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Several weeks ago I heard a lecture by\u00a0Dr. Kate Fletcher<\/a>, a pioneer of the\u00a0slow fashion<\/a>\u00a0movement, on “Fashion and Sustainability: Design for Change,” as part of a lecture series presented by\u00a0Fashion Lab\u2019s YARN series<\/a>. When I arrived in the auditorium-style classroom, I excitedly took my seat in hopes of learning more about how sustainability is remaking the fashion world.<\/p>\n

With a sincere tone, Dr. Fletcher began by asking us to think of a garment or\u00a0accessory<\/a>\u00a0connecting us to nature, and then explained how\u00a0true\u00a0materialism invokes intrinsic, more intimate relationships with goods and, ultimately, yields new ways to use garments. She predicted future sustainable fashion designers<\/a>\u00a0will need to consider a variety of dimensions when\u00a0creating new looks<\/a>, like how our bodies change over time, effects of frequent wearing and\u00a0laundering, etc.<\/p>\n

Small Steps toward Big Changes in Fashion\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

As acting Reader in Sustainable Fashion at the\u00a0Centre for Sustainable Fashion<\/a>\u00a0(London College of Fashion), Fletcher commended the eco-friendly practices of\u00a0climate neutral businesses<\/a>,\u00a0modular designers<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0social campaigns<\/a>\u00a0bringing awareness to the amount of fabric, water and other resources wasted in the process of creating the season\u2019s trendiest styles.<\/p>\n

Even though practices like these have been \u201cabsolutely essential\u201d to the fashion industry over the last 20 years, they are not enough to lessen the impact of conventional consumer ideas of purchase and disposal, Kate said in her presentation.<\/p>\n

The lecturer suggested we begin\u00a0shifting our thinking<\/a>\u00a0about our clothing choices and the industry as a whole. Then we can create a vision of what is possible when advances in technology, skills and research work together to extend the boundaries of the social norms of fashion.<\/p>\n

Is it too much to demand that every factory employee receive fair wages and work in safe conditions, or that there will be\u00a0no toxins used in dyes? That\u00a0zero waste<\/a>\u00a0becomes the standard in clothing manufacturing, and only recycled packaging will be used in shipping? You probably can add more demands to the list.<\/p>\n

The bottom line is that sustainability is a forum which we can use to shape fashion into what we want it to be!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What are the opportunities that exist for creating a more sustainable fashion industry? What challenges remain. Dr. Kate Fletcher’s recent lecture in St. Louis provided a glimpse into the future of “slow fashion.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":125,"featured_media":15021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,24,13],"tags":[1100,73,5763,5765,4365,104,5387],"yoast_head":"\nFashion & Sustainability: Designing for Change<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dr. Kate Fletcher, a pioneer in the sustainable\/"slow" fashion movement, recently discussed the opportunities & challenges that exist for the industry.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/sustainable-fashion-kate-fletcher\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fashion & 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