April 8th, 2024, Iryna Kucher defended her PhD “Designing Engagements with Mending. An Exploration of Amateur Clothing Repair: Practices in Western and Post-Soviet contexts”. Iryna was a guest lecturer at Consumption Research Norway SIFO a…
Volumes, policy measures and Targeted Producer Responsibility all fitted into discussions the week before Easter, where some of us jumped back and forth between Webex, Zoom and Teams, recordings and live webinars. The take-aways are…
Author: Ana Neto, Lisbon, CIAUD, Research Centre for Architecture, Urbanism and Design, Lisbon School of Architecture, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Aim of study The use of wardrobe studies came up during my PhD project, which…
Author: Richa Jha, India, Ambassador @RemakeOurWorld, Member @UCRF Aim of the study It was a fact-finding study to create awareness and behavioural change. The objective of the study The objective of the study was to…
Authors: Micaela Cazot and Lía Fernández, Montevideo, Uruguay. Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design (Textile/Clothing Profile) Original title: Identificando buenas prácticas de uso: reflexiones sobre el consumo de la moda sustentable en Uruguay. Aim of the…
Authors: Kirsi Laitela, Ingun Grimstad Klepp and Lisbeth Løvbak Berg Abstract Reducing the environmental impact of clothing is dependent on a reduction of the produced volume. This chapter discusses how mode and volumes of acquisition…
Author: Joshua M. Bluteau, UK, Coventry University, Social Anthropologist, @anthrodandy Aim of study This method was developed as part of a broader research project catalogued in the book ‘Dressing Up’ (Bluteau, 2022). During this period,…
Author: Wendy Ward, PhD Candidate, Sheffield Hallam University, UK. Aim & Research Questions My practice-based PhD titled “Enduring Fashion: Building Sustainable Clothing Practices Through Wearer-Garment Relationships”, uses art and design practice to explore people’s relationships…
The main point made during EcoAge and MEP Alessandra Moretti’s joint event in the EU Parliament was to link the increased plastification in the fashion sector with social injustice upstream and downstream in the value-chain.…
