Sustainability in Fashion and Textiles

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Foreword Kate Fletcher Introduction Miguel Angel Gardetti and Ana Laura Torres Part I: The systemic vision and the value chain in the textile and fashion industry 1. Slow fashion: Tailoring a strategic approach for sustainability Carlotta Cataldi, Crystal Grover and Maureen Dickson, Co-founders, Slow Fashion Forward 2. Wisdoms from the fashion trenches Lynda Grose, Fashion Design for Sustainability, California College of the Arts, USA 3. From principle to practice: Embedding sustainability in clothing supply chain strategies Alison Ashby, Melanie Hudson Smith and Rory Shand, Plymouth Business School, UK 4. Managing chemical risk information: The case of Swedish retailers and Chinese suppliers in textile supply chains Kristin Fransson, Birgit Brunklaus and Sverker Molander, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden Yuntao Zhang, The Fourth Research and Design Engineering Corporation of CNNC, China 5. Innovation power of fashion focal companies and participation in sustainability activities in their supply network Harrie W.M. van Bommel, Saxion University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands 6. Sustainable colour forecasting: The benefits of creating a better colour trend forecasting system for consumers, the fashion industry and the environment Tracy Diane Cassidy, University of Leeds, UK 7. Fashioning use: A polemic to provoke pro-environmental garment maintenance Tullia Jack, The University of Melbourne, Australia 8. Fashion design education for sustainability practice: Reflections on undergraduate level teaching Lynda Grose, California College of the Arts, USA 9. Upcycling fashion for mass production Tracy Diane Cassidy, University of Leeds, UK Sara Li-Chou Han, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK 10. Creating new from that which is discarded: The collaborative San Francisco Tablecloth Repurposing Project Connie Ulasewicz and Gail Baugh, San Francisco State University, USA Part II: Marketing, brands and regulatory aspects in the textile and fashion industry 11. Sustainable consumption and production patterns in the clothing sector: Is green the new black? Ines Weller, University of Bremen, Germany 12. Redefining Made in Australia: A fair go for people and planet Cameron Neil and Kirsten Simpson, Net Balance, Australia Eloise Bishop, Ethical Clothing, Australia 13. Sustainability isn't sexy: An exploratory study into luxury fashion Iain A. Davies and Carla-Maria Streit, University of Bath, School of Management, UK 14. Ethical fashion in Western Europe: A survey of the status quo through the digital communications lens Ilaria Pasquinelli and Pamela Ravasio, texSture, UK 15. Effectiveness of standard initiatives: Rules and effectiveimplementation of transnational standard initiatives (TSI) in the apparel industry: An empirical examination Claude Meier, University of Zurich and University of Applied Sciences Zurich (HWZ), Switzerland Part III: The practice in textiles and fashion 16. Corporate responsibility in the garment industry: Towards shared value Anna Larsson, U&We, Sweden Katarina Buhr, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute and Linkoping University, Sweden Cecilia Mark-Herbert, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden 17. Zigzag or interlock? The case of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition Kim Poldner, University of St Gallen, Switzerland 18. Garments without guilt? A case study of sustainable garment sourcing in Sri Lanka Patsy Perry, George Davies Centre for Retail Excellence, Heriot-Watt University, UK 19. Next one, please: Integrating sustainability criteria in the procurement of operating-room textiles: The case of Germany Edeltraud Gunther, Technische Universitat Dresden, Germany Holger Hoppe, SCHOTT Solar, Germany Gabriel Weber, ENT Environment & Management, Spain Julia Hillmann, Technische Universitat Dresden, Germany 20. Development and the garment industry: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Sarah E. Heidebrecht, Alumna, Kansas State University, USA Joy M. Kozar, Kansas State University, USA Part IV: Consumer: purchase, identity, use and care of clothing and textiles 21. Young academic women's clothing practice: Interactions between fast fashion and social expectations in Denmark Charlotte Louise Jensen and Michael Sogaard Jorgensen, Department of Development and Planning, Aalborg University, Denmark 22. Connecting meanings and materials: Identity dynamics in sustainable fashion Fernando F. Fachin, HEC Montreal, Canada 23. Consumers' attitudes towards sustainable fashion: Clothing usage and disposal Helen Goworek and Alex Hiller, Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, UK Tom Fisher, School of Art and Design, Nottingham Trent University, UK Tim Cooper, School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment, Nottingham Trent University, UK Sophie Woodward, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester, UK Index