During the covid-19 pandemic in spring 2020, I considered what fashion might look like from the consumer’s perspective in 5 years.1 The “new normal” is changing the way people see the world, and increasing understanding of the role of fashion and clothing in the connected, global, ecological future. This essay takes three garment types and explores how they might be made and used in 50 years’ time, drawing on insights from multiple research projects and partnerships at the Centre for Circular Design (CCD)
Abstract: This paper reviews work conducted by practiced-based textile design researchers based at ...
Sustainability and circularity within the retail sector have been spoken about and havegained tracti...
This paper explores the concept of the circular economy within the context of fashion and textile de...
COVID-19 has challenged so many of humanity’s certainties, but it has also shown that we are able to...
The circular economy concept has made a strong entry into the sustainable fashion discourse in recen...
The current fashion design, production, and consumption system, known as ‘fast fashion’, is characte...
The fashion sector contributes significantly to global environmental pollution. Clothing manufacturi...
Climate change is a threat to global sustainable development and the fashion industry is one of the ...
The textile and clothing (T&C) industry has long been associated with unsustainable practices, lacki...
The unbridled consumption of clothing threatens the environment. In fashion communities, a discussio...
Circular fashion has become a favoured option for the fashion industry to transition toward as the f...
The promotion of sustainable fashion within a circular economy is a vital contemporary topic. This p...
The current prevailing take-make-waste economy has caused the global climate crisis, operating outsi...
World Circular Textiles Day, which will take place every year on 8th October, was launched in 2020 t...
Every year, the fashion sector emits 1.2 billion tons of greenhouse gases. Fast fashion, which is a...
Abstract: This paper reviews work conducted by practiced-based textile design researchers based at ...
Sustainability and circularity within the retail sector have been spoken about and havegained tracti...
This paper explores the concept of the circular economy within the context of fashion and textile de...
COVID-19 has challenged so many of humanity’s certainties, but it has also shown that we are able to...
The circular economy concept has made a strong entry into the sustainable fashion discourse in recen...
The current fashion design, production, and consumption system, known as ‘fast fashion’, is characte...
The fashion sector contributes significantly to global environmental pollution. Clothing manufacturi...
Climate change is a threat to global sustainable development and the fashion industry is one of the ...
The textile and clothing (T&C) industry has long been associated with unsustainable practices, lacki...
The unbridled consumption of clothing threatens the environment. In fashion communities, a discussio...
Circular fashion has become a favoured option for the fashion industry to transition toward as the f...
The promotion of sustainable fashion within a circular economy is a vital contemporary topic. This p...
The current prevailing take-make-waste economy has caused the global climate crisis, operating outsi...
World Circular Textiles Day, which will take place every year on 8th October, was launched in 2020 t...
Every year, the fashion sector emits 1.2 billion tons of greenhouse gases. Fast fashion, which is a...
Abstract: This paper reviews work conducted by practiced-based textile design researchers based at ...
Sustainability and circularity within the retail sector have been spoken about and havegained tracti...
This paper explores the concept of the circular economy within the context of fashion and textile de...