Ingun Grimstad Klepp Archives - Clothing research

Sorting for Circularity: Project REWEAR

Fashion for Good expanded its Sorting for Circularity framework to address the challenge of sorting for rewearable textiles to better understand their resale potential and the demand across the second-hand market. This is an initiative in collaboration with Circle Economy and brand partners to enhance the sorting of rewearable textiles using innovative AI technologies. The project seeks to improve garment recovery for resale, promoting circularity in the fashion industry.

Avoiding synthetic fibres by choice: Strategies employed by businesses and their policy recommendations

Authors: Irene Maldini, Ingun Grimstad Klepp and Kate Fletcher Abstract Clothing and textiles are increasingly made of synthetic (fossils-based) fibres, enabling rapid growth in overall production volumes in this sector, with significant environmental impact. This research aims at… Avoiding synthetic fibres by choice: Strategies employed by businesses and their policy recommendations

‘Creating’ variety without waste: Pre-industrial dress practices as inspiration for updating the sustainability discourse

Authors: Ingun Grimstad Klepp, Bjørn Sverre Hol Haugen, Marie Ulväng, Pernilla Rasmussen, Ingrid Haugsrud This study explores how ideas of variety were created and practised among women and men of different social strata in Norway… ‘Creating’ variety without waste: Pre-industrial dress practices as inspiration for updating the sustainability discourse

Textile Farmers: Mapping of Fibre and Textile Production in Norway

Summary In this note, we present the results of a survey conducted in the project Textile Farmers and Fashion Agriculture: New momentum for local utilisation of all agricultural resources, led by Fibershed Norway. Based on… Textile Farmers: Mapping of Fibre and Textile Production in Norway

The environmental impact of product lifetime extension: a literature review and research agenda

Authors: Irene Maldini, Ingun Grimstad Klepp & Kirsi Laitala Abstract Consumer goods environmental policy is increasingly focusing on product durability and product lifetime extension (PLE) to reduce their impact. Given the growing societal relevance of PLE, this review investigates the… The environmental impact of product lifetime extension: a literature review and research agenda

The EU Textile Strategy: How to Avoid Overproduction and Overconsumption Measures in Environmental Policy

Authors: Irene Maldini and Ingun Grimstad Klepp Abstract The environmental impact of clothing has become critical in recent decades and the growing volume of products in circulation plays a main role. The European Union’s Strategy for… The EU Textile Strategy: How to Avoid Overproduction and Overconsumption Measures in Environmental Policy

Pakket i plast

“Wrapped in plastic” was a talk given during the Forskning i Friluftsliv conference by Kate Fletcher and Ingun Grimstad Klepp.

Clothing Care – The Palgrave Handbook of Sustainability in Fashion

Authors: Ingrid Haugsrud, Ingun Grimstad Klepp and Kirsi Laitala Abstract The impact of the fashion industry on the environment is undoubtedly size-able. In response, the last decade has seen various changes in the fashion industry… Clothing Care – The Palgrave Handbook of Sustainability in Fashion

Washing Clothes

Clothes must not only suit the user and the occasion but also be clean for us to be well dressed. The meaning of cleanliness and the methods to achieve this goal has changed throughout history, but it has been central in our clothing practices. In this chapter, we will show how the understanding of dirty and clean clothes and the work of keeping them clean has changed in the last 200 years.

Regulating Fast Fashion out of Fashion

Authors: Ingun Grimstad Klepp and Kerli Kant Hvass Abstract Among sustainable fashion and textile themes, product durability has recently come into focus within EU policy making. The dominant understanding is that increased textile lifespan will… Regulating Fast Fashion out of Fashion

THE PLASTIC ELEPHANT: Overproduction and synthetic fibres in sustainable textile strategies

Authors: Ingun Grimstad Klepp, Lisbeth Løvbak Berg, Anna Schytte Sigaard, Tone Skårdal Tobiasson andLea Gleisberg Summary In this report, we examine national, international and corporate strategies for sustainable textiles to understand if and how they… THE PLASTIC ELEPHANT: Overproduction and synthetic fibres in sustainable textile strategies

Reducing Plastic in Consumer Goods: Opportunities for Coarser Wool

Lisbeth Løvbak Berg, Ingun Grimstad Klepp, Anna Schytte Sigaard, Jan Broda, Monika Rom and Katarzyna Kobiela-Mendrek. Abstract Production and use of plastic products have drastically increased during the past decades and their environmental impacts are… Reducing Plastic in Consumer Goods: Opportunities for Coarser Wool