Sustainability and the social fabric : Europe's new textile industries / Clio Padovani and Paul Whittaker.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: London : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2019.Description: 200 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781350105775 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HD9865.A2
Summary: While the topic of sustainability in textile manufacture has been the subject of considerable research, much of this is limited to a focus on materials and practices and their ecological impact. Padovani and Whittaker offer an exploration of the textile industry in Europe from the perspective of social sustainability, shifting the focus from the materiality of textile production to the industry's relationships with the communities from which the products originate.
List(s) this item appears in: BA (Hons) Fashion Level 5 Critical Studies | BA (Hons) Art and Design level 5: - Critical Studies 2
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Originally published: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

While the topic of sustainability in textile manufacture has been the subject of considerable research, much of this is limited to a focus on materials and practices and their ecological impact. Padovani and Whittaker offer an exploration of the textile industry in Europe from the perspective of social sustainability, shifting the focus from the materiality of textile production to the industry's relationships with the communities from which the products originate.

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