Fashion and Luxury: Between Heritage and Innovation

The 13th Annual Conference of the International Federation of Fashion Technology Institutes will be conducted from April 11th to 14th at the Institut Français de la Mode [IFM] in Paris, France. This is an important conference as it is one of the first to focus on Fashion in terms of Education, Business and Industry.

In the past presentations have been made by scholars from leading international fashion schools from around the globe. If you are in Paris (or can make it to Paris) we might see you there....

For more information and details here is a link to the conference website Fashion and Luxury: Between Heritage and Innovation

Sustainable vs. Unsustainable

Here is a link to a paper co-authored by Dr Joan Farrer and Kim Fraser which discusses some key themes of sustainable fashion in respect of the unstainability of current levels of production and consumption of fashion textiles products. This paper will be published in the new Anti-po-des Design Journal, 1(1) 1-18.

Update: 22nd November, 2011. Here is the link to the official version of the final paper http://www.anti-po-des-designjournal.org.nz/current-issue/abstracts-and-papers/farrer-rca-fraser/

Shaping Sustainable Fashion

Finally...the book is out!

“Shaping Sustainable Fashion: Changing the Way We Make and Use Clothes.” Edited By Alison Gwilt and Timo Rissanen.

Check it out here at Amazon Shaping Sustainable Fashion: Changing the Way We Make and Use Clothes

This book includes some of our work in sustainable fashion textiles research. Specifically, the first chapter..."Source"....provides a fundamental introduction to the concept of sustainability in fashion and textiles as well as an overview of the shape of contemporary fashion research in the field.

Full Circle: The Future of Sustainable Manufacturing in New Zealand

Full Circle: The Future of Sustainable Fashion Manufacturing in New Zealand by Dr Joan Farrer & Angie Finn is a paper published by the International Federation of Fashion Technology Institutes and presented at their International Conference: Fashion and Well Being in London, 2009.

The paper discusses how the design and manufacture of fashion garments can contribute to a more sustainable fashion industry.

Image: A sketch from visual diary showing the design for a garment minimizing waste and manufacturing processes by Angie Finn

Sustainable Fashion Textiles Research: Engaging with New Technologies

Sustainable Fashion Textiles Research: Engaging with New Technologies is a paper written by Dr Joan Farrer & Angie Finn for Textiles Magazine the quarterly journal of The Textiles Institute.

This paper discusses how new technologies will enable fashion textiles research to be disseminated amongst a new generation of producers and consumers via interactive and web technologies.

Right: Dark Satanics after Lowry by Thomas Mossop, 2009

Coming Next Time

We have some exciting new updates in the works for this space. The following list is what we are currently working on and hope to have available to our readers within the next 7 days...
- Government Policy
- Industrial Fashion Retailers
- Scholarly Texts from Thinkers
- Key Literature
- Guest Bloggers
- Activists