This book provides a holistic and accessible approach to sustainable fashion management. It offers an interdisciplinary and practical outlook, combining theory with practical application from a management perspective and underpinned by the Sustainable Development Goals throughout.

The book helps students to gain a better understanding of what sustainable fashion is and how it is implemented across the fashion industry, through business model innovations, innovative designs, new technology and digital approaches, and material innovations. Global case studies are employed throughout each chapter, including fashion companies and events of all sizes, alongside other pedagogical features to aid learning, including key learning points, chapter objectives, and textboxes explaining key terminology.

This is an essential textbook for those investigating sustainable fashion, whether from a design or management perspective, providing the knowledge and tools for a future career. It is designed to serve Fashion Business and Management, Fashion Marketing, Fashion Buying and Merchandising and Fashion Technology courses, at all levels, and will also be valuable reading for those already working within the fashion industry and studying for professional qualifications. Online resources include chapter-by-chapter PowerPoint slides and a test bank.

Claudia Henninger is Lecturer in Fashion Marketing Management at the University of Manchester, UK. Kirsi is Professor in Design at Aalto University, Finland. Marta Blazquez Cano is Lecturer in Fashion Marketing at the University of Manchester, UK. Celina Jones is Lecturer in Fashion Technology at the University of Manchester, UK.

This book provides a holistic and accessible approach to Sustainable Fashion Management. It offers an interdisciplinary and practical outlook, combining theory with practical application from a management perspective and underpinned by the Sustainable Development Goals throughout.

The book helps students to gain a better understanding of what sustainable fashion is and how it is implemented across the fashion industry, through business model innovations, innovative designs, new technology and digital approaches, and material innovations. Global case studies are employed throughout each chapter, including fashion companies and events of all sizes, alongside other pedagogical features to aid learning, including key learning points, chapter objectives and textboxes explaining key terminology.

This is an essential textbook for those investigating sustainable fashion, whether from a design or management perspective, providing the knowledge and tools for a future career. It is designed to serve Fashion Business and Management, Fashion Marketing, Fashion Buying and Merchandising and Fashion Technology courses, at all levels, and will also be valuable reading for those already working within the fashion industry and studying for professional qualifications. Online resources include chapter-by-chapter PowerPoint slides and a test bank.

Foreword

Part 1 - Management of Sustainable Fashion

1. Emergence Of Sustainability And Its Management In The Fashion Industry

1. Management - art and science
2. Sustainability - definitions and meaning
3. Sustainability in fashion and sustainable fashion
4. Importance of sustainable fashion in the 21^st century

Chapter 2

2. Sustainable Fashion - Company Perspective

1. Sustainability as a strategy
2. Issues in the fashion industry surrounding sustainable fashion
3. Case study - Understanding sustainability and value - the example of We Are Knitters

Chapter 3

3. Sustainable Fashion - consumer view

1. Sustainable fashion and consumer perceptions
2. New developments in sustainable fashion

Chapter 4

4. Circular economy

1. Evolution of the circular economy
2. Case study: Thinking outside the box - the example of Freitag
3. Business model innovations
4. The circular economy - zero waste fashion

1. Zero Waste Fashion - Pre-consumer Approaches
2. Zero Waste Fashion - Post-consumer Approaches

5. Opportunities and barriers to the circular economy
6. Case Study: Circularity in the Fashion Industry - The example of Hetty Rose

Part 2 Managing sustainable fashion through design

Foreword

Chapter 1

2.1 New system understanding for design

2.1.1 Redesigning industrial design processes

Chapter 2

2.2. Design for a circular economy

2.2.1. Intentional design for recycling

2.2.2 Design for alternative business models

Chapter 3

1. Slowing down the fashion system through design

1. Slow fashion and garment lifetimes
2. Designing value for secondhand fashion

Chapter 4

1. Designing carbon-neutral fashion

1. Responsibility, safety, and risk management
2. Transparency and code of conduct
3. Clean chemistry and ethical fashion
4. Control, trust, and crisis management

Chapter 5

1. Fashion design in a new paradigm

Part 3: Sustainability, Fashion, and Technology

Foreword

Chapter 1

3.1.1 The current scenario for fashion retail: from multichannel to omnichannel

3.1.1.1 The role of technology in omnichannel retailing

3.1.1.2 Consumer' intake about the use of technology

3.1.1.3 Digital channels

3.1.2 The use of technology to promote sustainable behaviours

3.1.3 The importance of sustainability communication

Chapter 2

3.2 Digital Sustainability

3.2.1 Introduction

3.2.2 The impact of online shopping: returns

3.2.3 The nature of online shopping: the importance of touch and vision

3.2.4 The role of specific technologies

3.2.4.1 Image Interactive Technology

3.2.5. Sustainability communication and digital channels

3.2.5.1. The importance of narrative strategies in social media communication

3.2.6. Key developments and industry practices

Chapter 3

3.3 Digital Fashion

3.3.1. What is digital fashion?

3.3.1.1 Digital Fashion

3.3.1.2 Non fungible tokens (NFTs)

3.3.1.3 Digital Fashion Marketplaces

3.3.1.4 The Metaverse

3.3.1.5 Digital Fashion Shows

3.3.2 Will digital fashion become mainstream? The importance of communication

3.3.3. Key developments and industry practices

3.3.4 Case Studies

Part 4: Material Innovations in Sustainable Fashion

Foreword

Chapter 1

4.1 Fibre Selection

4.1.1. 20^th Century Production

4.1.2 Natural Fibres

4.1.2.1 Plant Fibres

4.1.2.2 Animal Fibres

4.1.2.3 Man-made (Manufactured) Fibres

4.1.3. 21^st Century Developments

4.1.4. Case Study Task - Alternative fibres for textile production - Bananatex®

Chapter 2

4.2 Fabric Creation

4.2.1 Preparation of Raw Materials

4.2.2 Woven Fabrics

4.2.3 Knitted Fabrics

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