The Future Generation of Fashion: How higher education contextualizes sustainability as a key design tool

Alana M. James

doi:10.4324/9780429264405-8

The Future Generation of Fashion: How higher education contextualizes sustainability as a key design tool

Alana M. James^*

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Abstract

Sustainability in fashion has often been approached with caution, leading many to question the practical application of a responsible system within the second most polluting industry in the world. A series of complex challenges currently face the integration of these responsible ideals within the value chain, with practitioners, educators, and students needing to work collectively to ensure the fashion industry is future proof. These key stakeholders need to not only possess the correct knowledge, but also be equipped with the correct creative skills. A human-centric approach to design education can help adapt the current fashion curricula, overcoming many highlighted barriers in creating the future generation of informed and confident industry professionals.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Routledge Companion to Fashion Studies
Editors	Eugenia Paulicelli, Veronica Manlow, Elizabeth Wissinger
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Taylor & Francis
Chapter	8
Pages	83-89
Number of pages	7
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9780429264405
ISBN (Print)	9780367209568, 9781032069678
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429264405-8
Publication status	Published - 20 Sept 2021

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Name	Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Companions
Publisher	Routledge

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The Routledge Companion to Fashion Studies. ed. / Eugenia Paulicelli; Veronica Manlow; Elizabeth Wissinger. 1st. ed. London: Taylor & Francis, 2021. p. 83-89 (Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Companions).

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