Fashion, Textiles and the Circular Economy The Transition to a Sustainable Future

Introduction: Reweaving the Textile and Fashion Industry: Past Ruptures, Present Transitions, Future Possibilities

Rumy Narayan, Olga Dziubaniuk, Jeniffer de Nadae, and Leena Aarikka-Stenroos

Part I - Fixing the Linear Regime: Industrial Rupture and Consolidation

1. Coming Back to the Roots: Longitudinal Case Study of the Transition from Global to Local

Emilia Kangas, Sanna Joensuu-Salo, and Anni Rajala

2. Circular Economy Transitions in Fashion: Infrastructures of Labour and Knowledge in Nigeria’s Artisan Textile Sector

Ezenwanyi Elizabeth Jeromaa, Melisa P. Benchis, and Rumy Narayan

3. Exploring Sufficiency Approaches in Fashion Companies: Supporting User Practices in a Circular Economy

Hannamaija Tuovila, Annu Markkula, Päivi Petänen, and Rune Thorbjørn Jason Clausen

4. Discursive Weave: Thirty-Five Years of Framing Sustainable Fashion

Malin Wennberg

5. Closing the Loop in Technical Textiles: Circular Transition of an Industrial Laundry Service Intermediary

Leanne Johnstone

6. Mental Framing as a Driver of Customer Perceived Value Formation in Second-Hand and Rental Fashion

Marjan Kiani, Akram Hatami, and Pauliina Ulkuniemi

Part II - Circularity in Transition: Recirculation and Revaluation

7. Designing Fashion for a Circular Economy

Kirsi Niinimäki

8. The Influence of Public Policies on Advancing the Fashion Circularity

Flávia Tuane Moraes, Mariah Silva Leandro Campos, Andreza de Aguiar Hugo, and Renato da Silva Lima

9. Perceived Financial Gains of Implementing Circular Economy Principles in the Fashion and Textile Industry

Julius Hovikoski, Marileena Mäkelä, Suvi Heikkinen, and Tiina Onkila

10. A Framework for Evaluating Circular Fashion Sustainability: Indicator Selection and Prioritization

Andreza de Aguiar Hugo, Jeniffer de Nadae, and Renato da Silva Lima

11. Tacit Knowledge and Circular Economy: Strengthening a Micro-Enterprise’s Resilience through Carding Knowledge Externalisation

Heidi Salokangas-Koivistoinen, Nina Helander, Juha Koivistoinen, Heli Aramo-Immonen, and Kaisa Sorsa

12. The Motivators and Demotivators of Repurposing Fashion Packaging: A Qualitative Study in Japan

Bình Nghiêm-Phú

13. Circular-Related Responses of Baltic Textile and Fashion Companies in Shaping Sustainable Consumption

Jurgita Bruneckienė, Lina Dagilienė, Viktorija Varaniūtė, and Asta Tarutė

Part III - Emerging Circular Futures: Potentiality and Pluralism

14. The Use of Digital Platforms in Circular and Sustainable Fashion and Textiles: Unveiled Discussions from a Systematic Literature Review

Dolores Modic, Jason Whalley, and Nadja Damij

15. Sustainable Knowledge Spillover Proximities in the Circular Economy of the Textile Industry: A Research Agenda

Heidi Salokangas-Koivistoinen, Nina Helander, Heli Aramo-Immonen, Kaisa Sorsa, and Krishna Venkitachalam

16. Extending Circular Entrepreneurship in Fashion: The Institutional Work Conducted by Influencers and Start-Ups

Ines Kaivonen

17. Consumers’ Perceived Obstacles to Textile Recycling: Barriers to Circularity in Fashion

Elina Lewe, Edith de Lamballerie, and Kirsi Niinimäki

18. Circular Transition in the Denim Industry: The Convergence of Business Model Innovation, Consumer Engagement, and Proximity

Matteo Dominidiato

19. Fundamental Inter-Actor Misalignments: Challenges in Sustainability Sales of Industrial Textile Recycling Service

Prabhat Kiran Thakuri, Lea Frida Christensen, Vesa Tiitola, Marta Tkaczyk, Tuomas Korhonen, Teemu Laine, and Rikke Jakobsen

20. The Future of Fashion: Circular Economy Imaginaries for a Sustainable Industry

Veronika Lorentzen

Biography

Olga Dziubaniuk is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Faculty of Management and Business, Tampere University, Finland.

Rumy Narayan is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Vaasa's School of Management, Finland.

Jeniffer de Nadae is a Professor at the Federal University of Itajubá (UNIFEI), Brazil.

Leena Aarikka-Stenroos is a Professor of Industrial Management at Tampere University, Finland.