This guide explores opportunities to build a sustainable fashion business, and discusses the importance of sharing your values both internally and externally to strengthen your brand identity.
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Consumers are becoming increasingly aware of the impact that their clothing choices have on the environment and society, and are looking for brands that align with their values. Read on for practical tips and strategies that will engage with conscious fashion consumers to not only build a loyal customer base, but also contribute to a more sustainable and equitable future for the fashion industry!
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Here are some places to build your community and network with those suppliers and resources who make it their business to work with better materials. We hope this will support your sourcing needs, enabling you to contact them directly and learn about their products and services. This directory will be reviewed often, to keep you updated on available resources.
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This guide provides an introduction to the key role of fibres in the circular fashion system and gives you an overview of the environmental impact of natural and man-made fibres.
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This guide presents to you examples of pre-consumer and post-consumer waste textile. You will understand their sources, how to recapture their value, along with tips on how to source waste textile.
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This guide provides an overview of the reconstruction design technique. You will learn about the different waste streams for reconstruction and how to develop reconstructed designs.
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This guide focuses on factors that contribute to physical and psychological longevity with examples to guide you how to extend the active life of clothing through design.
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This guide provides an introduction to the current existing recycling methods and the design factors which contribute to a garment’s recyclability.
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This guide provides an overview of the upcycling design technique. You will explore the use of different types of textile waste and how some brands upcycle in scale.
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This guide provides an overview of the zero-waste design technique. You will learn different methods and approaches from planning the pattern to the final execution.
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This guide gives you an overview of the current status of the fashion industry and it explores the environmental issues in terms of textile waste, natural resources, chemicals and pollution.
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Discover four core circular design strategies, key to designing out waste and keeping materials and products in use for longer.
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