Essays about: "Virgin Fashion"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Virgin Fashion.

1. 1. Weaving a Story of Collaboration: The Case of the New Cotton Project : A Circular Business Ecosystem working towards a Circular Economy in the Fashion and Textiles Industry

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Delphine Froment; Marianna Siljander; [2022]
   Keywords : Circular Economy; Collaboration; Fashion and Textiles Industry; Circular Business Ecosystem; Circular Business Model; Textile Waste; Textile Recycling; Innovation; Theory of Collaborative Advantage;

   Abstract : The fashion industry is ranked as the fourth most environmentally harmful industries in the world. A main cause being the overruling destructive model of take-make-dispose that maintains our reliance on virgin materials. Academia and European Union policymakers believe the Circular Economy is a more sustainable alternative to this linear model. READ MORE

3. 2. Cascade Use in Circular Economy Business Models in the Textile and Fashion Industry : a Dynamic Capabilities Perspective

   University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

   Author : Chamirangika Madushani Hetti Arachchige; [2021]
   Keywords : Circular economy; Cascade use; Circular economy business models; Business model innovation; Textile and fashion; Dynamic capabilities;

   Abstract : Background - The textile and fashion industry is paving the way towards the circular economy to achieve economic and environmental value. Today the industry is mainly dependent on the linear production model of the take-make-dispose system. This linear model excels in making waste out of virgin raw materials that can utilize several lifetimes. READ MORE

4. 3. Grandmother of cats : dressed drunk

   University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

   Author : Hanna Ryd; [2021]
   Keywords : Re-make Upcycle; Post-consumer waste; Sustainable; Fashion Design;

   Abstract : The title of this work origins from the muse created to give the thought of equal value in discarded material a persona. This crazy-cat-lady-like muse that compulsively hoards and stacks every possible item in her house and values her low-status-material single-use-waste-collection equally to her high-status-material jewelry box. READ MORE

5. 4. An Innovation Resistance Theory Perspective on Sustainable Fashion

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Rewan Magdy Fathy Abdelrahman Kholousy; Anthi Triantafyllidi; [2021]
   Keywords : Active Innovation Resistance barriers; Talke Heidenreich; Innovation Resistance theory; Ram Seth; Diffusion of Innovations Theory; Rogers; Socio-psychological Theories; Consumer Reluctance to Innovations; Circular Economy; Fast Fashion; Sustainable Fashion; Fashion Industry; Innovation; Innovative Products; Socio-demographic Factors; Circular Fast Fashion; Fast Fashion Market; Virgin Fashion; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to explore the relative importance of the eight psychological Active Innovation Resistance (AIR) barriers, from the new typology of AIR barriers developed from Talke and Heidenreich in 2014, on the consumer’s intention to adopt or buy circular fashion products. Moreover, this thesis examines whether the socio-demographic factors of age, employment status, and educational level have an influence on the adoption process. READ MORE

6. 5. Why Waste? : Exploring the potential of waste as a new material and method for fashion design.

   University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

   Author : Nanna Graversen; [2020]
   Keywords : Material driven fashion design; Reflective design practice; Sustainable design; Knit- Menswear; Sustainable Design; Waste streams;

   Abstract : This research explores the scope of waste as a material and methods for fashion design, drawing together an open mindset and sustainable actions for a menswear collection. Reflective Design Practice is the overlaying methodology used to incorporate a wide variety of textile manipulations and materials. READ MORE