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Sustainable Fashion Spring 2021
Sustainable Fashion Spring 2021
Collaborative course that investigate possible climate futures. Through a somatic, poetic exploration of these larger global issues tied to human consumption, technology, and isolation, this class aims to create a visceral, dynamic approach to these challenging themes impacting our current geological age, the Anthropocene.
Getting Started
This guide includes tools to help guide your research throughout the fall semester, and includes: databases for finding articles, links to library services, and tools.
Required Reading
- Fashionopolis by *NYTBR Paperback Row Selection* An investigation into the damage wrought by the colossal clothing industry and the grassroots, high-tech, international movement fighting to reform it What should I wear? It's one of the fundamental questions we ask ourselves every day. More than ever, we are told it should be something new. Today, the clothing industry churns out 80 billion garments a year and employs every sixth person on Earth. Historically, the apparel trade has exploited labor, the environment, and intellectual property--and in the last three decades, with the simultaneous unfurling of fast fashion, globalization, and the tech revolution, those abuses have multiplied exponentially, primarily out of view. We are in dire need of an entirely new human-scale model. Bestselling journalist Dana Thomas has traveled the globe to discover the visionary designers and companies who are propelling the industry toward that more positive future by reclaiming traditional craft and launching cutting-edge sustainable technologies to produce better fashion. In Fashionopolis, Thomas sees renewal in a host of developments, including printing 3-D clothes, clean denim processing, smart manufacturing, hyperlocalism, fabric recycling--even lab-grown materials. From small-town makers and Silicon Valley whizzes to such household names as Stella McCartney, Levi's, and Rent the Runway, Thomas highlights the companies big and small that are leading the crusade. We all have been casual about our clothes. It's time to get dressed with intention. Fashionopolis is the first comprehensive look at how to start.Call number: Sun Devil Reads HD9940.A2 T46 2019 LifestylesISBN: 9780735224018Publication date: 2019-09-03
