Title FutureFashion white papers / [Leslie Hoffman, editor]
Publication Info New York, N.Y. : Earth Pledge, c2007
Location Call Number Status
 Offsite  TT497 .F87 2007  CI  REQUESTABLE
Edition 1st ed
Description xi, 287 p. ; 20 cm
Series Earth Pledge series on sustainable development
Notes Cover title
Contents Introduction / Leslie Hoffman -- Preface / Diane von Furstenberg -- Sect. 1. The Real Meaning of Futurefashion -- The New Cool / Julie Gilhart -- The Consumption Crisis / Deborah J. C. Brosdahl -- Tomorrow Is the New Now / Horst Rechelbacher -- Sect. 2. Mapping the Future of Fabrics -- Deconstructing "The Perfect T-Shirt" / Mike Betts -- Eco-Fabrics: Balancing Fashion and Ideals / Susan Gagnoñ and Yves Gagnon -- Hemp Goes Straight / Lawrence Serbin -- Leather for Life / Matt Richards, Rowan Gabrielle and Stacie Shepp -- Evolution or Revolution / Michael Kininmonth -- Organic Printing on an Industrial Scale / Andrew Lunt -- Sect. 3. Changing the Cycle of Fashion -- A Clean Start / Jason Wentworth -- The Environmental Impact of Laundry / Elizabeth P. Easter -- From My Closet to Africa: The Dirt on Post-Consumer Recycling / Jana Hawley -- Using What Others Toss Out / Harry Matusow and Stefanie Zeldin -- Sect. 4. Old Solutions to New Challenges -- A 5,000-Year-Old Fiber Gets a Fashion Update / James M. Vreeland, Jr. -- Cleaner Cotton Grown in Color / Sally Fox -- A Fair Deal for Farmers / Damien Sanfilippo -- Dreaming of Organic Sheep / Matthew Mole -- The Lowdown on Bamboo / Rich Delano -- In Defense of Truth and Beauty / Cheryl Kolander -- Color, Magic and Modern Alchemy / John Patrick -- What Does Planting Tomatoes Have to Do with Fashion? / Natalie Chanin -- Sect. 5. The Science of Change -- Eco-Effective Fashion / Michael Braungart -- The Consequences of Chemicals / Lauren Heine -- Not Just Another Eco-Label: An Industry-Wide Solution / Peter Waeber and Luca Engel -- The Lotus Effect: Or How to Make a Self-Cleaning Suit / Philip J. Brown -- Sect. 6. Business Considers the Big Picture -- Selling Eco-Fashion on Main Street / Summer Rayne Oakes -- Making the Right Choice Easy / Penelope Cooke -- The Advantage of Starting Fresh / Mark Galbraith -- Good for Business, Good for the Environment / Coral Rose -- Sect. 7. What Happens Next -- Can Sustainability Stay the Distance? / John Mowbray -- Not One But Many: New Visions for Fashion / Kate Fletcher -- The Persuasive Powers of Cool / Shalom Harlow
Subjects Clothing trade.
Fashion -- Economic aspects
Green movement.
Sustainable development.
Additional Authors Hoffman, Leslie.
Earth Pledge (Organization)
Series Earth Pledge Foundation series on sustainable development.
Other Title Future fashion white papers
ISBN 9780967509921
0967509920
OCLC 179824450