num_pages: 352
description: This sourcebook on all aspects of sustainable fashion encompasses not only the environmental issues presented by a wasteful and fast-moving fashion cycle but also the social impact of the global fashion industry which employs up to forty million people worldwide in manufacturing and agriculture.Sandy Black has assembled contributions from a diverse group with a range of perspectives: designers and technicians academics and journalists environmental and social action campaigners craft specialists and artists eco-entrepreneurs and representatives of global corporations. Each chapter presents essays by leading writers and thinkers; interviews and statements from designers such as Stella McCartney Vivienne Westwood and Hussein Chalayan; and case studies on everything from the life cycle of jeans to smart textiles and fair trade projects.
language: English
title: The Sustainable Fashion Handbook
publisher: Thames & Hudson