Historical Perspectives on Sustainable Fashion: Inspiration for Change by Jennif

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For centuries, the fashion industry has struggled to reconcile style with sustainability. In Historical Perspectives on Sustainable Fashion, you will be transported back in time to discover the historical dimensions of today's sustainable fashion movement. An array of success stories and cautionary tales provide both inspiration and warnings for the eco-conscious designer, encouraging an innovative approach that builds on predecessors' discoveries to move the practice of fashion forward.The 1st edition, Sustainable Fashion: Past, Present and Future, emerged from the Museum at FIT's groundbreaking exhibition 'Eco-Fashion: Going Green'. This revised edition broadens perspectives even further, incorporating eye-opening examples of designers, brands and activists working for change across the world today. Likewise, a new chapter examines the globalized mainstream fashion system and historical alternatives that provide compelling inspiration for reimagining the status quo.Fascinating and timely, Historical Perspectives on Sustainable Fashion examines progressive fashion through a historical lens, encouraging readers to question the state of the industry and demonstrating the value of historical insights in enabling and inspiring change.

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Author Biography

Amy Twigger Holroyd is Associate Professor of Fashion and Sustainability in the School of Art & Design at Nottingham Trent University, UK.Jennifer Farley Gordon is an affiliate faculty member in the Apparel, Events & Hospitality Management department at Iowa State University, USA. She is also an independent researcher, writer, and curator, and formerly worked as an assistant curator at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (MFIT) in New York, USA.Colleen Hill is Curator of Costume and Accessories at the Museum at FIT in New York, USA.

Table of Contents

Introduction1. Materials and processesMaterials and processes: how did we get here?The development of cottonWool and its competitorsSilk and rayonSynthetic fibersUnconventional materialsThe invention of synthetic dyesHuman impacts of dyeingEnvironmental impacts of dyeingMaterials and processes: inspiration for changeOrganic cottonThe resurgence of woolHemp and flaxLyocell and bambooLower impact dyesNatural dyesMaterials and processes: thinking criticallyMaterials and processes: further reading2. Design and ManufactureDesign and manufacture: how did we get here?Clothing production before mechanizationAdvancements in spinning and weavingThe sewing machine and ready-made clothingChoice and disposabilityDesign and manufacture: inspiration for changeWartime restrictions and qualityPost-war coutureArtisanal techniques and slow fashion5Design featuresDesign and manufacture: thinking criticallyDesign and manufacture: further reading3. Reuse and RecyclingReuse and recycling: how did we get here?Repurposing practicesShawls and scrapsThe Great Depression and the Second World WarShoddy recyclingReuse and recycling: inspiration for changePost-war repurposingThe rise of vintageRepurposing and upcycling in the 1990s and 2000A new era of fiber recyclingReuse and recycling: thinking criticallyReuse and recycling: further reading4. Labor PracticesLabor practices: how did we get here?Textile millsChild laborGarment factoriesGlobalization and sweatshopsSubcontracting and safetyLabor practices: inspiration for changeUnionizationLabelingDesigner-led actionLabor rights in a globalized industryCooperatives and fair tradeLabor practices: thinking criticallyLabor practices: further reading5. Treatment of AnimalsTreatment of animals: how did we get here?Feather adornmentsThe use of furTrapping and farmingTreatment of animals: inspiration for changeAnti-feather campaignsAnti-fur campaignsFake and "ethical" furTreatment of animals: thinking criticallyTreatment of animals: further reading6. Fashion systemsFashion systems: how did we get here?Enclosure, capitalism and modernityThe European fashion system and the Industrial RevolutionConsumerism and changeFashion systems: inspiration for changeHow clothes are usedNew approaches to dressing the bodyChallenging social normsDomestic and custom makingLocal production and local distinctivenessRestricting and managing productionFashion systems: thinking criticallyFashion systems: further readingConclusionNotesSelect bibliographyGlossaryIndex

Review

Succeeds in bringing together many of the themes and ideas around ethical fashion. (1st edition) -- CostumeI have really valued this book since it was first published. It is well-written and accessible, but most importantly, through giving the historical perspectives, it shows the antecedents of the issues plaguing fashion now. -- Alice Payne, Queensland University of Technology, AustraliaThe book is aimed at fashion students – its layout, photographs and pitch make it a successful academic text. It is a springboard from which they are invited to delve deeper into the subject. (1st edition) -- Hayley Mildren * Resource *The ecological issues of the present day are pressing and we do not have all the answers. By looking to the lessons of history, fashion designers, manufacturers, consumers and resistors can each gain a deeper understanding of how we got to where we are today, and how we might use past practices as a departure point for radical change and as a sourcebook of inspirational methods to refresh present-day thinking. Through a clear structure, covering Materials and Process, Design and Manufacture, Reuse and Recycling, Labour Practices, and Treatment of Animals, the authors construct a usable past of origin stories and contemporary parallels in the production and consumption of clothing. The historical research sits alongside museum examples of surviving garments, while the contemporary debates engage with the latest arguments and the freshest responses to the urgent need to do fashion differently. By the close of the final chapter, which looks at fashion systems in the round, and encourages imaginative and speculative thinking, readers will be inspired to take up history's gauntlet and find new solutions to fashion's enduring problems. - Annebella Pollen, Professor of Visual and Material Culture, University of Brighton, UK

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A detailed study of the history of sustainable fashion design, drawing parallels between past and present practice to encourage today's innovators to build on the work of their predecessors.

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"The book is aimed at fashion students - its layout, photographs and pitch make it a successful academic text. It is a springboard from which they are invited to delve deeper into the subject. (1st edition)" -- Resource

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A detailed study of the history of sustainable fashion design, drawing parallels between past and present practice to encourage today's innovators to build on the work of their predecessors.

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Updated with international examples and two new chapters on the fashion system and the role of the fashion consumer/user - this revised edition has been restructured to reflect the fashion production cycle from the cultivation of raw materials through manufacturing and distribution to reuse and recycling

Details ISBN1350160431 Author Dr Amy Twigger Holroyd Short Title Historical Perspectives on Sustainable Fashion Language English Year 2023 Edition 2nd ISBN-10 1350160431 ISBN-13 9781350160439 Format Paperback Publication Date 2023-02-09 Imprint Bloomsbury Visual Arts Subtitle Inspiration for Change Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom NZ Release Date 2023-02-09 UK Release Date 2023-02-09 Pages 216 Illustrations 100 bw illus Edition Description 2nd edition DEWEY 746.92 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2023-04-05 We've got this

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