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Zero-waste fashion refers to a fashion design strategy, that generates little or no textile waste during the production process, particularly focusing on the pattern making and cutting stages.[1][2][3][4] It is a reaction to the high amount of discarded clothing items going into landfills around the world.[5][6][7]
Zero-waste fashion strategies can be categorized under two general approaches: pre-consumer zero-waste fashion, which eliminates waste during manufacture, and post-consumer zero-waste fashion, which generates clothing from existing materials such as second-hand clothing[8] and elements or textiles made from other discarded consumer products. Historically, zero-waste designs have been utilised in folk clothing, including the kimono, sari, and chiton, among others.[9]
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- ^ The Conversation website, For a true war on waste, the fashion industry must spend more on research, article by Mark Liu dated August 15, 2017
- ^ Zero Waste Scotland website, Is it time to break up with fast fashion to help save the planet?, article dated March 13, 2023
- ^ Zero Waste Week website, Let’s Talk about Fast Fashion
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- ^ Rissanen, Timo. "From 15% to 0: Investigating the creation of fashion without the creation of fabric waste" (PDF). BUGIstudio. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 21, 2006.