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Wednesday, July 03, 2024

International Journal of Sustainable Fashion & Textiles 3.1 is out now! Special Issue

Intellect is pleased to announce that International Journal of Sustainable Fashion & Textiles 3.1 is out now!

 

Special Issue: ‘The Future of Sustainable Clothing Use Practice’

 

The first edition of 2024 for the International Journal of Sustainable Fashion & Textiles (SFT) is a Special Issue linked to the recent PLATE conference that took place at Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland in 2023. The issue comprises of a variety of papers addressing ‘The Future of Sustainable Clothing Use Practice’. The papers present differing viewpoints and angles to tackle a key issue in the fashion industry that is linked to its dirty secret – its waste problem. The collection of articles outlines not only key contributions to the field, but also highlights areas of future research.

 

For more information about the journal and issue click here>>

https://www.intellectbooks.com/international-journal-of-sustainable-fashion-textiles

 

Aims & Scope

 

International Journal of Sustainable Fashion & Textiles is a peer-reviewed academic publication and the world’s first ongoing subscription journal dedicated to the area of sustainability and ethics in the fashion and textiles industry. Its principal objectives are to provide a platform for the advancement of sustainable fashion and textiles innovation, raise awareness of the environmental and social issues and disseminate how sustainable solutions can be implemented.

 

Issue 3.1

 

Editorial

KIRSI NIINIMÄKI AND CLAUDIA E. HENNINGER

 

Obituary

 

Obituary for Dr Debbie Moorhouse

RINA ARYA

 

Articles

 

Online and sustainable fashion consumption practices: A study of Argentina’s Instagram fashion consumers and virtual platforms users in the period from 2016 to 2021

VICTORIA NANNINI

 

Does resale extend the use phase of garments? Exploring longevity on the fashion resale market

METTE DALGAARD NIELSEN AND ELSE SKJOLD

 

Making the ‘short game’ a ‘long game’: Promoting clothing longevity in the use phase

COSETTE M. JOYNER MARTINEZ AND SAMIRA IRAN

 

How to ‘repair’ repair? A conceptual model to escalate repair as urgent or important

DENISE N. RALL

 

Examining clothing repair practices, core competences, techniques, tools and community structures involved in extending the life of garments

LUCIE HERNANDEZ, BRUNA PETRECA, SHARON BAURLEY, NADIA BIANCHI-BERTHOUZE AND YOUNGJUN CHO

 

Textile aesthetics in mending

LOUISE RAVNLØKKE