Fast changing fashion trends have led to high consumption rates of clothing, shortening of
life-spans for many fashion products and increasing amounts of textile waste. Addressing …

Textile and apparel manufacturers face severe competition in an increasingly globalized
economy and a decline in the industry as the nation becomes economically mature …

Introduction Speed of response and capital investment are two of the driving forces of
competitiveness to any business, but to the fashion industry design and marketing are …

T his paper examines the role of designing through making in the fashion design process. It
draws upon empirical data collected through a series of case studies conducted with …

Globally, the textiles industry is worth over $1 trillion, ranked the second biggest global
economic activity for intensity of trade, and employs approximately 26 million people …

This paper discusses research undertaken to identify and compare design theories of
European and Japanese fashion designers. Various influencing factors, including historic …

This study aims to explore fashion and clothing as meaning-making systems, from the
standpoint of social semiotics. Working with its frameworks, the study defines fashion and …

The emergence of new economy has brought the creative industries onto the urban
research agenda. Despite the extensive literature on the subject, there is need of a more in …

This paper describes a principle element of a PhD research programme that was devised to
elicit tacit process knowledge from individuals within different sectors within the clothing …

This study has evolved from the researcher's clothing industry experience and interest in the
development of technology use. It aims to discover clothing industry interrelationships and …