Quality matters: reviewing the connections between perceived quality and clothing use time

M Aakko, K Niinimäki - … of Fashion Marketing and Management: An …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose Extending the active lifetimes of garments by producing better quality is a widely
discussed strategy for reducing environmental impacts of the garment industry. While quality …

[HTML][HTML] Ethical foundations in sustainable fashion

K Niinimäki - Textiles and Clothing Sustainability, 2015 - Springer
Sustainability is fuzzy and wide concept and the discussion what to sustain continues, the
resources or lifestyle. Furthermore how holistically the sustainability should be approached …

Sustainable product-service systems for clothing: exploring consumer perceptions of consumption alternatives in Finland

CM Armstrong, K Niinimäki, S Kujala, E Karell… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2015 - Elsevier
The clothing industry is in need of innovative business models that can reduce its
environmental footprint for which product-service systems (PSS) may provide many …

Emerging design strategies in sustainable production and consumption of textiles and clothing

K Niinimäki, L Hassi - Journal of cleaner production, 2011 - Elsevier
This study contributes to current knowledge of sustainability in textile and clothing
production and consumption. When the textile and clothing industry aims to promote …

Fashion in a circular economy

K Niinimäki - Sustainability in fashion: a cradle to upcycle approach, 2017 - Springer
This chapter lays grounding for principles in a circular economy from the fashion viewpoint.
Chapter presents following approaches; design for longevity, design for services, design for …

A study on the factors affecting consumers' willingness to accept clothing rentals

JC Tu, CL Hu - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
Fashionable clothes resource suppliers are directly linked with resource consumers through
the Internet, thus replacing the traditional model. With fashionable clothes as the products for …

From pleasure in use to preservation of meaningful memories: A closer look at the sustainability of clothing via longevity and attachment

K Niinimäki, C Armstrong - International Journal of Fashion Design …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The short life span of clothing is problematic from the viewpoint of sustainable development,
making the study of ways to extend garment use time worthwhile. This current study focuses …

Upcycled and low-cost sustainable business for value-added textiles and fashion

P Pandit, GT Nadathur, S Jose - Circular Economy in Textiles and Apparel, 2019 - Elsevier
The release of distressing volumes of greenhouse gases in the environment, disappearing
natural resources of clean water and fossil fuel reserves, and increasing pollution by …

Unlocking the motivations behind vintage luxury desire

I Phau, OO Akintimehin, AS Shimul… - Spanish Journal of …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose Despite the growing popularity of SHVL fashion, there is little empirical focus on the
antecedent factors that influence consumers' intention to purchase and recommend SHVL …

A human-centered approach to green apparel advertising: Decision tree predictive modeling of consumer choice

SY Song, YK Kim - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
This study uses a human-centered approach to environmental ethics to examine which
perceived factors in advertising predict consumers' intention to purchase “green”, or …