Shaping Sustainable Fashion - Changing the Way We Make and Use Clothes (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Earthscan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2011
First published:	February 2011
Editors:	Alison Gwilt • Timo Rissanen
Dimensions:	177 x 248 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	192
ISBN-13:	978-1-84971-241-5
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Industrial / commercial art & design > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Development studies Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > General Books > Professional & Technical > Environmental engineering & technology > General Promotions
LSN:	1-84971-241-7
Barcode:	9781849712415

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