Shaping Sustainable Fashion: Changing the Way We Make and Use Clothes
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| Rating | : | 4.38 (923 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1849712425 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Rissanen and Gwilt combine their professional and research findings astutely to present original and practical solutions to some of the major challenges facing fashion practices - present and future.' Hazel Clark, PhD, Dean, School of Art and Design History and Theory, Parsons the New School for Design, New York . 'Alison Gwilt and Timo Rissanen are zero-waste pioneers.' New York Times 'An authoritative new book that provides an eloquent description of the scale of the problem, both in terms of the environmental impact of the fashion industry and the myriad ways in which the current industry is stacked against sustainable practice.' DAMn Magazine 'This book is an invaluable reference for anyone serious about designing fashion and textiles for sustainability. Shaping Sustainable Fashion illustrates four meaningful and memorable areas to create sustainable solutions across a garment'
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. 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.. 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 wastemake: discusses the differing approaches to the design and manufacture of sustainable fashion garments that can also provide the opportunity for waste control and minimizationuse: explores schemes that encourage the consumer to engage in slow fashion consumptionlast: examines alternative solutions to the predictable fate of most garments – landfill
Alison Gwilt is the Course Director for Fashion & Textile Design at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia and is a fashion design academic and researcher who has been exploring sustainable solutions and strategies for fashion and textile design through her practice-based research activities and PhD studies. His fashion design practice is informed by inquisitive patternmaking and broad sustainability concer
A great resource for teaching secondary students. Renee Clothier Although this book was published in 2011 it still has lots of great material in it that I will use a lot when teaching my Textiles classes. There's a good balance of textual and pictorial information and also many website links for further research. I will enjoy using this resource with my students as it will st. Great book - very informative This is a great book - it is written in a clear but interesting way, weaving research and practice together, with new ideas + possible solutions to sticky problems thrown in. There are a lot of links to other resources + companies. Some of these obviously date, so are now not in business, but others are. I parti. The book was printed nice and shipping was fast The book was printed nice and shipping was fast. However, the front few pages were not glued strong enough. I just got from my mail box today and they were already apart.