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Sustainable Fashion and Textile Management

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Management".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 9832

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Yingjiao Xu

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Department of Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
Interests: consumer behavior; fashion retailing; fashion and textile management
Dr. Chunmin Lang

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Department of Textiles, Apparel Design and Merchandising, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
Interests: sustainable consumption; collaborative consumption; fashion entrepreneurship
Dr. Xingqiu Lou

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Department of AMDT, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-2020, USA
Interests: new product development; emerging textiles and apparel technologies; mass customization; sustainability and sustainable development; product lifecycle management
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The importance of sustainability can never be overemphasized in the global fashion and textile industry. From material research, product design and development, supply chain management, marketing and retail strategies, to product consumption and disposal, sustainability is a key consideration throughout the whole supply chain.    

In this Special Issue, we would like to provide a platform for researchers to share their research on sustainability from the perspectives of  fashion and textile management. Original research articles and reviews are welcome to be submitted to this Special Issue. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

  • Sustainable materials;
  • Sustainable design and product development;
  • Sustainable supply chain management;
  • Sustainable fashion retailing;
  • Green marketing/communication;
  • Sustainable consumer behavior;
  • Recycling and upcycling;
  • Innovative technology and sustainability;
  • Circular fashion.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Yingjiao Xu
Dr. Chunmin Lang
Dr. Xingqiu Lou
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • sustainable consumption
  • green marketing
  • circular fashion
  • sustainable retailing
  • technology innovation
  • sustainable design and product development
  • recycling and upcycling
  • sustainable materials
  • sustainable supply chain management

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Role of Design for Disassembly in Educating Consumers for Circular Behavior
by Muhammad Babar Ramzan, Muhammad Salman Habib, Muhammad Omair, Jawad Naeem, Hajra Mustafa, Muhammad Waqas Iqbal and Asif Iqbal Malik
Sustainability 2023, 15(21), 15505; https://doi.org/10.3390/su152115505 - 31 Oct 2023
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Promotion of durable materials and products is a common approach to enhance sustainability. However, the effectiveness of such efforts lies on shifts in user behavior and consumption patterns, and these patterns are influenced not only by material aspects but also by social and [...] Read more.
Promotion of durable materials and products is a common approach to enhance sustainability. However, the effectiveness of such efforts lies on shifts in user behavior and consumption patterns, and these patterns are influenced not only by material aspects but also by social and experiential dimensions. It has been observed that the consumers’ consumption pattern, i.e., post-consumption behavior, is as harmful as production. However, this area remains largely unexplored. The primary purpose of this study is to explore sustainable garment design strategies to enhance emotional durability of garments and reduce pre-consumer and most importantly, the post-consumer waste. For this purpose, 18 garments were produced using ZWPC for pre-consumption waste reduction and DFD for post-consumption waste minimization. Three hypotheses were developed. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected through questionnaires and wear trials on the practicality of DFD implementation in garments. The results demonstrated that the combination of these strategies has the potential to curb both pre-consumer and post-consumer waste by designing garments that can enter the biological as well as technical cycle of circular fashion (CF). Furthermore, DFD is a success in increasing the use-life of a garment. Full article
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Gifts and Commodities: A Dialectical Thought Experiment for Sublation
by Ruirui Zhang, Joseph D’Andrea and Chunmin Lang
Sustainability 2023, 15(9), 7562; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15097562 - 4 May 2023
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The core motivation for this study is the realization that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) encounter temporary obstacles, conflicts, or inconsistencies that impede progress and generalization. According to the authors, sustainable development across social, environmental, and economic dimensions is unlikely to occur without [...] Read more.
The core motivation for this study is the realization that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) encounter temporary obstacles, conflicts, or inconsistencies that impede progress and generalization. According to the authors, sustainable development across social, environmental, and economic dimensions is unlikely to occur without redefining the meaning and recalibrating the metrics used to measure commodities. These meanings and metrics must align with values such as general reciprocity, morality, and the common good, going beyond mere calculations of means and ends and personal preferences. The research has three primary objectives: first, to compare and reassess the meanings and responsibilities assigned to “items” traded in indigenous and modern economies; second, to use Hegelian dialectics to enhance and transform the notion of a commodity by revising and expanding its current understanding; and third, to introduce a new construct—the giftized commodity—along with potential implicational scenarios and recommendations for its inclusion in theory development in stakeholder capitalism, sustainable consumer behavior, and ecological economics. Through a dialectical interaction (in a Hegelian sense), by integrating seminal and diverse viewpoints from economics and anthropology, such as Neoliberalism, commodity theory, gift theory, and production and consumption in indigenous societies, the authors intend to modify and restructure the scope of responsibilities associated with commodities and commodity exchange. Full article
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Digitalization as a Provider of Sustainability?—The Role and Acceptance of Digital Technologies in Fashion Stores
by Louisa von der Assen
Sustainability 2023, 15(5), 4621; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15054621 - 5 Mar 2023
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Digitalization, as well as sustainability, are gaining increased relevance and have attracted significant attention in research and practice. However, the research already published about this topic examining digitalization in the retail sector does not consider the acceptance of related innovations, nor their impact [...] Read more.
Digitalization, as well as sustainability, are gaining increased relevance and have attracted significant attention in research and practice. However, the research already published about this topic examining digitalization in the retail sector does not consider the acceptance of related innovations, nor their impact on sustainability. Therefore, this article critically analyzes the acceptance of customers towards digital technologies in fashion stores as well as their impact on sustainability in the textile industry. The comprehensive analysis of the literature and the current state of research provide the basis of this paper. Theoretical models, such as the Technology-Acceptance-Model (TAM) and the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 (UTAUT 2) enable the evaluation of expectations and acceptance, as well as the assessment of possible inhibitory factors for the subsequent descriptive and statistical examination of the acceptance of digital technologies in fashion stores. The research on this subject was examined in a quantitative way. The key findings show that customers do accept digital technologies in fashion stores. The final part of this contribution describes the innovative Digitalization 4 Sustainability Framework which shows that digital technologies at the point of sale (PoS) in fashion stores could have a positive impact on sustainability. Overall, this paper shows that it is particularly important for fashion stores to concentrate on their individual strengths and customer needs as well as to indicate a more sustainable way by using digital technologies, in order to achieve added value for the customers and to set themselves apart from the competition while designing a more sustainable future. Moreover, fashion stores should make it a point of their honor to harness the power of digitalization for sake of sustainability and economic value creation. Full article
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