Essays about: "slow fashion"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 47 essays containing the words slow fashion.

  1. 1. CSR communication and the use of recycled synthetic fibres in the fashion industry: A content analysis study of two Swedish fashion brands

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljövetenskaplig utbildning; Lunds universitet/Centrum för miljö- och klimatvetenskap (CEC)

    Author : Linn Löfling; [2023]
    Keywords : recycled synthetic fibres; fast fashion; slow fashion; CSR communication; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The fashion industry is one of the largest contributors to environmental issues and has a significant part of plastic production due to the use of synthetic fibres. Much scientific research indicates that the fast fashion model is a significant part of using synthetic fibres; however, slow fashion brands are also using the fibres. READ MORE

  3. 2. Communicating Environmental CSR-Efforts in a Non-Sustainable Industry : A Comparative Study of Patagonia's and H&M's Environmental CSR Communication Using a Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Sanna Viberg; Stephanie Balasingam; [2022]
    Keywords : ECSR communication; Slow fashion; Fast fashion; CCO; Transparency;

    Abstract : The fashion industry is distinguished by two types of companies: slow fashion companies, such as Patagonia, characterized by environmentally friendly business practices, and fast fashion companies, such as H&M, premised on a less environmentally sustainable business model (Fletcher 2010; Bick, Halsey & Ekenga 2018). Although Patagonia and H&M are founded on different business models, their ECSR communication is similar. READ MORE

  4. 3. Pruning a Single-Shot Detector for Faster Inference : A Comparison of Two Pruning Approaches

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Karl Beckman; [2022]
    Keywords : Computer Vision; Object Detection; Single-Shot Detector; SSD-MobileNetV2; Iterative Pruning; Datorseende; Objektdetektering; Enstegsdetektor; SDD-MobileNet-V2; Iterativ Beskärning;

    Abstract : Modern state-of-the-art object detection models are based on convolutional neural networks and can be divided into single-shot detectors and two-stage detectors. Two-stage detectors exhibit impressive detection performance but their complex pipelines make them slow. READ MORE

  5. 4. Value Co-creation in Slow Fashion : Exploring opportunities in new product development

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

    Author : Gunnhildur Pétursdóttir; Liisi Lehtonen; [2022]
    Keywords : Slow fashion; Value co-creation; New product development; Consumer perspective; Company perspective;

    Abstract : Purpose: The purpose of this study is to advance the knowledge on value co-creation in new product development (NPD) in the context of slow fashion, with specific emphasis on investigating the interest of slow fashion consumers to engage in the NPD process and brands' perspective regarding this. Via exploring the value co-creation phenomena in the slow fashion industry context, this study also intends to apply and discuss the suitability of currently available value co-creation theories for the slow fashion context. READ MORE

  6. 5. We have an emergency, we need to slow down: social innovations and degrowth towards a sustainable fashion sector

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Evelina Danielsson Valladares; Matthieu Thomas; [2022]
    Keywords : Degrowth; Socio-cultural change; Social Innovation; Sustainable Fashion; Fashion Practice; Values; Sustainability Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Led by the growth paradigm, the fashion sector finds itself in patterns of overproduction and overconsumption putting immense pressure on socio-ecological systems. To tackle this current system, the degrowth movement emerges as a plausible solution. READ MORE