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Historical Perspectives on Sustainable Fashion

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Historical Perspectives on Sustainable Fashion explores the long-standing challenges of merging style with sustainability in the fashion industry. This insightful work traces the evolution of sustainable fashion from its historical roots to present-day activism and innovation. Building on the foundation of its first edition, it presents diverse global examples and a new chapter analysing mainstream fashion systems versus historical alternatives. The book invites readers to critically assess current practices, drawing inspiration from past successes and failures to inspire meaningful change in fashion.
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Ideal for fashion students, designers, manufacturers, and anyone interested in the cultural and environmental aspects of fashion history. Suitable for readers seeking a scholarly yet approachable examination of sustainable fashion’s past and its implications for the future.

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For centuries, the fashion industry has struggled to reconcile style with sustainability. In Historical Perspectives on Sustainable Fashion, you will be transported back in time to discover the historical dimensions of today’s sustainable fashion movement. An array of success stories and cautionary tales provide both inspiration and warnings for the eco-conscious designer, encouraging an innovative approach that builds on predecessors’ discoveries to move the practice of fashion forward.

The 1st edition, Sustainable Fashion: Past, Present and Future, emerged from the Museum at FIT’s groundbreaking exhibition ‘Eco-Fashion: Going Green’. This revised edition broadens perspectives even further, incorporating eye-opening examples of designers, brands and activists working for change across the world today. Likewise, a new chapter examines the globalised mainstream fashion system and historical alternatives that provide compelling inspiration for reimagining the status quo.

Fascinating and timely, Historical Perspectives on Sustainable Fashion examines progressive fashion through a historical lens, encouraging readers to question the state of the industry and demonstrating the value of historical insights in enabling and inspiring change.

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Praised for its accessible writing and historical depth, the book is valued by academics and students alike. Reviewers highlight its comprehensive coverage of ethical fashion themes and its role as a thoughtful academic resource. The historical lens offered is seen as crucial in understanding today’s ecological and ethical challenges within fashion, providing a foundation for future innovation.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781350160439

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 February 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Visual Arts

Edition: 2nd edition

Illustration: 100 bw illus

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 190.0mm

Height: 246.0mm

Weight: 620g

Pages: 216

About the Author

Amy Twigger Holroyd is Associate Professor of Fashion and Sustainability in the School of Art & Design at Nottingham Trent University, UK.
Jennifer Farley Gordon is an affiliate faculty member in the Apparel, Events & Hospitality Management department at Iowa State University, USA. She is also an independent researcher, writer, and curator, and formerly worked as an assistant curator at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (MFIT) in New York, USA.
Colleen Hill is Curator of Costume and Accessories at the Museum at FIT in New York, USA.

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