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Slow Fashion Accompanies Digital Towards a Sustainable Future: From Quantity to Quality. Reflections on the New Paradigm of Sustainable Fashion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2022

E. Pucci ,
M. Tufarelli  and
L. Giliberti
E. Pucci*
Affiliation:
University of Florence, Italy
M. Tufarelli
Affiliation:
University of Florence, Italy
L. Giliberti
Affiliation:
University of Florence, Italy
*
[email protected]

Abstract

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The negative social and environmental impacts of the fashion industry refer to a global industry, with its ubiquitous supply chains driven by big brands that determine what to produce, where to produce, and at what prices to sell. Do we want to continue to keep fashion as a beautiful artifact? If so, we need to consider how resources are deployed. Accelerating climate change is looming, portending an uncertain and damaging future. Can fashion be sustainable? Why is sustainability in fashion seen as an oxymoron? Can a return to slow fashion accompany digital towards a sustainable future?

Keywords

sustainable designinnovationindustry 4.0fashion designslow fashion consumers
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Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 2: DESIGN2022 , May 2022 , pp. 1091 - 1098
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