The aim of this paper is to assess opportunities for the upcycling of waste clothing through
design workshops held in Accra, Ghana. An upcycling approach to clothing longevity …

Clothing has long been reused, and garments have been retailored, to create new textures
of value and give unwanted things a second life. Social and cultural research has focused …

This article addresses the fashion movement referred to as 'clothing upcycling'and the
observations of textile practitioners and designers in Otago, New Zealand utilising these …

Sustainability in fashion is a big challenge, and textile waste can be used as the raw
material for value-added products. A framework has been developed in the present chapter …

The practices of reuse and repurposing as sustainability measures are on the rise,
particularly in the Global North, emphasizing environmental sustainability. In the Global …

This paper summarises the results of a more than 5-year practice-led study on the use of
upcycling design and production methods in garment mass production. The efficiency of …

This book discusses in detail the concepts of recycling and upcycling and their implications
for the textiles and fashion sector. In addition to the theoretical concepts, the book also …

Designers and product developers are taking greater responsibility for the problems
presented by the inefficient and unsustainable systems used to create new fashion items …

The textile sector is considered one of the most polluting sectors of society. In order to
generate a transformation in value-added products from the textile production chain, the …

This chapter explores the relatively newly coined'upcycling'process as a viable recycling
method for re-using what would otherwise be textile waste; and compares the upcycling …