Dress With Sense: The Practical Guide to a Conscious Closet - Softcover

Dean, Christina; Lane, Hannah; Tarneberg, Sofia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0500292779 ISBN 13: 9780500292778

Verlag: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

As part of a growing global awareness of the importance of eco-conscious living, both for the planet and as a means of promoting fair labor practices, more people than ever before are seeking to dress in an environmentally friendly way. On a broader scale, initiatives to promote a more sustainable approach to fashion have made headlines and grown like never before, from the release of the high-profile documentary The True Cost to the launch of the worldwide Fashion Revolution campaign.This timely book is organized into four chapters Buy, Wear, Care, and Dispose each containing a short introduction with essential information followed by practical tips and illustrated case studies to help you make the first step toward a more sustainable wardrobe. A detailed reference section recommends not only the best ethical fashion labels and collections but also eco-friendly fabrics, standards, and certifications; cleaning methods; renting, swapping, and recycling initiatives; and much more.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Christina Dean is CEO of Redress, a Hong-Kong-based environmental NGO founded in 2007 and devoted to reducing waste in the fashion industry. She was listed by Vogue as one of the UK’s ‘Top 30 Inspirational Women’.

Hannah Lane is Communications Director at Redress prior to which she headed up the sustainability consultancy Ogilvy Earth China.

Sofia Tärneberg is a former Programme Director at Redress. She has been working in sustainable fashion for several years.

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Dress [with] Sense is the perfect guide for fashion lovers of all ages keen to embrace a more ethical and environment-friendly approach to their wardrobes that is also economical, stylish and practical. This timely book is organized into four chapters – ‘Buy’, ‘Wear’, ‘Care’ and ‘Dispose’ – each containing a short introduction with essential information followed by practical tips and illustrated case studies to help you make the first step towards a more sustainable wardrobe. It concludes with a rich reference section recommending not only the best ethical fashion labels and collections but also eco-friendly fabrics, standards and certifications, cleaning methods, renting, swapping and recycling initiatives, and much more. Here is finally the ideal ‘green’ and fashion-focused complement to the decluttering craze started by Marie Kondo’s best-selling The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0500292779
• ISBN 13: 9780500292778
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zeichner: Trounce Charlotte
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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