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Sustainable Fashion: Why Now? A conversation exploring issues, practices, and possibilities
by Janet Hethorn, Connie Ulasewicz

List Price: $75.00
©2008, 424 pp., Softcover, 6x9 (978-1-56367-534-8)

Book category: Dress & Society • Social Responsibility
Meet the authors: Janet Hethorn • Connie Ulasewicz


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Through a collection of specially commissioned essays, Sustainable Fashion: Why Now? examines the issues of sustainability that designers, product developers, and consumers confront as they go about their business of creating, wearing, and recycling clothing and fashion. In a broader sense, the book considers what "sustainability" means alongside "fashion"—two seemingly contradictory concepts as fashion is all about change and sustainability, is all about preservation. Through a lively range of perspectives, the authors engage their readers in a dialogue on sustainable fashion that generates new ideas on how to produce fashion with a sense of ethics, organic or renewable resources, and socially responsible manufacturing techniques. The format of the book is an anthology, divided into three sections, each focused on an in-depth exploration of sustainable opportunity: "Connecting with Consumers on Issues Relating to Sustainable Practices," "Production and Economic Processes in the Global Economy," and "The Environment, the Planet, and the Materials Used in Fashion Making." This structure provides an interconnected and circular way to explore the creation and practice of sustainable fashion through people, processes, and the environment.

Sample Chapter (PDF)

Instructor's Guide (PDF)

• CONTENTS

  • The Fashion of Sustainability
  • Fashion, Social Marketing, and the Eco-Savvy Shopper
  • Consideration of Consumer Desire
  • Popular Culture, Marketing, and the Ethical Consumer
  • A Technology Enabled Sustainable Fashion System: Fashion's Future
  • Mixing Metaphors in the Fiber, Textile, and Apparel Complex: Toward a More Sustainable Fashion
  • Economy of Scale, A Global Context
  • Creating Fashion without the Creation of Fabric Waste
  • Economic Impact of Textile and Clothing Recycling
  • Developing Strategies for a Typology of Sustainable Fashion Design
  • Exploration of Materials: An Inspirational Overview
  • Environmental Impact of Textile Production
  • Fibers: Clean and Green Fiber Options
  • Environmental Stewardship and Sustainable Sourcing
  • Recycle and Reuse as Design Potential

  
  
• FEATURES

• Illustrated Best Practices that demonstrate, through interviews and examples, sustainable business practices in real-life scenarios.
• Comprehensive lists of key terms and websites for more information
• Instructor's Guide provides objectives, sample course syllabi for a 10-week and 15-week course, chapter-by-chapter overviews—introducing content; listing key terms; and including discussion questions, suggestions for activities, assignments, and worksheets

SPECIAL FEATURE

• Cover is made from 100% Recycled Paper