GREEN FASHION (THEORY)

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Paper Code: 
DFSD 603 A
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

1. To enable students awareness of importance of designing for sustainability
2. To provide knowledge of current sustainable technologies, materials and design innovation

12.00
Unit I: 
Green Fashion- Introduction
  • Origin of Green Fashion movement
  • Definition of Green Fashion & Related Terminologies (Organic Fashion, Up cycle, Eco- Fashion, Ethical Fashion, Sustainable Fashion, Fast Fashion, Slow Fashion) green conduct
  • Organizations and Forums working for Green Fashion
12.00
Unit II: 
Green Fashion- Materials
  • Fibers used for Green Clothing- Organic Cotton, Wool, Soy, Hemp, Pina, Nettle, Tencel
  • Fabrics used for Green Clothing- Natural, Synthetic and Regenerated
12.00
Unit III: 
Green Fashion- Processes
  • Processes used for production of Green Clothing:

          Low chemical bleach and dye, color without dyeing, natural dyes,   enzyme technology

  • Minimum waste in cut and sew
  • Disposal of Clothing (Refashion and RecyCouture)
12.00
Unit IV: 
Designer’s, Celebrities and Brands working for Green Fashion
  • International Designers( Mark Morris, Andrew Sorensen, Elena Gracia) and Brands (Ethitcus, Hidesign )of Green Fashion
  • National Designers( Swati Argade, Anita Dongre, Samant Chouhan ) and Brands(Bhu:Sattva, Do u speak green,  Fab India, Mother Earth, Samatana) of Green Fashion  

                                   

12.00
Unit V: 
Green Fashion and Carbon Footprints
  • Effect of Green Fashion on Consumers: fair labour issues
  • Emerging ethical issues due to change in fashion
  • Effect of Green Fashion on environment (Resources/energy conservation and Green house gases)
Essential Readings: 
  1. Kate Fletcher & Lynda Grose, Fashion and Sustainability, Design for change, Laurence king publishing Ltd, London, 2011.
  2. Safia Minney, Naked Fashion: The New Sustainable Fashion Revolution, Published by New internationalist, 2011.
  3. Thames & Hudson, The Sustainable Fashion Handbook, Sandy black published 2012.
  4. Janet Hethorn & Connie Ulasewicz, Sustainable fashion: Why Now? A Conversation exploring Issues, Practices and Possibilities, Bloomsbury Academic 2012.

 

References: 
  1. Sustainable Fashion and Textiles: Design Journeys by Kate Fletcher, 2012.
  2. Eco Fashion by Sass Brown, Laurence King Publishing, 2013.
  3. Future Fashion White Papers by Earth Pledge, 2013. 
  4. The Eco-chick Guide To Life by Starre Vartan, 2012.
  5. Eco-Chic, The Fashion Paradox by Sandy Black, Black dog Publishers.
  6. Green Is The New Black-How To Change The World With Style by Tamsin Blanchard, 2013.
  7. Sustainable Fashion: Why Now? A Conversation Exploring Issues, Practices and Possibilities by Janet Hethorn and Connie Ulasewicz, 2012.
  8. Sustainable fashion: New approaches Kirsi Niinimäki (ed.) Aalto University publication series, 2013.
Academic Year: 
2018-19