Sustainable Fashion : Past, Present and Future.

FC -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. REPURPOSED AND RECYCLED CLOTHING AND TEXTILES -- Secondhand clothing: A brief history -- Repurposed clothing -- Recycled textiles -- Conclusion -- At a glance: Vintage clothing -- At a glance: Make do and mend -- 2. QUALITY OF CRAFTSMANSHIP -- The eighteenth century -- The nineteenth century -- The twentieth century -- Contemporary fashion -- Conclusion -- At a glance: Fast fashion -- 3. MATERIAL ORIGINS -- Natural fibers -- Manmade fibers -- Synthetic fibers -- Conclusion -- At a glance: "Futuristic" materials of the past -- 4. TEXTILE DYEING -- Introduction -- Synthetic dyes -- Poisoning people -- Poisoning the environment -- Past meets present in the search for solutions -- Conclusion -- At a glance: Lowering the impact of dyeing processes -- At a glance: Indigo -- At a glance: Greenpeace -- 5. LABOR PRACTICES -- Introduction -- Textile mills -- Garment factories -- Unionization -- History repeating: The resurgence of sweatshops, subcontracting, and the" runaway shop" -- Awareness and action: Combating poorlabor practices -- Conclusion -- At a glance: Madeleine Vionnet, Elizabeth Hawes, and Max Meyer: Historical perspectives on labor practices -- At a glance: Labels: Advocacy and awareness -- 6. TREATMENT OF ANIMALS -- Introduction -- Nineteenth-century feather debate -- Fur in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -- Fur trapping -- Fur farming -- Rise of the anti-fur movement -- Sustainable alternatives -- Conclusion -- At a glance: Tortoiseshell, ivory and reptile skins -- At a glance: Faux furs -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- GLOSSARY -- INDEX -- Plates.

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