Sustainable fashion
Subtitle: past, present, and future
By: Jennifer Farley Gordon and Colleen Hill
Contributors: Hill, Colleen, 1982- author
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9780857851857; 9780857851840
Subjects: Fashion design; Sustainable design; Environmental aspects; Moral and ethical aspects; History
Description: "Sustainable Fashion provides a unique and accessible overview of fashion ethics and sustainability issues of the past, present and future. This book is the first to situate today's eco-fashion movement in its multifaceted historical context and explore the historical relationship between fashion and the environment as far back as the early nineteenth century. Employing an expanded definition of sustainability that also considers ethical issues, Farley and Hill explore each stage of the fashion production cycle, from the cultivation of raw fibers to the shipment of the finished garment. Structured thematically, each of the six chapters is dedicated to the discussion of one major issue, from recycling and repurposing to labour practices and the treatment of animals. Including interviews with eco-fashion designers, Sustainable Fashion will appeal to students and scholars of fashion, as well as students of design, history and cultural studies"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.