Han, SLC, Chan, PYL, Venkatraman, P et al. (3 more authors) (2017) Standard vs. Upcycled Fashion Design and Production. Fashion Practice, 9 (1). pp. 69-94. ISSN 1756-9370
Abstract
Value streams for collected post-consumer textiles continue to be analyzed within the global challenge to develop and employ commercially viable, yet ethical and sustainable strategies within the fashion industry. Upcycling is an existing strategy applicable to fashion production, with discarded materials used to design and create higher value products, keeping them in productive use for longer. A number of very small, niche upcycling enterprises have emerged in the UK. These brands have succeeded in creating stylistically relevant and commercially successful fashion styles utilizing waste textile materials. The advantages of scaling these enterprises up are not only environmental, but also economic and social, thereby creating a sustainable and innovative business model for UK-led fashion production. Due to high levels of three key metrics of carbon, water and waste, UK government agency WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) has identified textile products as priority materials for reuse and recycling. Upcycling enables a sustainable design option for reuse techniques to be employed for greatest economic and environmental benefit, in which used clothing and textiles are sourced for the production of newly designed fashion products. This paper identifies the key differences between standard fashion design and production processes and upcycled fashion design and production processes, in order to aid the development of large-scale fashion upcycling in the UK, and contribute to a circular economy.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Fashion Practice on 08 Nov 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/17569370.2016.1227146. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | upcycling; textile waste; design; sustainability; fashion |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Design (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 29 Nov 2018 14:34 |
Last Modified: | 11 Mar 2019 16:28 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/17569370.2016.1227146 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:139283 |