Colombia : perspectives and scope

Dolly Viviana Polo Flórez

Industry leadership toward sustainable fashion through user consumer engagement : North America

Tasha L. Lewis and Suzanne Loker

A spotlight on : pattern makers and garment makers, Midwest, Ohio, Cleveland

Noël Palomo-Lovinski

Classing California's wool : from local to global networks

Jennifer Hoover and Susan B. Kaiser

A spotlight on : preloved (Canada)

Doris Treptow-Kovacs

Sustainable fashion in Canada : unpacking the spaces and practices of "Made in Canada"

Taylor Brydges

A spotlight on : Pratt Institute

Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator "Keeping the cart attached to the horse"

Deb Johnson

Sustainability and garment longevity in the UK high street

Alison Gwilt, Alana James

A spotlight on : sustainable fashion in the Netherlands

Mariangela Lavanga

Sustainability in the textiles & clothing fashion industry : an on-going study in Portugal

Ana Cristina Broega

A spotlight on : VIGGA.us - sharing baby clothes in a sustainable product-service system

Vibeke Riisberg

Setting out a journey towards sustainable luxury in Spain

Elena Salcedo-Allende

A spotlight on : textile led sustainable innovation of surface coloration and patterning for sportswear

Laura Morgan, Faith Kane, John Tyrer, Jinsong Shen

Fashioning sustainability in Hong Kong and China

Gloria Wong and Benny Leong

A spotlight on : self employed women's association (SEWA) in South Asia

Goutam Saha, Darniya Roy and Harsha Rani

Collaborative consumption for small and medium-sized fashion enterprises in South Korea

Eunsuk Hur

A spotlight on : examples of sustainable fashion within Sri Lanka?

Sumith Gopura, Alice Payne

Sustainable Anatolia : craft centered design in Turkey

Sölen Kipöz, Duygu Atalay

A spotlight on : don't let fashion go to waste Hong Kong and China

Anne Peirson-Smith

Sustainable fashion in Australia : raw fibre, fast fashion and new localism

Alice Payne and Tiziana Ferrero-Regis

A spotlight on : sustainable Australian indigenous fashion?

Jennifer Craik and Kathleen Horton

Producing sustainable fashion : made in Vietnam

Angela Finn

A spotlight on : Space Between : fashion activism in New Zealand

Jennifer Whitty

Fashion practices in Cambodia : contrasting paradigms between the export apparel industry and small-medium enterprises in Cambodia?

Lauren Solomon

A spotlight on : Rental Systems : wedding dresses from Korea and Thailand

Seoha Min, Marilyn Delong

A case for design-led environmentally sustainable fashion design praxis in South Africa

Desiree Smal

A spotlight on : developing sustainable fashion in South Africa : sustainable cotton cluster

Marsha A. Dickson, Huantian Cao, and Martha Carper

Challenges facing the fashion industry from implementing sustainable product service systems in Botswana and Kenya

Yaone Rapitsenyane, Sophia Njeru, Richie Moalosi

A spotlight on : designing sustainable indigenous fabric and attire for young women in Zimbabwe's tertiary institutions

Mercy Rugedhla, Potlako Peoesele Disele, Richie Moalosi, Lily Clara Fidzani

Sustainable fashion and the United Arab Emirates vision 2021

Ayesha Siddequa

A spotlight on : the continuation of culture

Shahira Mehrez, Maggie Jonk.

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"Global Perspectives on Sustainable Fashion showcases the global fashion industry's efforts to reduce the negative impacts associated with fashion production and consumption. Illustrated throughout with infographics, photographs and diagrams of creative works, eighteen essays focus on six regions, examining sustainable fashion in the context of local, cultural and environmental concerns. Also included are 18 regional 'Spotlight' sections highlighting the differences and similarities across regions by concentrating on examples of best practice, design innovation and impact on the community"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781350058170

1350058173

9781350058163

1350058165

9781350058156

1350058157

OCLC:

1154915698