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9780415828598 0415828597 The clothing industry employs 25 million people globally contributing to many livelihoods and the prosperity of communities, to women's independence, and the establishment of significant infrastructures in poorer countries. Yet the fashion industry is also a significant contributor to the degradation of natural systems, with the associated environmental footprint of clothing high in comparison with other products. Routledge Handbook of Sustainability and Fashion recognizes the complexity of aligning fashion with sustainability. It explores fashion and sustainability at the levels of products, processes, and paradigms and takes a truly multi-disciplinary approach to critically question and suggest creative responses to issues of: * Fashion in a post-growth society * Fashion, diversity and equity * Fashion, fluidity and balance across natural, social and economic systems This handbook is a unique resource for a wide range of scholars and students in the social sciences, arts and humanities interested in sustainability and fashion., The clothing industry employs 26 million people globally contributing to many livelihoods and the prosperity of communities, to women's independence, and the establishment of significant infrastructures in poorer countries. Yet the fashion industry is also a significant contributor to the degradation of natural systems, with the associated environmental footprint of clothing high in comparison with other products. This comprehensive Handbookrecognizes the complexity of aligning fashion with sustainability. It explores fashion and sustainability at the levels of products, processes, and services and takes a truly multi-disciplinary approach to critically question issues of: Fashion in a post-growth society Fashion, diversity and equity Fashion, fluidity and balance across natural, social and economic systems The first part covers economic, political, socio-cultural, and material systems. The second part is informed by multiple and plural perspectives ranging from business and branding to the role of media in fashion and communicating sustainability; from consumption to feminism; from ethics to technology. The third part looks at ways to move from fashion as a 'problem' to fashion as a 'resource' through multiple prisms, such as activism, community, power, and new materialism. The Routledge Handbook of Sustainability and Fashionis a unique resource for a wide range of scholars and students in the social sciences, arts and humanities interested in sustainability and fashion.
9780415828598 0415828597 The clothing industry employs 25 million people globally contributing to many livelihoods and the prosperity of communities, to women's independence, and the establishment of significant infrastructures in poorer countries. Yet the fashion industry is also a significant contributor to the degradation of natural systems, with the associated environmental footprint of clothing high in comparison with other products. Routledge Handbook of Sustainability and Fashion recognizes the complexity of aligning fashion with sustainability. It explores fashion and sustainability at the levels of products, processes, and paradigms and takes a truly multi-disciplinary approach to critically question and suggest creative responses to issues of: * Fashion in a post-growth society * Fashion, diversity and equity * Fashion, fluidity and balance across natural, social and economic systems This handbook is a unique resource for a wide range of scholars and students in the social sciences, arts and humanities interested in sustainability and fashion., The clothing industry employs 26 million people globally contributing to many livelihoods and the prosperity of communities, to women's independence, and the establishment of significant infrastructures in poorer countries. Yet the fashion industry is also a significant contributor to the degradation of natural systems, with the associated environmental footprint of clothing high in comparison with other products. This comprehensive Handbookrecognizes the complexity of aligning fashion with sustainability. It explores fashion and sustainability at the levels of products, processes, and services and takes a truly multi-disciplinary approach to critically question issues of: Fashion in a post-growth society Fashion, diversity and equity Fashion, fluidity and balance across natural, social and economic systems The first part covers economic, political, socio-cultural, and material systems. The second part is informed by multiple and plural perspectives ranging from business and branding to the role of media in fashion and communicating sustainability; from consumption to feminism; from ethics to technology. The third part looks at ways to move from fashion as a 'problem' to fashion as a 'resource' through multiple prisms, such as activism, community, power, and new materialism. The Routledge Handbook of Sustainability and Fashionis a unique resource for a wide range of scholars and students in the social sciences, arts and humanities interested in sustainability and fashion.