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Sustainable Materials and Management in the Fashion Industry 2nd Edition

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 24 May 2024 | Viewed by 3008

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Ting Chi

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Department of Apparel, Merchandising, Design and Textiles, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
Interests: sustainability and sustainable development; firms’ strategic and supply chain management; corporate social responsibility and consumer environmentalism; multi-channel retailing and electronic commerce; product/technology life cycle analysis
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Prof. Dr. Huantian Cao

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Department of Fashion and Apparel Studies, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA
Interests: sustainable textile material; sustainable apparel and wearable product design and development; functional textiles; functional apparel design and development
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Fashion represents a 2.4-trillion-dollar global industry employing approximately 300 million people worldwide across the value chain. While this industry is booming, increasing focus has been placed on issues related to sustainability; this encompasses environmental issues (such as air, water, and land pollution; climate change; product lifecycle assessment; waste recycling and upcycling; and biodegradable material development and adoption) and social issues (including working conditions, labor practices, diversity and equity issues, health and safety risks, and fair trade). As the discourse around these issues continues to evolve, scholars have made renewed calls for up-to-date research articles that address the issues of sustainable materials and management in the context of apparel and the textile industry.  We will accept both empirical and conceptual papers that offer theoretical and practical contributions to the areas of interest mentioned based on qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-research methods.

This Special Issue mainly focuses on, but is not limited to, the following topics:

  • The development and application of sustainable textile materials;
  • The environmental sustainability of textiles and apparel;
  • Social sustainability of textiles and apparel;
  • Sustainable production and consumption;
  • Consumer perceptions of sustainability in fashion;
  • The impact of COVID-19 on sustainable fashion;
  • Sustainable supply chain management;
  • Sustainable brands and circular business models;
  • Circular economy in the textile and apparel industry;
  • Transparency and traceability of sustainable fashion;
  • Life cycle assessment of textiles and apparel;
  • Innovative and creative solutions for sustainable fashion;
  • Emerging technologies and sustainable business models.

Prof. Dr. Ting Chi
Prof. Dr. Huantian Cao
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • environmental sustainability
  • social sustainability
  • sustainable management
  • sustainable fashion
  • sustainable materials

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Cotton–Cork Blended Fabric: An Innovative and Sustainable Apparel Textile for the Fashion Industry
by Preeti Arya and Ajoy K. Sarkar
Sustainability 2024, 16(8), 3098; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16083098 - 9 Apr 2024
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Cotton is a preferred textile fiber for apparel textiles and is used primarily for summer wear. However, cotton has drawbacks, such as poor wrinkle resistance, and therefore, blends of cotton with other fibers have gained acceptance in the industry. In this study, a [...] Read more.
Cotton is a preferred textile fiber for apparel textiles and is used primarily for summer wear. However, cotton has drawbacks, such as poor wrinkle resistance, and therefore, blends of cotton with other fibers have gained acceptance in the industry. In this study, a novel 90:10 cotton–cork blended fabric was studied for its physical and performance properties and benchmarked against a 100% cotton fabric. Fabric samples were analyzed to determine the wrinkle recovery angle, tenacity, abrasion resistance, shrinkage, CLO value, moisture absorption, and dyeability. The samples were further analyzed using SEM, DSC, and FTIR. The results showed significant differences between the two fabrics. Cotton–cork blended textile fabric had higher performance properties with the potential to be a viable, sustainable apparel textile. Full article
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Unveiling the Soaring Trend of Fashion Rental Services: A U.S. Consumer Perspective
by Ting Chi, Victoria Gonzalez, Justin Janke, Mya Phan and Weronika Wojdyla
Sustainability 2023, 15(19), 14338; https://doi.org/10.3390/su151914338 - 28 Sep 2023
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Fashion rental services have become increasingly popular due to their provision of sustainable and environmentally friendly ways of consuming fashion products. This research aimed to investigate the effects of various stimuli offered by these services, such as product variety, information quality, style conformity, [...] Read more.
Fashion rental services have become increasingly popular due to their provision of sustainable and environmentally friendly ways of consuming fashion products. This research aimed to investigate the effects of various stimuli offered by these services, such as product variety, information quality, style conformity, and service quality, on consumer internal states (perceived performance risk, perceived financial risk, perceived social risk, perceived utilitarian value, and perceived hedonic value) and consequently their external responses (purchase intention and word of mouth). The SOR (stimulus—organism–response) model was applied, with consumer knowledge acting as a moderating variable between the stimuli and organism constructs. To examine and analyze the proposed hypotheses, an online survey was administered, resulting in 379 eligible survey responses. The findings reveal that stimuli offered by fashion rental services (product variety, information quality, style conformity, and service quality) show more significant impact on consumer perceived utilitarian value and hedonic value than perceived performance risk, financial risk, and social risk. Consequently, consumer perceived utilitarian value and hedonic value play a more influential role than perceived risks in forming the positive behavioral responses (use intention and word of mouth). No demographic variables were found to have any significant impact on the purchase intentions or word of mouth regarding fashion rental services. The proposed model shows a high explanatory power, collectively accounting for 60.1% of variance in U.S. consumers’ intention to use fashion rental services and 63.5% of variance in U.S. consumers’ WOM on fashion rental services. Full article
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