Skip to content
1981
The Future of Sustainable Clothing Use Practice
  • ISSN: 2754-026X
  • E-ISSN: 2754-0278
file format pdf download PDF

Abstract

The first edition of 2024 for the () is a Special Issue linked to the recent conference that took place at Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland in 2023 facilitated by Kirsi Niinimäki of Aalto University, Finland, Cosette M. Joyner Martinez, now based at Texas State University, United States, Claudia E. Henninger from the University of Manchester, United Kingdom and Katia Dayan Vladimirova from the University of Geneva, Switzerland. The issue comprises of a variety of papers addressing ‘The Future of Sustainable Clothing Use Practice’. The papers present differing viewpoints and angles to tackle a key issue in the fashion industry that is linked to its dirty secret – its waste problem. The collection of articles outlines not only key contributions to the field, but also highlights areas of future research.

© 2024 Intellect Ltd
Loading

Article metrics loading...

/content/journals/10.1386/sft_00035_2
2024-06-28
2026-04-14

Metrics

Loading full text...

Full text loading...

/deliver/fulltext/sft/3/1/sft.3.1.3_Niinimaki.html?itemId=/content/journals/10.1386/sft_00035_2&mimeType=html&fmt=ahah

References

  1. Berg, Achim, Haug, Lara, Hedrich, Saskia and Magnus, Karl-Hendrik (2020), ‘Time for change’, McKinsey, May, https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/McKinsey/Industries/Retail/Our%20Insights/Time%20for%20change%20How%20to%20use%20the%20crisis%20to%20make%20fashion%20sourcing%20more%20agile%20and%20sustainable/Time-for-change-How-to-use-the-crisis-to-make-fashion-sourcing-more-agile-and-sustainable.ashx. Accessed 3 June 2020.
  2. Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) (2019), Fixing Fashion: Clothing Consumption and Sustainability, London: EAC, https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmenvaud/1952/full-report.html. Accessed 13 April 2024.
     [Google Scholar]
  3. European Environmental Agency (EEA) (2024), ‘Textiles’, EEA, 9 April, https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/topics/in-depth/textiles#:~:text=Around%204%2D9%25%20of%20all,and%202.7%20kg%20of%20shoes. Accessed 13 April 2024.
  4. Fletcher, Kate (2016), Craft of Use: Post-Growth Fashion, Abingdon: Routledge.
     [Google Scholar]
  5. Moorhouse, Debbie (2022), ‘Editorial’, International Journal of Sustainable Fashion & Textiles, 1:1, pp. 169–73.
     [Google Scholar]
  6. WRAP (2020a), Changing Our Clothes: Why the Clothing Sector Should Adopt New Business Models, London: WRAP, https://www.wrap.org.uk/content/changing-our-clothes-why-clothing-sector-should-adopt-new-business-models. Accessed 9 July 2020.
     [Google Scholar]
  7. WRAP (2020b), ‘67 million clothes could be discarded by UK homes post lockdown’, WRAP, 24 June, https://wrap.org.uk/content/67-million-clothes-could-be-discarded-uk-homes-post-lockdown. Accessed 9 July 2020.
     [Google Scholar]
/content/journals/10.1386/sft_00035_2
Loading
  • Article Type: Editorial
Keyword(s): aesthetics; longevity; mending; repair; resale; use practice

Most Cited Most Cited RSS feed

This is a required field
Please enter a valid email address
Approval was a success
Invalid data
An error occurred
Approval was partially successful, following selected items could not be processed due to error
Please enter a valid_number test