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Product lifetime in European and Norwegian policies
The objective in this report is to better understand how the increased product lifetime option has been positioned in policies over the past twenty years. By means of policy document analysis, we explore product lifetime…
WOOLUME: Mapping the market for acoustic and sound absorbing products made of wool
This report is the first deliverable from work package 2 of the WOOLUME project. The main goal of WOOLUME is to explore different ways of using wool from Polish Mountain Sheep to achieve better utilisation…
Clothing longevity: the relationship between the number of users, how long and how many times garments are used
Kirsi Laitala & Ingun Grimstad Klepp Abstract Reuse of clothing is a central strategy in circular economy for keeping the resources and materials in the loop longer. This paper studies the correlation between clothing service…
Reducing environmental impacts from garments through best practice garment use and care, using the example of a Merino wool sweater
Garment production and use generate substantial environmental impacts, and the care and use are key determinants of cradle-to-grave impacts. The present study investigated the potential to reduce environmental impacts by applying best practices for garment…
Ecolabelling of clothes has catastrophic consequences for the environment
The interest in looking at the environmental consequences of clothes is growing. This was inevitable for two reasons: The clothing industry has been pointed out at as one of the worst polluting industries in the…
Wardrobe sizes and clothing lifespans
Ingun Grimstad Klepp, Kirsi Laitala and Vilde Haugrønning Abstract It is easy to assume that a large wardrobe is characterized by excessive clothing and high acquisition, with little use of each garment and thus a…
A Louse in Court: Norwegian Knitted Sweaters with ‘Lus’ on Big-Time Criminals
Early one morning in 2008 I was sitting in make-up for a Norwegian television show and felt the trained hands of the make-up smooth out my face with paint. It wasn’t the first time I’d…
Uniformity Without Uniforms: Dressing School Children in Norway
This chapter discusses the relationship between Norwegian schools’ ideals of equality and the way in which school clothes are regulated. Interviews with a teacher in a transitional language learning group for newly arrived immigrant children,…
Dressing a Demanding Body to Fit In: Clean and Decent with Ostomy or Chronic Skin Disease
This article discusses what kind of strategies people with a stoma or various chronic skin conditions, such as psoriasis oratopic dermatitis, use to find clothes that fit and enable them to fit in. Based on…
Woolbed
Ingun Grimstad Klepp, Kirsi Laitala and Tone Skårdal Tobiasson Summary We have studied Norwegian and Swedish consumers’ experiences and perceptions related to using wool in bedlinen and sleepwear. We have used a variety of research…
Deviant bodies and suitable clothes
Suitable clothes are clothes that make the body socially accepted. The theme of this article concerns what people with deviant bodies do when suitable clothes are difficult to find; clothes that make their bodies fit…