Sustainable Fashion: From Conception To Disposal

Research Article
Abir Saiyed and Madhu Sharan
DOI: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijrsr.2017.0807.0525
Subject: 
science
KeyWords: 
Sustainability, fashion, pollution, reuse, preserve
Abstract: 

Fashion is one of the world’s most important industry, driving a significant part of the global economy. It is a part of day to day life of human being, affecting each one of us in every walk of life. Being multifunctional in nature, fashion can be classified as fast fashion, sustainable fashion, slow fashion, green fashion, ethical fashion, eco fashion, organic fashion and many more. Sustainable fashion carries a great meaning in today’s context where everyone has understood and are working towards reducing pollution. Fast fashion which creates an increasing pressure on the fashion industry, to adopt means that jeopardize environment sustainable practices. Therefore there comes great responsibility to help and protect environmental impact with alternatives. There are certain misconceptions. Many people identify sustainable fashion as fashion that is simply made from sustainable materials. However the responsibility goes further than this and one needs to understand sustainable fashion in detail, spanning across the entire value chain.