Sustainable Fashion: Why Now?: A Conversation Exploring Issues, Practices, and Possibilities [Paperback]

Janet Hethorn (Author), Connie Ulasewicz (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 15, 2008 | ISBN-10: 156367534X | ISBN-13: 978-1563675348 | Edition: 1

Through a collection of essays, Sustainable Fashion: Why Now? examines the issues of sustainability that designers, product developers, and consumers confront as they go about creating, wearing, and recycling clothing and fashion. It also considers what sustainability means alongside fashion two seemingly contradictory concepts because fashion is all about change, and sustainability is all about preservation. Through a lively range of perspectives, the contributors discuss new ideas on how to produce fashion with a sense of ethics, organic, or renewable resources, and socially responsible manufacturing techniques. This book is divided into three sections, providing an interconnected and circular way to explore the creation and practice of sustainable fashion through people, processes, and the environment. Cover: 100 percent Recycled, Contains 30 percent Post Consumer Waste (PCW) and Text: Contains 30 percent Post Consumer Waste (PCW), Acid-free and qualifies as permanent recycled paper.

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"Sustainable Fashion: Why Now? is a critical read for anyone with ties to the fashion industry: designers, marketers, product developers, retailers, teachers, students, and consumers that want to become involved with balancing the fashion desires of the individual with the need to be a steward of our environment." Fashion Practice --Bookstore

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* Cover is made from 100% Recycled Paper

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Product Details

• Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: Fairchild Pubns; 1 edition (April 15, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 156367534X
• ISBN-13: 978-1563675348
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #859,151 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A New Definition January 3, 2009

By Susan E. Ospital

Format:Paperback

Various perspectives, ideas and practices of professionals in the fashion field address the importance of sustainability as it pertains to the fashion industry through its three main divisions found within the text. The traditional concept of fashion is challenged to a new height where present development, manufacturing, shipping and merchandising of textiles and products is being openly questioned and answered with a variety of possibilities. Here fashion is re-envisioned through the investigation of new or different resources that can be easily renewed; through design, sewing techniques and recycling, eliminating waste in a garments production to its life's end and rebirth into a new creation. Our world's present environmental situation can no longer be ignored, making the time for sustainable awareness and action regarding fashion around the globe everyone's business.Practicing environmental stewardship in fashion from beginning to beginning allows each person/consumer to think outside the box, to be empowered to make a difference to help the earth, sustain ourselves and still allow fashion to thrive through a new definition.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource for sustainable fashion! October 8, 2011

By edynaye

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I am very pleased with this book and am using it in my graduate research on sustainable fashion. It is an excellent source of information and provides solid, scholarly viewpoints on sustainability covering a variety of topics such as zero-waste and slow design, fibers, consumerism, economic impacts, regulations, and technology to name a few. Whether you are just discovering sustainable fashion or have already been researching this subject, this is a "must-have" resource for your library!