Fashion Fibers Designing for Sustainability

Fashion Fibers: Designing for Sustainability is an accessible reference tool for fashion students and designers who want to learn how to make decisions to enhance the sustainability potential in common fibers used in the fashion industry. Drawing upon industry expertise, the book introduces readers to the fundamentals of fiber production and the product lifecycle and features a fiber-by-fiber guide to natural fibers (cotton, hemp, silk), manufactured fibers (polyester, modal, azlon), then covers processing and promoting circular textiles. Each chapters investigates six main areas of potential impact in fiber cultivation, production, and processing-including chemical use, water, fair labor, energy use, consumer use/washing and biodegradability and recyclability. Readers will learn about the environmental impacts at each stage of the lifecycle, how to optimize the sustainability benefits, availability, product applications, and marketing and innovation opportunities that lead to more sustainable fashion.

Features

- Future Fibers sections highlight emerging fiber technologies and innovations such as Polylactide, a bio-based fiber that is derived from corn
- Emphasizes application through examples and images of product end use
- Discusses closed loop material systems that enable the recycling of fibers
- Innovation Exercises offer readers practice designing or merchandising fashion products to optimize sustainability benefits

STUDIO RESOURCES
- Study smarter with self-quizzes featuring scored results and personalized study tips
- Review concepts with flashcards of terms and definitions

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Preface
Introduction
PART 1: NATURAL FIBERS
1.Alpaca
2.Bamboo Linen
3.Cotton
4.Flax Linen
5.Hemp
6.Jute
7.Leather
8.Silk
9.Wool (merino, cashmere, mohair, camel, angora)
PART 2: MANUFACTURED FIBERS
10.Acrylic
11.Azlon (from soy)
12.Imitation Leather
13.Modal
14.Nylon 6 & Nylon 6,6
15.Polyester / Recycled Polyester
16.Polyethylene (PE)
17.Polypropylene
18.Rayon (from bamboo)
19.Rayon (from wood)
20.TENCEL®
PART 3: FUTURE FIBERS
21.Polylactide (PLA) & Ingeo
22.Polytrimethylene Terephtalate (PTT)
23.Polytrimethylene Terephtalate (PTT)
24.Evrnu
25.Renewcell
26.Pinatex
PART 4: PROCESSING
27.Bleaching
28.Dyeing & Printing
29.Finishing
30.Garment Washing
Appendix
Considering Biodegradability
Consumer Care & Washing
Social & Cultural Sustainability
Waste-to-energy & Encouraging Reuse
Glossary
Index

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