EU’s Joint Research Center (JRC) has asked for contributions to the survey ‘Comments to the working document: Preparatory study on textiles for product policy instruments – 1st milestone‘. During March 18th – 19th, the JRC… Feedback delivered on ESPR 1st milestone
Waste audit interviews: A method for understanding the link between intrinsic quality and apparel lifespans, is the latest publication from Consumption Research Norway SIFO at Oslo Metropolitan University, co-authored by Kirsi Laitala and Ingun Grimstad Klepp.
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… A day worth marking for clothing research
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… TPR gets some serious airplay
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… Wardrobe Hack as an Educational Prompt
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.… Fashionscapes for Transformation: EU addresses plastification and a just transition
Author: Maureen Selina Laverty, PhD Candidate, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway. Aim Wardrobe studies have formed an integral part of my PhD research entitled Sensory Nourishment. I collaborate with people who are neurodivergent: people on the autism… Unravelling neurodivergent sensory experiences with clothing
Annebella Pollen, Professor of Visual and Material Culture, University of Brighton, UK In 2019, I shadowed an English house clearance company who clear unwanted goods from homes to observe what happens to clothes at the… Wardrobe Clearance: A Post-Mortem Methodology
