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Author:
Black, Sandy.
Title:
Eco-chic : the fashion paradox / Sandy Black.
Publisher:
Black Dog,
Copyright Date:
c2008
Description:
254 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Subject:
Fashion--Environmental aspects.
Fashion design--Environmental aspects.
Clothing trade--Environmental aspects.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
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 -- Issues in the fashion industry ; Approaches to the fashion paradox -- 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 Harkin 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 -- 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 -- 4. Fabric to fashion : Fashion cycles in the fashion industry ; Gap profile ; Zara profile ; Garment-manufacturing: Labour, sweatshops and livelihoods ; American Apparel profile -- Secondhand clothing -- 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 -- Organic textiles -- 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 ; Stella McCarney profile; Eco labelling ; Conclusions.
ISBN:
9781906155094
1906155097
1906155097 (pbk.)
9781906155094 (pbk.)
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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