Andrew S. Kim World Making Mateusz Pawel Halawa Final Paper Fast Fashion Problems And Sustainable Solution for Fashion Fast fashion is a term used by fashion retailers to express that designs move from runway quickly in order to capture current fashion trends. Fast fashion clothing collections are based on the most recent fashion trends from both fall and spring fashion week. This fast fashion strategy is currently used by well-known brands such as H&M, Zara, Top shop and many other brands. Fast fashion allows consumers to take advantage of current clothing styles at a lower price because fast fashion trends are designed and manufactured quickly and cheaply. However convenient aspect of fast fashion has been leading to promote consumerism since clothing had become unfashionable and not wearable quickly. Also a lot of these garments are made of unsustainable fabrics, which is a huge threat to our ecosystem. Solution for problems in fast fashion is needed. It is certain that people are getting more used to wasting products that are still reliable to use and, especially in fashion, not that many people are aware of the concept of sustainability. Although concept of recycling paper, plastic and glass has now spread a cross the states, people still doesn’t know how to recycle or reuse their clothing. “65 pounds of clothing and textiles a year are improperly discarded and only an eight of that goes to charities for reuse [1].” This indicates how unaware people are when it comes to taking care of their garments. Or rather, the way in which fast fashion industry promotes the value of cloth is very low, and it is because the fashion industry wants people to get rid of their clothing as soon as possible in order to sell their new colle... ... middle of paper ... ...uided towards organizations and consumers towards a common goal, which is to create a sustainable society, starting with fashion. “We quietly accept that people are important, and quickly move onto discussions of how to do things with, for and to people”[4]. Although changing the system it self will take enormous efforts and time, it is important to execute the process one by one by accepting the problems to creative solutions. 1. "'Fast Clothes' Versus 'Green Clothes'" By Elisabeth Rosenthal. An article from The New York Times. 2. Waste Couture: Environmental Impact of the Clothing Industry. From Environmental Health Perspective, Volume 115, Number 9. 3. Simians, Cyborgs, and Woman: The Reinvention of Nature. Haraway, Donna J. Routledge. Florence, KY, USA 4. Zoontechnica: Questioning the Centre of Human-centered Design. Ian Hargraves and Nassim Jafarinaimi
...d up in Salvation Army bins. The U.S. textile recycling industry enables Africans to dress well for very little money. In 2003, used clothing was by far America’s largest export to Tanzania, and it ranked fourth worldwide as a customer for America’s castoffs, with competition from countries such as Beijing, and the Republic of the Congo.”
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Are you worried about global climate change? Have you ever wondered how you contribute to this problem? What about the impact of the clothes you buy? We have put together estimated information from three different types of stores to help you realize options you have as consumers to be more green. Patagonia is an example of an environmentally conscious and globally active store. The same is true for H&M but it aims to provide affordable, fashionable clothing at the same time. The Wardrobe in Davis, California is an example of a local store, community built and owned.
Haraway, Donna J. "A Cyborg Manifesto: Science, Technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century". Simians, Cyborgs, and Women. The Reinvention of Nature. London: Free Association Books, 1991.
The slow fashion concept is discussed by design historian Hazel Clark and Kate Fletcher as an approach to fashion that celebrates local, small-scale, artisanal, and long-lasting clothing (Black, 2015). In doing so, it also “challenges [fast] fashion’s obsession with mass-production and globalized style [to become] a guardian of diversity”, as stated by Kate Fletcher (2010). They explain what slow fashion is, but not how it relates to haute couture specifically. Artisanal, as defined by the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, means “produced in limited quantities by an artisan through the use of traditional methods”. If that is the case, then the fashion designer or couturier of a haute couture house is the artisan. Couture uses traditional hand sewing techniques to produce their exclusive haute couture collections. The techniques used and the exclusivity are what relate the concept of slow fashion to haute couture as a whole. It relates to both large haute couture houses, but also to the smaller ateliers located around the world, including the atelier of Don Fabian
Fashion in the 21th century is a big business, as its production employs millions of people and generates billions of dollars in revenue. Fashion has for the past century been, and is still today, used as an indicator of social change and progress, as it changes with the social norms of the society and the political changes of the world (Finkelstein 3).
We propose that Hang Ten should engage in reverse logistics. This involves mainly recycling and remanufacturing processes. Textile recycling is the method of reusing or reprocessing used clothing, fibrous material and clothing scraps from the manufacturing process. Apart from this cotton that is a vital component in apparels can...
In ninety minutes, Andrew Morgan’s documentary, The True Cost, shows the story of the clothes we wear today, the people who make these clothes, and the impact it’s having on the world. The link between the people making the clothes and the consumers who are buying it, is investigated to show the truth behind the fashion industry’s low-costs. The goal of this film is to get people to change the way they think about the things they wear.
Fashion is an integrated part of people’s lives from a long time ago, both for men and women. Fashion has been developing over years and changing in such a short time in each period. The changing of fashion often create a new trend or recreate an old trend to be a new trend once again. People tend to fit their style constantly with the changing of the trend. However, fashion is a rapid industry which means people have to be very responsive to the newest and up to date trend and keep their eyes on it. To be able to do so, people must understand the fashion clothing and material which is related to trend. Also, people must have a good understanding of key elements in the clothing including the ability to focus on the
This article is about the overall impacts of fast fashion. The particular section referenced discusses possible solutions and alternatives to fast fashion. It talks about how it is possible to produce environmentally friendly clothing through the use of organic cotton, bamboo, hemp, and other fiber crops that require less pesticides, water, and other inputs. It goes on to share how certain brands are beginning to implement the model of sustainable clothing. The point of this article is to introduce readers to the topic of fast fashion, give background, and show readers what they
Before I started the master’s program Sustainable Citizenship as part of Cultural Anthropology, I studied and worked in the fashion industry. My indignation about this industry started to increase while learning more details about how clothes are produced. During this bachelor study, I worked for a very small fashion brand. My responsibility within this brand was to keep the brand as sustainable as possible. However, what is as sustainable as possible? I was the only person of 24 people that envisioned a sustainable brand. Others worked on financial forecasting, production schedules, and brand marketing. How was I able to make this brand as sustainable as possible, and again, what does that mean?
Fast-fashion, one of the most unspoken problems currently plaguing the United States. Yes, there is the plague of obesity, fast-food, and discrimination, but average Americans have an astute understanding of those problems.Many people wouldn’t believe there was such a thing as fast-fashion, just fashion, plain and simple. But what is fast-fashion, and what makes it so appealing? Fast-fashion is the rapidly changing styles commonly starting with celebrities than moving down the consumer chain to the average American. The appeal and falsified glory of it comes from being able to buy clothes so easily and at such an affordable cost. The prices are so low it’s making it increasingly harder for people to say no and wear the clothing that they already
Margot H.Hill & Bucknell A.Peter (1967) The Evolution of Fashion:Pattern and cut from 1066 to 1930, The United state of America,Newyork.p.82-146.
Behind fast-changing fashion trends, the apparel industry generates substantial environmental and resource depletion problems throughout the textile lifecycle. To respond to these trends, fashion designers and merchandisers have been motivated to practice sustainability in design and production. Some sustainable options are available, such as organic fibers and environmentally safe dyes. Still, there are challenges for apparel designers and merchandisers when trying to realize sustainability (Gam & Banning, 2011). Primary practices involve replacing harmful chemicals with environmentally friendly materials, and reducing amounts of waste and resource consumption through apparel recycling. A more recent sustainable movement in the industry is slow fashion. It is a socially conscious movement that shifts consumers ' mindsets from quantity to quality, encouraging people to buy high-quality items less often (Fletcher, 2012). Slow fashion encompasses slow production and consumption (Jung & Jin 2014). Another solution can be C2CAD, it is a sustainable apparel design and production model- cradle to cradle apparel production model, which can be useful for both apparel designers and manufacturers to overcome a few production issues of sustainable apparel (Gam, Cao, Farr, & Heine, 2009). It is very important to document current challenges the apparel industry experiences
Sustainable fashion is among the developing design viewpoint and movement of sustainability with the main objective of establishing a structure, which can be sustained for the foreseeable future in terms of conservationism and social accountability. This implies that all the products made are developed with much consideration to the environmental and social influence all through its overall lifetime encompassing its carbon imprint. It is revealed that sustainable fashion is not just a short time trend but one, which could endure for a long time (Fletcher 76). Beforehand, conservationism used to represent itself in the fashion world through the contribution of a portion of transactions of products for a charitable reason.