304 Pages
174 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge
304 Pages
174 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge
304 Pages
174 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book explores the ‘craft of use’, the cultivated, ordinary and ingenious ideas and practices that promote satisfying and resourceful use of garments, presenting them as an alternative, dynamic, experiential frame with which to articulate and foster sustainability in the fashion sector.
Here Kate Fletcher provides a broad imagining of sustainability in fashion that gives attention to... Read more
Acknowledgements. 1. Use and Using 2. Consumerism, Sustainability and Fashion 3. Matter in Motion 4. Attentiveness, Materials, and Their Use 5. Durability, Design and Enduring Use 6. Capabilities and Agency 7. Farewell, Good Travels Bibliography. Index
Biography
For nearly two decades Kate Fletcher’s work has shaped the field of fashion and sustainability, and come to define it. She works with fashion businesses, education, non-profits and government. She is Professor of Sustainability, Design, Fashion at the University of the Arts, London, UK. This is her fourth book.
"I love the idea of the ‘craft of use', where meaning and wellbeing can be seen to flow not so much from the buying as from the using of any garment." - Jonathon Porritt, Founder and Director, Forum for the Future
