If you could imagine an entirely new fashion system, what would you dream up?
An open access book, Fashion Fictions: Imagining Sustainable Worlds presents a kaleidoscope of crowdsourced responses to this open-ended prompt, exploring the common themes and issues that arose in the myriad of ideas received.
Bridging the gap between fiction and reality, this imaginative and original project brings something entirely new to the study of fashion and sustainability. Each world differs immensely - in one, the fashion conscious use foliage to dress up for a night out while, in another, commercial trade in clothing is as unthinkable as trade in human organs. These fascinating imaginings are fleshed out and brought to life by each chapter.
A source of inspiration for designers, researchers, activists and students alike, Fashion Fictions encourages its readers to reimagine the world around them and reveals what people are really yearning for in their experience of fashion.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by UKRI.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
Fashion Fictions encapsulates exactly why creative imagination is at the heart of sustainable reform for the fashion industry. An inspiration to those who are brave enough to envision what the future can be! * Dr Alana James, Northumbria University, UK * This book stands out for its originality and forward-thinking ideas. Each chapter is a testament to the author's creative prowess, offering readers a glimpse into possibilities to imagine fashion beyond what is known. The practical applications and conceptual explorations are both inspiring and thought-provoking, encouraging readers to rethink traditional approaches to fashion design and production through experiential imagination. * Dr Clarice Garcia, University of Technology Sydney, Australia *
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
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Broschur/Paperback
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Illustrationen
Maße
Höhe: 246 mm
Breite: 189 mm
Dicke: 25 mm
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ISBN-13
978-1-350-43563-6 (9781350435636)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Dr Amy Twigger Holroyd is Professor of Alternative Fashion Systems at Nottingham School of Art & Design, part of Nottingham Trent University. She has explored the emerging field of fashion and sustainability since 2004, initially via her craft fashion knitwear label, Keep & Share. Amy's work has been featured in various exhibitions, books and publications, from Vogue to Fashion Theory. Amy has authored and edited several books, including her monograph Folk Fashion: Understanding Homemade Clothes (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2020) and Historical Perspectives on Sustainable Fashion (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2023).
Autor*in
Research FellowNottingham Trent University, UK
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Data Access Statement
World index
1 The Place Between
How change looks
Imagining otherwise
Box 1.1: Further reading
Embracing the impossible
2 Speculating sideways
Envisioning parallel worlds
Box 2.1: Stage 1 - writing a world
Box 2.2: Stage 2 - making a prototype
Bringing the worlds to life
Box 2.3: Stage 3 - creating an enactment
Box 2.4: Capturing wonder
Exploring the book
3 Stories and language
Fashion stories
Telling stories
Wording stories
Box 3.1: Take action - garment-description game
Performing stories
Stories and language: ideas for the real world
4 Nature and spirituality
Fashion and nature
Post-nature communities
Meeting the mushrooms
Box 4.1: Take action - meet the mushrooms
Fashion and spirituality
Nature and spirituality: ideas for the real world
5 Place and togetherness
Locations and localism
Places for togetherness
Ritualizing fashion
Box 5.1: Take action - ritual garment exchange
Trends and connection
Box 5.2: Take action - resourceful styling
Place and togetherness: ideas for the real world
6 Organization and adaptation
Organizing fashion
Organizing otherwise
Restriction and rebellion
Limits, resourcefulness and adaptation
Organization and adaptation: ideas for the real world
7 Pulling the possibilities
Speculation, wonder and change
Box 7.1: Wonder gallery
Lingering experiences: possibility and stories
Making change: prefiguration
Box 7.2: Playing in prefigurative mode
Looping back
Bibliography
References
Index
