FSN 232 Study Guide - Sustainable Design, Screen Printing, Fast Fashion
8 Apr 2013
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Increased consumption: perceived obsolescence (you don"t need to have clothes break-down or wear out for people to buy new clothes) Started because of clothing & textiles (mechanical looms, first factories) Lowered cost of textiles (paper patter, home sewing machine, department stores, malls) Start 80"s, took off in late 90"s. Move to offshore production (cheap labor, sweatshops, less hah. Loss of 2 season model s/s & f/w (continuous product replenishment, monthly and weekly changes) *clothing made only to last a certain amount of time. 2000: global consumption over trillion us. H&m makes half a billion a year. Second hand/charity shops: things that are too trendy wont even sell in second hand or charity (they end up in the land fill, 2009 usa: 29 million tons of garbage. Textiles waste (pre & post consumer, scraps of fabric, samples: red dyes are the most toxic and is carcinogenic. *378 billion liters per year of water is used.
