ABSTRACT

The production, use and eventual disposal of most clothing is environmentally damaging, and many fashion and textile designers are becoming keen to employ more sustainable strategies in their work. This book provides a practical guide to the ways in which designers are creating fashion with less waste and greater durability.

Based on the results of extensive research into lifecycle approaches to sustainable fashion, the book is divided into four sections:

  • source: explores the motivations for the selection of materials for fashion garments and suggests that garments can be made from materials that also assist in the management of textile waste
  • make: discusses the differing approaches to the design and manufacture of sustainable fashion garments that can also provide the opportunity for waste control and minimization
  • use: explores schemes that encourage the consumer to engage in slow fashion consumption
  • last: examines alternative solutions to the predictable fate of most garments – landfill.

Illustrated throughout with case studies of best practice from international designers and fashion labels and written in a practical, accessible style, this is a must-have guide for fashion and textile designers and students in their areas.

chapter |39 pages

Source

chapter |1 pages

Introduction

chapter |15 pages

1.1 Remediation

Discussing Fashion Textiles Sustainability

chapter |4 pages

1.2 Case Study

Upcycling Materials for Fashion

chapter |3 pages

1.3 Case Study

New Materials for Fashion

chapter |12 pages

1.4 Sustainable Textiles

Nature or Nurture?

chapter |42 pages

Make

chapter |1 pages

Introduction

chapter |16 pages

2.1 Producing Sustainable Fashion

The Points for Positive Intervention by the Fashion Designer

chapter |4 pages

2.2 Case Study

The Tailor's Craft

chapter |3 pages

2.3 Case Study

The Perfect Solution

chapter |15 pages

2.4 Zero-Waste Design Practice

Strategies and Risk Taking for Garment Design

chapter |41 pages

Use

chapter |1 pages

Introduction

chapter |4 pages

3.2 Case Study

Slowing Fashion

chapter |4 pages

3.3 Case Study

Personalizing Fashion

chapter |12 pages

3.4 Designing Endurance

chapter |36 pages

Last

chapter |1 pages

Introduction

chapter |14 pages

4.1 Textile Recycling Options

Exploring What Could Be

chapter |4 pages

4.2 Case Study

Reuse in the Fashion Cycle

chapter |3 pages

4.3 Case Study

A New Future Fashion Industry