Fashion design solutions for environmentally conscious consumers

17th World Textile Conference AUTEX 2017 - Shaping the Future of Textiles

Wagner, M.^1,2,3 ; Chen, Y.^3 ; Curteza, A.^2 ; Thomassey, S.^1 ; Perwuelz, A.^1 ; Zeng, X.^1

GEMTEX, ENSAIT, 2 Allée Louise et Victor Champier, Roubaix

59056, France^1

Faculty of Textiles Leather and Industrial Management, Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi, B-dul. D. Mangeron Nr. 67, Iasi

700050, Romania^2

College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou

215006, China^3

关键词: Circular designs;    Design features;    Design for recycling;    Design solutions;    Ethical practices;    Impact on the environment;    Presented examples;    Sustainable products;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/254/19/192017/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/254/19/192017

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

This paper intends to give an overview of the design solutions in fashion for environmentally conscious consumers, presenting green and ethical practices in contemporary clothing design. The results introduce the concept of slow fashion and discuss available fashion design solutions, giving most prominent examples of sustainable products and brands, these contain one or more design features. By this, the discussion extracts the main contemporary ideas. The presented examples of current offers are all envisioning less impact on the environment and society. Sustainable design solutions use more environmentally friendly materials such as organic cotton, incorporate circular design or design for recycling, e.g., replacing button closures with alternative closing possibilities or leather labels with printed versions, or ensure long product life through durability, among other methods. There are differing designs due to creators' individuality. This overview can be beneficial for the future development of new solutions for more environmentally friendly fashion.