This chapter aims to identify ways in which consumers can be encouraged to behave more
sustainably towards the consumption, use and disposal of fashion products. It focuses on …

Sustainable Technologies for Fashion and Textiles combines the latest academic research
and industrial practices to shed light on a wide range of activities that influence how the …

A number of recent studies have documented the views and experiences of wearers as a
method of profiling patterns of garment use and care. These findings tell us how wearers …

Executive summary The Mistra Future Fashion research program was created to deliver
knowledge and solutions that the Swedish fashion industry and its stakeholders can use to …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is addressing the negative environment and social
impacts of the fashion industry that has emerged as a major societal challenge in the last …

Manufacturing operations in much of textile fashion have migrated from the developed
economies to developing countries in search of cost economies. Consideration for the …

The fate of clothing at the end of its life cycle has become increasingly burdensome and
complicated with the growth of mass production and multinational retail firms enabling the …

This study compared two strategies for reducing the environmental consequences of
garments: changing fibre types or increasing the number of wears per garment to avoid …

Zero-waste design is a sustainable way of manufacturing products. While sustainability can
be an outcome of such designing, in fashion, zero-waste design can also be a tremendously …

The apparel industry is a major contributor to environmental problems from textile
manufacturing through garment production and distribution to consumer discard—donation …