The role of science and technology in sustainable fashion
Book chapter, 2015
Science and technology play an important role in changing the nature of fashion. This chapter examines this role, looking at four major phases of the garment life cycle and examining some of the key developments in the technology of fashion and the science of understanding its impacts.
Author
Gregory Peters
Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chemical Environmental Science
Hjalmar Granberg
Innventia
Susanne Sweet
Handelshogskolan i Stockholm
The Handbook of Sustainable Fashion
181-190
978-0-415-82859-8 (ISBN)
Driving Forces
Sustainable development
Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)
Philosophy
Chemical Engineering
Areas of Advance
Materials Science
DOI
10.4324/9780203519943
ISBN
978-0-415-82859-8