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Sustainable fashion : what's next? a conversation about issues, practices and possibilities

Title
Sustainable fashion : what's next? a conversation about issues, practices and possibilities / [edited by] Janet Hethorn, Connie Ulasewicz.
Publication
  • New York, NY : Fairchild Books, 2015.
  • ©2015
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Additional Authors
  • Hethorn, Janet
  • Ulasewicz, Connie
Description
xxx, 416 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
"As issues surrounding sustainability in the fashion industry continue to evolve, the conversation in this collection of essays from leading fashion scholars, thinkers and practitioners has been updated with current concepts and industry practices. This revised edition examines the challenges that designers, product developers, and consumers confront as they create, wear, and recycle clothing and fashion. The introductions to each section have been completely revamped to provide readers with a foundation for the concepts and principles of sustainability covered in detail in the chapter essays. Contributors include experts such as Lucy Dunne writing about how technology is helping create a sustainable fashionable future and Timo Rissanen on his innovative methods for creating fashion with zero fabric waste"--
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Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: -- Foreword by William McDonough, University of Virginia, US Preface Introduction Section 1: Connecting with People on Sustainable Practices Introduction Chapter 1: The Fashion of Sustainability by Linda Welters, University of Rhode Island, US Chapter 2: Seeking Responsibility and Innovation in the Sewn Products Industry by Connie Ulasewicz, San Francisco State University, US Chapter 3: User-Centered Innovation: Design Thinking and Sustainability by Janet Hethorn, University of Delaware, US Chapter 4: Social Media as a Tool for Social Change by Domenica Peterson, Garment Industry Executive, US Chapter 5: Issues of Social Responsibility and the Challenges Faced by the Decision Makers and the Decision Doers by Connie Ulasewicz, San Francisco State University, US Best Practices: The Filippa K Story Section II: Production and Economic Processes in the Global Economy Introduction Chapter 6: Mixing Metaphors in the Fiber, Textile, and Apparel Complex: Moving Forward by Susan Kaiser, University of California, Davis, US Chapter 7: Economy of Scale: A Global Context by Paul Gill, Garment Industry Executive, US Chapter 8: Zero Waste Fashion Design by Timo Rissanen, Parsons The New School for Design, US Chapter 9: Economic Impact of Textile and Clothing Recycling by Jana Hawley, Kansas State University, US Chapter 10: Technology and Sustainable Futures by Lucy Dunne, University of Minnesota, US Best Practices: Sri Lanka: A Model of Sustainable Apparel Industry Initiatives by Suzanne Loker, Cornell University, US Section III: The Environment, the Planet and the Materials Used in Fashion Making Introduction Chapter 11: Treatise for Fashion Sustainable Thinking by Van Dyk Manasseh Lewis, Cornell University, US Chapter 12: Designing for the Circular Economy: Cradle to Cradle Design by Annie McCourt, Textile & Apparel Associate, Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute and Lewis Perkins, Senior VP, Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute Chapter 13: Fibers: Exploring Healthy and Clean Fiber by Gail Baugh, San Francisco State University and Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, US Chapter 14: Sustainable Sourcing by Shona Barton Quinn, Fashion Institute of Technology, US Chapter 15: Challenges and Propositions: Alternate approaches to design and engagement by Helene Day-Fraser, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, CAN Best Practices: Peg and Awl: To make things out of other things Bibliography Index.
Call Number
TT497
ISBN
  • 9781628925319
  • 1628925310
LCCN
2015004180
OCLC
  • 891125938
  • 891125938
Title
Sustainable fashion : what's next? a conversation about issues, practices and possibilities / [edited by] Janet Hethorn, Connie Ulasewicz.
Publisher
New York, NY : Fairchild Books, 2015.
Copyright Date
©2015
Edition
Second edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Hethorn, Janet, editor.
Ulasewicz, Connie, editor.
Research Call Number
*R-SIBL TT497 .S97
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