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Recycling-Indian-Clothing-Cover
Book ReviewsCircularity

Local flavours of clothing recycling: India

November 22, 2012
This book emerges itself into how clothing is bought, worn, discarded and recycled within India. In other words, it tracks down how Indian citizens (primarily women) manage their wardrobes, and the strategies and criteria of how they do it.
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Il Bello E Il Buono - Marco Ricchetti, Maria Luisa Frisa
Book ReviewsSupply Chain

Sustainable Fashion: Italian style and quality too

September 13, 2012
Where Kate Fletcher's books are the ultimate handbooks for fashion creatives, this is the first book that makes - at least in parts - a serious attempt at creating a compelling business case for sustainability in the fashion industry.
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Overdressed - Elizabeth Cline
Book ReviewsConsumer-ism

Too much, too cheap – Tales of American fashion consumerism

August 16, 2012
"Overdressed" is the American equivalent to Lucy Siegle's 2011 book 'To Die For'. But this book is 'nearer to the people', and the voice more illustrative, if not to say purposely blunt. A review.
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Fashion & Sustainability: Design for Change. Kate Fletcher & Lynda Grose
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Design for Change

July 18, 2012
'Fashion & Sustainability: Design for Change' is a worthy successor to Kate Fletcher's first book. Not only does it document the state-of-the-art as we encounter it in the present, but for the first time designers have both: a hands on manual of how they can hands-on change their practise, and what new concepts and technologies will be at their disposal in the near to mid-term future.
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India Flint - Second Skin
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Casting a Shadow: Practicalities matter. But style does too.

June 21, 2012
Book Review: In Second Skin India Flint analysis the sustainable fashion challenge from the practicalities of a consumer. She makes it clear that our choices have a direct impact. Sadly, many of the practical examples she provides will push consumers away, rather than towards, improving their track record.
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NICE code of conduct and manual - cover
Book ReviewsLabels

A nice first step: Review of the NICE Code of Conduct and Manual

May 31, 2012
At the Copenhagen Fashion Summit 2012 the NICE Code of Conduct and Manual was, in collaboration with the UN Global Compact, officially launched. A review of this document, and the impact it may, or not, have onto the fashion industry it is targeting.
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Frederic Karpyta - La face cachee du commerce equitable
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Skeletons in the fair trade closet – A critical review ‘à la Française’

March 8, 2012
'The hidden face of fair trade' is a thoroughly researched, critical review of the fair trade movement and its players. With France as the primary focus, the author revisits the movement's history, points out paradoxes and problems, and suggest what may, or not, become of it in the future.
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Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead - Fair wages - Strengthening Corporate Social Reponsibility
Book ReviewsLabour

The mother of all discussions – Fair Wages and the fashion industry

January 26, 2012
The issue of wages in the fashion supply chain is a never ending story: the paid wages, the unpaid wages, those that suffice, or not, for a livelihood. tackles this issue in a very thorough, and at the same time visionary way by laying out a practical frame work for a Fair Wages
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Book ReviewsCircularity

The samurai’s self-sustaining society

January 1, 2012
A fascinating book, full of examples, about how traditional Japanese society innovatively survived in a land of scarce resources, over-population and huge cities.
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Africa Fashion Guide
Book ReviewsGlobalisation

Out of Africa – it’s fashion

October 27, 2011
'Africa' & 'Fashion' in one sentence, usually evokes the picture of the cliché matron wearing an attire in recognisable prints. To prove that these may indeed just be nothing but clichés, and that there is much much more to African Fashion, is this book's mission
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Saubere Sachen - Kirsten Brodde
Book ReviewsConsumer-ismLabourMaterials

Clean Clothes – the consumer’s eco fashion guidebook, made in Germany

September 7, 2011
'Clean clothes' is THE German eco fashion book, already published in 2009. It is pragmatic yet radical, with plenty of hands on tips and explanation you need to understand how and why to change your wardrobe.
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St. Gall Lace Work
Book ReviewsBrand PortraitsMaterials

StGall – 800 years of luxury lace work: A homage

August 11, 2011
Laces have been a firm part of haute-couture since the medieval, and the fabric still is, and always has been, a luxury product. The StGall exhibition in Switzerland pays tribute to 800 years of lace work featuring the best of European textile artisanry and technology.
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Lucy Siegle - To Die For
Book ReviewsConsumer-ismLabour

Fashion, Consumerism, Impact – Loud and Clear in Plain English

July 8, 2011
In 'To Die For', Lucy Siegle jumps head on into her very own wardrobe full of hidden skeletons - the results of her love for fashion and shopping. In 15 chapters she tells the story of why that is so - and how to do better.
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Shaping Sustainable Fashion
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The bigger picture of: Sourcing, making and using fashion

May 19, 2011
"Shaping Sustainable Fashion" focuses on the practical issues of 'good' fashion: among them how to positively influence sourcing, design, or the challenges of laundry.
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Salaula Zambia Karen Tranberg Hansen
Book ReviewsCircularityConsumer-ism

Untold stories from the clothing afterlife

March 19, 2011
"Salaula" tells us the whole story of second-hand clothing. It brings together 2 complementary aspects: Cultural & Economic analysis, and the voice of the real people.
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Sourcing Ethically from India - An Introductory Guide for micro-enterprises and start ups in the fashion industry
Book ReviewsMaterials

Sourcing Ethically from India – An introductory guide for micro-enterprises and start ups in the fashion industry

February 12, 2011
This free introductory, extensively researched guide to ethically sourcing fashion from India, aims at small(er) ethical designers during the first stage of their efforts.
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Ameliap's Compendium of Fashion Illustration
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Drawing the Line on Fashion

February 3, 2011
'Amelia's Compendium of Fashion Illustration' tackles 2 topic at once: Ethical fashion and its designers, and the promotion of fashion illustration as a discipline.
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Eco Fashion Cover
Book Reviews

Green Books Campaign: Just great design – ‘Eco Fashion’

November 10, 2010
"Eco Fashion" introduces us to 62 fashion brands from all over the world, that happen to be 'eco'. The pictures show the work of true master designers.
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Travels of a T-shirt
Book ReviewsCircularityConsumer-ismMaterialsSupply Chain

A T-shirt that means the world

October 15, 2010
"The Travels of a T-shirt in the Global Economy" takes the exemplary T-shirt, and takes us on a journey to discover its origins. From Texas, to China, to the US again, and then to the second-hand trade in Africa.
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Book ReviewsConsumer-ism

Changing the world – made easy

June 19, 2010
“100 Ways to Save the World” is an entertaining, beautifully illustrated book with 100 super-simple tips that will make a difference to the planet.
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