PublishedBloomsbury, February 2019 |
ISBN9781350058132 |
FormatSoftcover, 312 pages |
Dimensions24.6cm × 18.9cm |
Global Perspectives on Sustainable Fashion showcases the global fashion industry's efforts to reduce the negative impacts associated with fashion production and consumption. Illustrated throughout with infographics, photographs and diagrams of creative works, eighteen essays focus on six regions, examining sustainable fashion in the context of local, cultural and environmental concerns.
Also included are 18 regional Spotlight ' sections highlighting the differences and similarities across regions by concentrating on examples of best practice, design innovation and impact on the community. Charts the environmental, ethical and economic factors affecting the global fashion industry, using case studies of local solutions adopted by different regions, nations and communities. Alison Gwilt is Reader in Fashion and Sustainability at Sheffield Hallam University, UK, and author of A Practical Guide to Sustainable Fashion (2014) and Fashion Design For Living (2015).Alice Payne is a lecturer in Fashion at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. Evelise Anicet Ruthschilling is Associate Professor at the Art Institute of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazi
