"Global Perspectives on Sustainable Fashion showcases the global fashion industry's efforts to reduce the negative impacts associated with fashion production and consumption. Illustrated throughout with infographics, photographs and diagrams of creative works, eighteen essays focus on six regions, examining sustainable fashion in the context of local, cultural and environmental concerns. Also included are 18 regional 'Spotlight' sections highlighting the differences and similarities across regions by concentrating on examples of best practice, design innovation and impact on the community"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The sunshine on a cloudy day : sustainable fashion in Brazil / Evelise Rüthschilling -- A spotlight on : fashion activism : the impact of the fashion revolution movement in Brazil / Anne Anicet, Cariane Camargo -- Raíz Diseño : travel of a silent resistance / Laura Novik -- A spotlight on : production of wool fiber in Uruguay / Ana Livni -- Independent fashion design in Argentina, is "sustainablewashing" a concern? / Miguel Angel Gardetti -- A spotlight on : sustainable fashion in Colombia : perspectives and scope / Dolly Viviana Polo Flórez -- Industry leadership toward sustainable fashion through user consumer engagement : North America / Tasha L. Lewis and Suzanne Loker -- A spotlight on : pattern makers and garment makers, Midwest, Ohio, Cleveland / Noël Palomo-Lovinski -- Classing California's wool : from local to global networks / Jennifer Hoover and Susan B. Kaiser -- A spotlight on : preloved (Canada) / Doris Treptow-Kovacs -- Sustainable fashion in Canada : unpacking the spaces and practices of "Made in Canada" / Taylor Brydges -- A spotlight on : Pratt Institute/Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator "Keeping the cart attached to the horse" / Deb Johnson -- Sustainability and garment longevity in the UK high street / Alison Gwilt, Alana James -- A spotlight on : sustainable fashion in the Netherlands / Mariangela Lavanga -- Sustainability in the textiles & clothing fashion industry : an on-going study in Portugal / Ana Cristina Broega -- A spotlight on : VIGGA.us - sharing baby clothes in a sustainable product-service system / Vibeke Riisberg -- Setting out a journey towards sustainable luxury in Spain / Elena Salcedo-Allende -- A spotlight on : textile led sustainable innovation of surface coloration and patterning for sportswear / Laura Morgan, Faith Kane, John Tyrer, Jinsong Shen -- Fashioning sustainability in Hong Kong and China / Gloria Wong and Benny Leong -- A spotlight on : self employed women's association (SEWA) in South Asia / Goutam Saha, Darniya Roy and Harsha Rani -- Collaborative consumption for small and medium-sized fashion enterprises in South Korea / Eunsuk Hur -- A spotlight on : examples of sustainable fashion within Sri Lanka? / Sumith Gopura, Alice Payne -- Sustainable Anatolia : craft centered design in Turkey / Sölen Kipöz, Duygu Atalay -- A spotlight on : don't let fashion go to waste Hong Kong and China / Anne Peirson-Smith -- Sustainable fashion in Australia : raw fibre, fast fashion and new localism / Alice Payne and Tiziana Ferrero-Regis -- A spotlight on : sustainable Australian indigenous fashion? / Jennifer Craik and Kathleen Horton -- Producing sustainable fashion : made in Vietnam / Angela Finn -- A spotlight on : Space Between : fashion activism in New Zealand / Jennifer Whitty -- Fashion practices in Cambodia : contrasting paradigms between the export apparel industry and small-medium enterprises in Cambodia? / Lauren Solomon -- A spotlight on : Rental Systems : wedding dresses from Korea and Thailand / Seoha Min, Marilyn Delong -- A case for design-led environmentally sustainable fashion design praxis in South Africa / Desiree Smal -- A spotlight on : developing sustainable fashion in South Africa : sustainable cotton cluster / Marsha A. Dickson, Huantian Cao, and Martha Carper -- Challenges facing the fashion industry from implementing sustainable product service systems in Botswana and Kenya / Yaone Rapitsenyane, Sophia Njeru, Richie Moalosi -- A spotlight on : designing sustainable indigenous fabric and attire for young women in Zimbabwe's tertiary institutions / Mercy Rugedhla, Potlako Peoesele Disele, Richie Moalosi, Lily Clara Fidzani -- Sustainable fashion and the United Arab Emirates vision 2021 / Ayesha Siddequa -- A spotlight on : the continuation of culture / Shahira Mehrez, Maggie Jonk.