Eco fashion / Sass Brown.

By:

Brown, Sass

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Laurence King, 2010.Description: 207 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cmISBN:

185669691X (pbk.)
9781856696913 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

746.9 ECO

Contents:

Chapter 1 Community & Fair Trade: Alabama Chanin / Amana / El Naturalista / Elena Garcia / Leila Hafzi / Les Fées de Bengale / ModaFusion / Mona Mohanna / Noir / Royah / sense-organics / Shoto Banerji / Taller Flora / Van Markoviec -- Chapter 2 Ecological & Slow Design: Alexandra Faro / Camila Norrback / Céline Faizant / Christine Birkle / Ciel / Emily Katz / Enamore / FIN / Françoise Hoffmann / Linda Loudermilk / Magdalena Schaffrin / RoyalBLUSH / Samant Chauhan / U Roads / YOJ -- Chapter 3 Recycle, Reuse & Redesign: Angela Johnson / Costumisée par Liza / Demano / E2 / Frau Wagner / From Somewhere / Geoffrey B. Small / Josh Jakus / Preloved / Rebound Designs / Riedizioni / Stephan Hann / Suitcase / TRAIDremade -- Chapter 4 New Models: aforest-design / Andrea Zittel / Bless / Collection of Hope / Holly McQuillan / Mark Liu / Nau / Rebecca Earley & Kate Goldsworthy / Redesign the World -- Chapter 5 Designer & Corporate Initiatives: Agatha Ruiz de la Prada / Barneys New York / H&M and Designers Against Aids / Katharine Hamnett / Miguel Adrover / Philippe Starck / Salvatore Ferragamo / Vivienne Westwood / Yeohlee Teng / Yves Saint Laurent

Summary: This title shows the range of companies making a difference in the area of sustainable design in fashion, exploding the myth that sustainable design is bad design, or at best basic design, by highlighting the range of companies producing desirable and well-designed apparel and accessories with a conscience.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	746.9 ECO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Checked out	30/06/2020	39002100421156

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

Includes index.

This title shows the range of companies making a difference in the area of sustainable design in fashion, exploding the myth that sustainable design is bad design, or at best basic design, by highlighting the range of companies producing desirable and well-designed apparel and accessories with a conscience.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Originally from London, England, Sass Brown is a full-time professor in the Fashion Design department at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. She has worked with women's cooperatives in Latin America, most notably COOPA-ROCA in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.