Making clothing last: A design approach for reducing the environmental impacts

KM Laitala, C Boks, IG Klepp - 2015 - oda.oslomet.no
This article discusses the extent it is possible to delay clothing disposal through improved
design, thus reducing negative environmental impacts. This has been done by including …

What affects garment lifespans? International clothing practices based on a wardrobe survey in China, Germany, Japan, the UK, and the USA

K Laitala, IG Klepp - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Increasing the length of clothing lifespans is crucial for reducing the total environmental
impacts. This article discusses which factors contribute to the length of garment lifespans by …

Deviant bodies and suitable clothes

IG Klepp, M Rysst - Fashion Theory, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Suitable clothes are clothes that make the body socially accepted. The theme of this article
concerns what people with deviant bodies do when suitable clothes are difficult to find; …

Are customers satisfied? Study of the problems currently prevailing in the plus size women's wear market in Sri Lanka

N Seram, K Kumarasiri - Research Journal of Textile and Apparel, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose Plus size clothing is becoming a fashion trend worldwide due to the body positivity
movement sparked off by the growing obesity rates and fat shaming incidents reported …

Environmental and ethical perceptions related to clothing labels among Norwegian consumers

K Laitala, IG Klepp - Research Journal of Textile and Apparel, 2013 - emerald.com
Norwegian consumers know little about eco-labeled garments as almost none are available
on the market. Therefore, consumers who want to make environmentally sound choices …

Determining female consumers' perceptions of garment fit, personal values and emotions when considering garment sizing

J Kasambala, E Kempen… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Female consumer's clothing shopping experience is primarily influenced by the appearance
and fit of a garment that may be influenced by their personal values and is a process that …

Selling health and fitness to sporty sisters: A critical feminist multi-modal discourse analysis of the Lorna Jane retail website

M Nash - Sociology of Sport Journal, 2016 - journals.humankinetics.com
In this paper, I conduct a feminist multimodal critical discourse analysis (FMCDA) of the
Lorna Jane (LJ) retail website (www. lornajane. com. au), an Australian fitness fashion …

The size of the problem with the problem of sizing: How clothing measurement systems have misrepresented women's bodies, from the 1920s to today

LJ Hackett, DN Rall - Clothing Cultures, 2018 - intellectdiscover.com
Clothing size works as an arbiter of the body ideal. The level of complexity required of
clothing measurement systems centres on the problem that clothing must fit closely to the …

Exploration of Indian plus-size women's ready-to-wear: problems and preferences

A Kumari, N Anand - Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Body positivity movement empowered plus-size women globally to speak up boldly
about their clothing needs. Retailers cannot satisfy this group with some classic style …

Female consumers' perceptions of garment fit, personal values and emotions considering their body shapes

J Kasambala, E Kempen, R Pandarum - The Retail and Marketing …, 2014 - journals.co.za
When female consumers encounter garment fit problems as a result of their body shape, an
emotional experience may result due to the failure to attain the personal values they are …