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Helpful Fashion Design Books
Our Favorite Reads For Summer!
As we Refresh & Renew this Season, we turned to our most recent inspirational & helpful books to kick off our Spring Plans & Projects
Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live
The 12-Hour Walk: Invest One Day, Conquer Your Mind, and Unlock Your Best Life
You Owe You: Ignite Your Power, Your Purpose, and Your Why
In a recent blog post, we suggested ways to find Your North Star. Having a long term vision with your ultimate Why and goal, you can better stay on track to get there. Read our post here. If you're not sure what your North Star is, this book will help you find your true calling
Whether your an adventurist type or not, the 12 Hour Walk is an incredible journey of Colin O'Brian. I loved his story and am planning my 12 hour walk this month! Stay tuned as I will post about how it goes!
Eric Thomas is such an inspiration to thousands of people. HIs childhood story and how he overcame obstacles to find his calling, his power and create his own success. This book gave me a personal power boost- like a good friend who is your biggest cheerleader. I recommend this book for anyone who enjoys a good success story!
Helpful Fashion Design Books
Inside Fashion Design, 5th Edition
This best-selling book gives readers a close look at the fashion industry from the professional designer's viewpoint. It contains clear and comprehensive coverage and excellent illustrations that examine fashion through the decades and trends of the times. KEY TOPICS Each chapter links stylishly updated visual images with relevant concepts. Coverage of the role of computers and digital technology are integrated into every phase of the design and production process .This reference covers business practice, vocabulary, and industry resources. For economic development researchers profiling the apparel industry, reporters who cover the fashion industry, PR and marketing people new to the fashion arena, and lawyers in civil cases related to apparel production and copyright issues.
Fabric for Fashion_ The Swatch Book Revised Second Edition
This updated version of the bestselling Fabric for Fashion: The Swatch Book, includes additional swatches, new close-up photography to show fabrication, yarn windings as well as finished fabric swatches and more!
This unique resource with 142 swatches and yarns of the most recognized and widely used varieties of fabric encourages consideration of not just fabric’s aesthetic appeal but also their structure, feel and weight. Natural fabrics such as cottons, silks, wools and linens are included, as are a wide range of manmade ones including alternative plant fibers like bamboo and hemp.
With accompanying information on fabrication, weights, and construction, this book will help student fashion designers to make informed textile choices based upon an understanding of raw materials together with the processes that make up a fabric.
This unique resource with 142 swatches and yarns of the most recognized and widely used varieties of fabric encourages consideration of not just fabric’s aesthetic appeal but also their structure, feel and weight. Natural fabrics such as cottons, silks, wools and linens are included, as are a wide range of manmade ones including alternative plant fibers like bamboo and hemp.
With accompanying information on fabrication, weights, and construction, this book will help student fashion designers to make informed textile choices based upon an understanding of raw materials together with the processes that make up a fabric.
Patternmaking Sketchbook for Fashion Designer_ Making Fashion Pattern Efficiently
Patternmaking Sketchbook is an ideal book for beginners and students in the field of fashion design. This Sketchbook helps you easily sketching the Fashion Flat with the template and drawing the Fashion Pattern with the Blank Graph Paper.
This Pattern Making Sketch Book is useful for certain segments of
Dressmakers
Home sewers
Professionals in fashion design
Fashion students
Professors
Industry professionals
Advanced sewists
If you are learning Pattern Making, Pattern Cutting and Sewing, this sketchbook will help you in many ways.
This Pattern Making Sketch Book is useful for certain segments of
Dressmakers
Home sewers
Professionals in fashion design
Fashion students
Professors
Industry professionals
Advanced sewists
If you are learning Pattern Making, Pattern Cutting and Sewing, this sketchbook will help you in many ways.
Fashion Design Course_ Principles, Practice, and Techniques
Everything you need to know about fashion!
The practical, definitive guide for aspiring fashion designers
Fashion Design Course is a popular and widely praised instructional textbook that over the years has become a god standard for anyone interested in fashion. This must-have design book is the only guide students of fashion need, featuring information about the industry and activities that help students find inspiration, develop techniques to sharpen their observational skills, and create their own design. Separate sections coach readers in getting started, understanding figure proportions, planning and designing garments, and creating and assessing flat specification drawings. This beautifully illustrated guide is organized into units that reflect curricula at leading international design colleges.
Becoming a successful fashion designer involves understanding a wide variety of core principles, but, just like people, fashion is ever-changing. That's why it's so important for designers or students of fashion to recognize newer fashion trends and methods of design in the ever-changing world of style. This edition of Fashion Design Course includes new information for anyone looking to stay up-to-date on the world of men's and women's fashion, including tips on how to:
Manipulate motif, texture, mood, and detail with confidence
Challenge their conceptual abilities
Discover their design vision
Develop their ideas through process and investigation
Create a dynamic portfolio that showcases their design skills and gives them the edge when they're looking for work in this competitive but exciting industry
From inspiration to sketching, stitching to promotion, this is the fashion book. Ideal as a design companion for current students of fashion or as a standalone introduction to the field, Fashion Design Course is the definitive guide for anyone looking to learn and grow in the fashion industry.
The practical, definitive guide for aspiring fashion designers
Fashion Design Course is a popular and widely praised instructional textbook that over the years has become a god standard for anyone interested in fashion. This must-have design book is the only guide students of fashion need, featuring information about the industry and activities that help students find inspiration, develop techniques to sharpen their observational skills, and create their own design. Separate sections coach readers in getting started, understanding figure proportions, planning and designing garments, and creating and assessing flat specification drawings. This beautifully illustrated guide is organized into units that reflect curricula at leading international design colleges.
Becoming a successful fashion designer involves understanding a wide variety of core principles, but, just like people, fashion is ever-changing. That's why it's so important for designers or students of fashion to recognize newer fashion trends and methods of design in the ever-changing world of style. This edition of Fashion Design Course includes new information for anyone looking to stay up-to-date on the world of men's and women's fashion, including tips on how to:
Manipulate motif, texture, mood, and detail with confidence
Challenge their conceptual abilities
Discover their design vision
Develop their ideas through process and investigation
Create a dynamic portfolio that showcases their design skills and gives them the edge when they're looking for work in this competitive but exciting industry
From inspiration to sketching, stitching to promotion, this is the fashion book. Ideal as a design companion for current students of fashion or as a standalone introduction to the field, Fashion Design Course is the definitive guide for anyone looking to learn and grow in the fashion industry.
Eco Fashion by Sass Brown
This book looks at one of the strongest trends in fashion, towards the production of desirable and well-designedapparel and accessories with a conscience. Eco Fashion shows the range of sustainable and ethical products available around the globe and explains the stories behind them, as well as showing how and where they make a difference.
Refashioned, Cutting edge clothing from up cycled material
Refashioned Book
Fashionpedia - The Visual Dictionary Of Fashion Design
FASHIONPEDIA is a visual fashion dictionary covering all the technical terms from style to material to production with illustrations and infographics. It encompasses rich, extensive information and yet is easy to read. Whether you are an industry insider or a fashion connoisseur, FASHIONPEDIA is all you will ever need to navigate the fashion scene.
The Fashion Business Manual_ An Illustrated Guide to Building a Fashion Brand
Textilepedia
The Textile Manual is an encyclopaedia of textile information, from material to yarn, from fabric structure to the finishing process. Encompassing practical tips for a range of textiles and detailed visuals, this ultra-accessible manual is the perfect companion for fashion aficionados and aspiring fashion designers.
Poses for Fashion Illustration - Men's Edition (Card Box)
An Encyclopedia of Men's Poses Poses for fashion illustration is a set of professional template cards tailor-made for developing fashion illustrations and sketches. It is packed with a wide range of occasions, dimensions, and body shapes - to provide all the practical poses you'll ever need in your career. For every fashion designer, Poses for fashion illustration is ready to turn your ideas into your greatest work. All the poses are placed inside a box with a filing system to provide easy access to every single pose. The box includes: Poses Cards x 100 Dividers x 12 Drawing Guide
Poses for Fashion Illustration - Women's Edition
Are you looking for the perfect fashion templates to capture your creativity Fashionary have seen the stiff, impractical fashion templates available, and come up with a modern alternative. Their set of 100 pose cards are accurately proportioned, with practical poses that cover basic style to couture to sportswear even including a built-in filing system to accommodate the busy fashion professional. The guide book includes detailed step by step demonstrations of fashion sketching, beautifully drawn by fashion illustrator Connie Lim.
Fashionary Shoe Design
Differing from ordinary shoe design books, this is a complete handbook geared towards practical usage by footwear designers. It includes three main sections: Shoe Style Library, Shoe Encyclopaedia, and Shoe Templates for Tracing. The first section features more than 300 styles of shoes, ranging from historical archetypes to the most signature styles in todays footwear industry. The second focuses on essential and practical information on shoe design, from materials and construction to labels and international fairs. The templates section includes both basic templates and templates for 60 styles of common footwear, from flats and boots to high heels.
Fashion Design for Kids_ Skill-Building Activities for Future Fashion Designers
Calling all future fashionistas! Fashion Design for Kids is here to teach you everything you need to know about the exciting world of fashion design, like coming up with ideas, sketching clothes, and creating your very own Fashion Week collection!
What makes Fashion Design for Kids stand out on the runway and from other fashion design books:
Fashion design 101—You'll be ready to take the fashion world by storm with a foundation in the basics: learn what a fashion designer does, how to choose fabrics, how clothes are produced, and so much more.
Creativity-boosting, no-sew exercises—No need to thread the needle just yet as these skill-building exercises, like coming up with cool, new names for classic colors and creating a fashion mood board, can be done in the book.
An inclusive approach—This book includes gender-neutral activities geared toward all creative kids who love fashion.
Fashion Design for Kids is a must-have guide for aspiring fashion designers who want to bring their ideas—and maybe even their own fashion brand—to life!
What makes Fashion Design for Kids stand out on the runway and from other fashion design books:
Fashion design 101—You'll be ready to take the fashion world by storm with a foundation in the basics: learn what a fashion designer does, how to choose fabrics, how clothes are produced, and so much more.
Creativity-boosting, no-sew exercises—No need to thread the needle just yet as these skill-building exercises, like coming up with cool, new names for classic colors and creating a fashion mood board, can be done in the book.
An inclusive approach—This book includes gender-neutral activities geared toward all creative kids who love fashion.
Fashion Design for Kids is a must-have guide for aspiring fashion designers who want to bring their ideas—and maybe even their own fashion brand—to life!
Essentials Fashion Sketchbook (366 Figure Templates to create your own designs!) Fashion Sketchpad
Create your own original fashion designs!
Bring your inspirations to life by sketching them over the lightly rendered figures reproduced in this helpful journal.
You'll also find templates of heads for hats and make-up designs, and foot templates for shoes.
Contents also include depictions of basic garments to get you started; representations of sample patterns such as pinstripes and herringbone; size equivalents; measurement tips and record; and a fashion glossary.
Paper is acid-free and of archival quality.
Sketch pages are micro-perforated for easy removal.
A ribbon bookmark is included to keep your place.
Use the inside back cover pocket to hold notes, business cards, etc.
The elastic closure secures your journal.
Perfect for fashion design students.
A5 size: 5-1/2'' x 8''.
192 pages.
Bring your inspirations to life by sketching them over the lightly rendered figures reproduced in this helpful journal.
You'll also find templates of heads for hats and make-up designs, and foot templates for shoes.
Contents also include depictions of basic garments to get you started; representations of sample patterns such as pinstripes and herringbone; size equivalents; measurement tips and record; and a fashion glossary.
Paper is acid-free and of archival quality.
Sketch pages are micro-perforated for easy removal.
A ribbon bookmark is included to keep your place.
Use the inside back cover pocket to hold notes, business cards, etc.
The elastic closure secures your journal.
Perfect for fashion design students.
A5 size: 5-1/2'' x 8''.
192 pages.
Sustainability
Circular Design for Fashion
This book has been written in recognition of fashion’s huge potential to shift towards a circular economy and in homage to its creatives ― passionate disruptors that are on the constant search for reinvention. At heart, this book aims to inspire fearless innovators committed to spearheading the future of fashion. It is for all of us looking to make a positive impact in an industry that we love and care about. It is increasingly acknowledged that the practice of design is not exclusive to designers, nor is it found only in studios. The materials, garments, services, shows, supply chains and stores that make up the fashion industry all work the way they do because of innumerable design decisions, made by creatives all over the world. Circular design goes far beyond rethinking single products or services, it has the potential to redefine how the entire fashion system operates. It’s a chance for anyone in the fashion industry ― regardless of job title ― to support the shift to a circular economy where, by design, waste and pollution are eliminated, products and materials are circulated, and nature is regenerated. Circular design is a pioneering practice of design. It is the creative opportunity of the coming decade for the creatives, innovators, and pioneers who seek to reshape the fashion industry.
Sustainable Fashion: What's Next?
As issues surrounding sustainability in the fashion industry continue to evolve, the conversation in this collection of essays from leading fashion academics and practitioners has been updated with current concepts and industry practices. Sustainable Fashion: What's Next? A Conversation about Issues, Practices and Possibilities, Second Edition examines the challenges that designers, product developers, and consumers confront as they create, wear, and recycle clothing and fashion. Organized into three sections and printed on FSC-certified paper, each section focuses on an in-depth exploration of sustainable opportunities that are identified as people, process and the environment.
New to this edition
- Enhanced focus on issues and practices of concern within design and product development processes
- New sidebars, Ideas in Action, focus on an expansion of real world applications and include interviews, case studies and profiles of professionals
-Best Practices at the end of each section feature new examples of contemporary industry practices including The Filippa K. Story, Sri Lanka: A Model of Sustainable Apparel Industry Initiatives, and Peg and Awl: To make things out of nothing
- End-of-chapter discussion questions raise important issues and implications for future development
- New chapters 4, 5, 10, 12 and 15 discuss topics such as social media, social responsibility, technology, cradle to cradle design and design challenges
- Instructor's Guide available
Sustainable Fashion STUDIO
- Study smarter with self-quizzes featuring scored results and personalized study tips
- Watch videos that bring chapter topics and concepts to life
New to this edition
- Enhanced focus on issues and practices of concern within design and product development processes
- New sidebars, Ideas in Action, focus on an expansion of real world applications and include interviews, case studies and profiles of professionals
-Best Practices at the end of each section feature new examples of contemporary industry practices including The Filippa K. Story, Sri Lanka: A Model of Sustainable Apparel Industry Initiatives, and Peg and Awl: To make things out of nothing
- End-of-chapter discussion questions raise important issues and implications for future development
- New chapters 4, 5, 10, 12 and 15 discuss topics such as social media, social responsibility, technology, cradle to cradle design and design challenges
- Instructor's Guide available
Sustainable Fashion STUDIO
- Study smarter with self-quizzes featuring scored results and personalized study tips
- Watch videos that bring chapter topics and concepts to life
Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion
Until recently, Elizabeth Cline was a typical American consumer. She’d grown accustomed to shopping at outlet malls, discount stores like T.J. Maxx, and cheap but trendy retailers like Forever 21, Target, and H&M. She was buying a new item of clothing almost every week (the national average is sixty-four per year) but all she had to show for it was a closet and countless storage bins packed full of low-quality fads she barely wore—including the same sailor-stripe tops and fleece hoodies as a million other shoppers. When she found herself lugging home seven pairs of identical canvas flats from Kmart (a steal at $7 per pair, marked down from $15!), she realized that something was deeply wrong.
Cheap fashion has fundamentally changed the way most Americans dress. Stores ranging from discounters like Target to traditional chains like JCPenney now offer the newest trends at unprecedentedly low prices. Retailers are producing clothes at enormous volumes in order to drive prices down and profits up, and they’ve turned clothing into a disposable good. After all, we have little reason to keep wearing and repairing the clothes we already own when styles change so fast and it’s cheaper to just buy more.
Cheap fashion has fundamentally changed the way most Americans dress. Stores ranging from discounters like Target to traditional chains like JCPenney now offer the newest trends at unprecedentedly low prices. Retailers are producing clothes at enormous volumes in order to drive prices down and profits up, and they’ve turned clothing into a disposable good. After all, we have little reason to keep wearing and repairing the clothes we already own when styles change so fast and it’s cheaper to just buy more.
Sustainable Fashion and Textiles: Design Journeys
ully revised and updated, the second edition of Sustainable Fashion and Textiles: Design Journeys continues todefine the field of design in fashion and textiles. Arranged in two sections, the first four chapters represent key stages of the lifecycle: material cultivation/extraction, production, use and disposal. The remaining four chapters explore design approaches for altering the scale and nature of consumption, including service design, localism, speed and user involvement. While each chapter is complete in and of itself, their real value comes from what they represent together: innovative ways of thinking about textiles and garments based on sustainability values and an interconnected approach to design.
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*NYTBR Paperback Row Selection * The Independent's Best Fashion Book on Sustainability*
An investigation into the damage wrought by the colossal clothing industry and the grassroots, high-tech, international movement fighting to reform it
What should I wear? It’s one of the fundamental questions we ask ourselves every day. More than ever, we are told it should be something new. Today, the clothing industry churns out 80 billion garments a year and employs every sixth person on Earth. Historically, the apparel trade has exploited labor, the environment, and intellectual property—and in the last three decades, with the simultaneous unfurling of fast fashion, globalization, and the tech revolution, those abuses have multiplied exponentially, primarily out of view. We are in dire need of an entirely new human-scale model. Bestselling journalist Dana Thomas has traveled the globe to discover the visionary designers and companies who are propelling the industry toward that more positive future by reclaiming traditional craft and launching cutting-edge sustainable technologies to produce better fashion.
In Fashionopolis, Thomas sees renewal in a host of developments, including printing 3-D clothes, clean denim processing, smart manufacturing, hyperlocalism, fabric recycling—even lab-grown materials. From small-town makers and Silicon Valley whizzes to such household names as Stella McCartney, Levi’s, and Rent the Runway, Thomas highlights the companies big and small that are leading the crusade.
An investigation into the damage wrought by the colossal clothing industry and the grassroots, high-tech, international movement fighting to reform it
What should I wear? It’s one of the fundamental questions we ask ourselves every day. More than ever, we are told it should be something new. Today, the clothing industry churns out 80 billion garments a year and employs every sixth person on Earth. Historically, the apparel trade has exploited labor, the environment, and intellectual property—and in the last three decades, with the simultaneous unfurling of fast fashion, globalization, and the tech revolution, those abuses have multiplied exponentially, primarily out of view. We are in dire need of an entirely new human-scale model. Bestselling journalist Dana Thomas has traveled the globe to discover the visionary designers and companies who are propelling the industry toward that more positive future by reclaiming traditional craft and launching cutting-edge sustainable technologies to produce better fashion.
In Fashionopolis, Thomas sees renewal in a host of developments, including printing 3-D clothes, clean denim processing, smart manufacturing, hyperlocalism, fabric recycling—even lab-grown materials. From small-town makers and Silicon Valley whizzes to such household names as Stella McCartney, Levi’s, and Rent the Runway, Thomas highlights the companies big and small that are leading the crusade.
Circular Fashion: A Supply Chain for Sustainability in the Textile and Apparel Industry
Creating sustainable fashion has never been more important. Circular Fashion provides an accessible, practical, and holistic approach to this key topic for anyone studying fashion or who just loves clothes and wants to make better choices.
This introductory text to sustainability in fashion includes best practice case studies and profiles of companies such as Patagonia, Veja, Christopher Raeburn, and Stella McCartney. It begins with an overview of the fashion business, tackling the issues of the linear production model of make, use, dispose, before exploring the idea of the circular supply chain across all areas of the industry.
Circular Fashion is the must-have book for students, creatives and anyone passionate about sustainability and fashion.
This introductory text to sustainability in fashion includes best practice case studies and profiles of companies such as Patagonia, Veja, Christopher Raeburn, and Stella McCartney. It begins with an overview of the fashion business, tackling the issues of the linear production model of make, use, dispose, before exploring the idea of the circular supply chain across all areas of the industry.
Circular Fashion is the must-have book for students, creatives and anyone passionate about sustainability and fashion.
Why French Women Wear Vintage: And other secrets of sustainable style
he French way to an eco-conscious, super-stylish wardrobe from Paris-based style coach Aloïs Guinut.
Stylish women everywhere are realizing the environmental damage of fast fashion on the planet and looking for new ways to dress that don't involve cramming the wardrobe with clothes that may never get worn. As Paris-based style-coach Aloïs Guinut explores in this invaulable book, French women have a lot to teach us about how to cherish the planet without sacrificing your style:
- Know what works for you.
- Buy less and buy better.
- Mix vintage items with a few wisely chosen modern pieces.
- Look after what you have and make it last.
- Seek out quality fabrics that don't poison the environment.
Stylish women everywhere are realizing the environmental damage of fast fashion on the planet and looking for new ways to dress that don't involve cramming the wardrobe with clothes that may never get worn. As Paris-based style-coach Aloïs Guinut explores in this invaulable book, French women have a lot to teach us about how to cherish the planet without sacrificing your style:
- Know what works for you.
- Buy less and buy better.
- Mix vintage items with a few wisely chosen modern pieces.
- Look after what you have and make it last.
- Seek out quality fabrics that don't poison the environment.
A Practical Guide to Sustainable Fashion (Basics Fashion Design)
Packed with examples from groundbreaking designers such as Vivienne Westwood, Stella McCartney, Edun and People Tree, A Practical Guide to Sustainable Fashion is a much-needed overview of current models of fashion design and production. Alison Gwilt introduces the key issues associated with the production, use and disposal of fashion clothing and gives step-by-step guidance on how to identify and evaluate the potential impacts of a garment during the design process.
With innovative examples of best practice from international designers and brands, the chapters follow each key stage in the life cycle of a fashion garment and explores approaches such as low-impact textiles techniques, mono-materiality, zero waste techniques, upcycling, repair and maintenance techniques and closed-loop design systems.
With innovative examples of best practice from international designers and brands, the chapters follow each key stage in the life cycle of a fashion garment and explores approaches such as low-impact textiles techniques, mono-materiality, zero waste techniques, upcycling, repair and maintenance techniques and closed-loop design systems.
The Conscious Closet: The Revolutionary Guide to Looking Good While Doing Goo
rom journalist, fashionista, and clothing resale expert Elizabeth L. Cline, “the Michael Pollan of fashion,”* comes the definitive guide to building an ethical, sustainable wardrobe you'll love.
Clothing is one of the most personal expressions of who we are. In her landmark investigation Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion, Elizabeth L. Cline first revealed fast fashion’s hidden toll on the environment, garment workers, and even our own satisfaction with our clothes. The Conscious Closet shows exactly what we can do about it.
Whether your goal is to build an effortless capsule wardrobe, keep up with trends without harming the environment, buy better quality, seek out ethical brands, or all of the above, The Conscious Closet is packed with the vital tools you need. Elizabeth delves into fresh research on fashion’s impacts and shows how we can leverage our everyday fashion choices to change the world through style. Inspired by her own revelatory journey getting off the fast-fashion treadmill, Elizabeth shares exactly how to build a more ethical wardrobe, starting with a mindful closet clean-out and donating, swapping, or selling the clothes you don't love to make way for the closet of your dreams.
Clothing is one of the most personal expressions of who we are. In her landmark investigation Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion, Elizabeth L. Cline first revealed fast fashion’s hidden toll on the environment, garment workers, and even our own satisfaction with our clothes. The Conscious Closet shows exactly what we can do about it.
Whether your goal is to build an effortless capsule wardrobe, keep up with trends without harming the environment, buy better quality, seek out ethical brands, or all of the above, The Conscious Closet is packed with the vital tools you need. Elizabeth delves into fresh research on fashion’s impacts and shows how we can leverage our everyday fashion choices to change the world through style. Inspired by her own revelatory journey getting off the fast-fashion treadmill, Elizabeth shares exactly how to build a more ethical wardrobe, starting with a mindful closet clean-out and donating, swapping, or selling the clothes you don't love to make way for the closet of your dreams.
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Global Perspectives on Sustainable Fashion showcases the global fashion industry's efforts to reduce the negative impacts associated with fashion production and consumption.
Illustrated throughout with infographics, photographs and diagrams of creative works, eighteen essays focus on six regions, examining sustainable fashion in the context of local, cultural and environmental concerns. Also included are 18 regional 'Spotlight' sections highlighting the differences and similarities across regions by concentrating on examples of best practice, design innovation and impact on the community.
Illustrated throughout with infographics, photographs and diagrams of creative works, eighteen essays focus on six regions, examining sustainable fashion in the context of local, cultural and environmental concerns. Also included are 18 regional 'Spotlight' sections highlighting the differences and similarities across regions by concentrating on examples of best practice, design innovation and impact on the community.