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View article: Encouraging Sustainable Behaviour Change via a Social Practice Approach: A Focus on Apparel Consumption Practices
Encouraging Sustainable Behaviour Change via a Social Practice Approach: A Focus on Apparel Consumption Practices Open
To encourage greater sustainability regarding apparel consumption practices, policymakers have traditionally focused on economic and/or social psychology frameworks which rely on information-based campaigns to achieve behavioural change. W…
View article: Colour forecasting
Colour forecasting Open
The underlying principles of colour forecasting now have a history spanning a full century. This issue of Textile Progress is somewhat timely as the challenges that industry face now differ from those of the twentieth century, in particula…
View article: Revitalising and enhancing sewing skills and expertise
Revitalising and enhancing sewing skills and expertise Open
Critical skill gaps highlighted by UK professionals in the fashion industry and identified by Government bodies were evidenced in the classroom while observing fashion students. The issues include lacking an understanding of garment constr…
View article: The fashion blogosphere: Success from the readers’ perspective
The fashion blogosphere: Success from the readers’ perspective Open
The role of blogs and bloggers as conduits of fashion information has strengthened through their growing popularity with fashion consumers. Convenience has been identified as a key reason why fashion consumers use the Internet and social m…
View article: Exploring the Garment Fit paradigm from a Sustainability Perspective and its Meaning for First- Cycle and Second-Cycle Fashion Retailers
Exploring the Garment Fit paradigm from a Sustainability Perspective and its Meaning for First- Cycle and Second-Cycle Fashion Retailers Open
Since the societal and industrial move away from tailored clothing to ready-made garments, it has been suggested that the need for an
\noptimal sizing system has being a constant challenge for the mass-production fashion industry sector an…
View article: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A RESOURCE TOOL FOR THE REVITALISATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF SEWING SKILLS AND EXPERTISE
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A RESOURCE TOOL FOR THE REVITALISATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF SEWING SKILLS AND EXPERTISE Open
Prolonged observations of fashion students highlighted a limited understanding of garment construction quality, technical knowledge and skills, timescale boundaries, and a lack of confidence to experiment with construction techniques; it w…
View article: Application Research of 3D Printing Technology on Dress Forms
Application Research of 3D Printing Technology on Dress Forms Open
A dress form is an essential tool in the clothing-making process for pattern block development, draping and quality inspection. However, it is noted that a single dress form is not applicable for a large variety of body shapes. Adjustable …
View article: Conceptualizing Sustained High Quality Fashion Products in a Devalue Dominated Marketplace
Conceptualizing Sustained High Quality Fashion Products in a Devalue Dominated Marketplace Open
The current fashion system largely sustains an industry through excessive consumer consumption habits resulting in an environmentally unsustainable industry. Fashion trends coupled with mass-production strategies, predominantly within the …
View article: A Comparative Study of National Standard and Sizing Survey between the UK and South Korea
A Comparative Study of National Standard and Sizing Survey between the UK and South Korea Open
In the infant and childrenswear market, some unsolved issues exist such as unsatisfactory fitting,
\nsize discordance, growing rate of return at the online markets despite the various trials and
\nresearch from garment manufacturers, gover…