Introduction: Self and beauty • 1. Culture and consumption • Desire and fashion • 2. Design and innovation • Craft and industry • 3. Transparency and livelihood • Speed and distance • 4. Ecology and waste • Techno eco • 5. New fashion paradigms
Unprecedented in scope, this is the definitive reference on all aspects of sustainable fashion
Sandy Black is Professor of Fashion and Textile Design and Technology at the London College of Fashion. She has published widely on fashion, textiles and knitwear design and sustainability, and their intersection with science, technology and craft.
'A huge range of examples and perspectives on sustainable fashion …
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