Eco-chic
Subtitle: the fashion paradox
By: Sandy Black.
Publisher: Black Dog
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9781906155094
Subjects: Fashion -- Environmental aspects; Fashion design -- Environmental aspects; Clothing trade -- Environmental aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: 1. The greening of the fashion industry : Fast fashion ; The fashion paradox ; Lynda Grose profile ; People Tree profile ; Marks and Spencer profile ; Katharine Hamnett profile ; Sarah Ratty profile; title: Issues in the fashion industry ; Approaches to the fashion paradox; title: 2. Redesigning fashion : The  role of design and designers ; Life cycle of clothing ; The fashion supply chain: fashion stories ; Dru Lawson profile ; Del Forte profile ; Slowing down fashion ; Luxury goods ; Steven Harking profile ; Bespoke and customised clothes ; Fashion on demand and markets of one ; Gresham Blake profile ; Craft and mass-production ; Nuno profile ; Haat profile ; Techno-eco: future visions; title: 3. Fibre to fabric : Contemporary issues ; Fibre types ; Plant fibres ; Sustainable Cotton Project profile ; Gossypium profile ; Loop fabrics and Element 23 profile ; Animal fibres ; Speciality fibres ; Stewart and Brown profile ; Manmade or manufactured fibres ; Blended fibre fabrics ; Recycled fibres ; Kate Goldsworthy profile ; Dyeing and finishing ; The story of denim profile ; Natural Colour Cotton Company profile ; Production of fabrics; title: 4. Fabric to fashion : Fashion cycles in the fashion industry ; Gap profile ; Zara profile ; Garment-manufacturing: Labour, sweatshops and livelihoods ; American Apparel profile; title: Secondhand clothing; title: Past, present and future ; How design can impact the life cycle of a fashion garment ; Re-use and re-design ; Junky Styling profile ; Gary Harvey profile; title: Organic textile; title: New thinking ; Recycled materials ; Rebecca Earley profile ; Howies profile ; Terra Plana profile ; Eliminate waste ; Design for longer life ; New design and manufacturing processes ; Make less but smarter clothing ; From Somewhere profile ; Mina Perhonen profile ; Jurgen Lehl Babaghuri profile ; Reduce the impact of washing and aftercare ; Repair and remodelling services ; Eco labelling ; Conclusion.