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Total Ethics Fashion: People, our fellow animals and the planet before profit
A deep dive into supply chain issues associated with fashion around the globe.
'Sustainable' and 'ethical' fashion have a they've become marketing buzzwords rather than meaningful commitments for a better fashion industry. In the midst of a global environmental crisis interwoven with serious ethical conundrums, it's time for fashion to look more holistically at both its problems and its solutions.
Exploring how the fashion industry is set up today, Collective Fashion Justice's founding director Emma Hakansson offers a path forward. Looking back at what we've lost from fashion – as the industry's race to the bottom consumes the creativity and culture of clothing – and forward to the future of it, this book is all at once hard hitting, contemplative and hopeful.
A manifesto for a total ethics fashion system, this book is for those who work in fashion, who love fashion, who love the planet, or who simply get dressed each day.
'Sustainable' and 'ethical' fashion have a they've become marketing buzzwords rather than meaningful commitments for a better fashion industry. In the midst of a global environmental crisis interwoven with serious ethical conundrums, it's time for fashion to look more holistically at both its problems and its solutions.
Exploring how the fashion industry is set up today, Collective Fashion Justice's founding director Emma Hakansson offers a path forward. Looking back at what we've lost from fashion – as the industry's race to the bottom consumes the creativity and culture of clothing – and forward to the future of it, this book is all at once hard hitting, contemplative and hopeful.
A manifesto for a total ethics fashion system, this book is for those who work in fashion, who love fashion, who love the planet, or who simply get dressed each day.
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112 pages, Paperback
Published June 25, 2024
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About the author
Emma Hakansson
3 books20 followersEmma Hakansson is the founding director of Collective Fashion Justice, a not-for-profit dedicated to creating a total ethics fashion system which prioritises the wellbeing of human and non-human animals, as well as the planet, before profit.
Her writing work explores sustainability and ethics in fashion and broader society. Her first book, How Veganism Can Save Us, was published by Hardie Grant in 2022, and her writing, research and projects have featured across The Guardian, Earth Island Journal, Vogue Business, Fashion Journal, and many more.
Her writing work explores sustainability and ethics in fashion and broader society. Her first book, How Veganism Can Save Us, was published by Hardie Grant in 2022, and her writing, research and projects have featured across The Guardian, Earth Island Journal, Vogue Business, Fashion Journal, and many more.
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March 15, 2025
Tiene buenos puntos de vista. Pienso también que se debería incluir a la discusión el tema económico.
La autora menciona el problema de como la industria rapida tiende al hiperconsumo, y de que mantienen a sus empleados en un estado de esclavitud moderna. Su solución es comprar ropa de marcas que tengan un proceso más lento y responsable. Pero, que pasa con la gente que no puede pagarlo? A mi me encantaría una sociedad consciente que compre ropa hecha de manera sustentable, pero no todos pueden tener esa mentalidad. No cuando una remera básica de cualquier marca sale 40 dolares (mínimo). Y si queres completar el conjunto, te compras un pantalón de $70 y una camperita de $90. Todo de una marca de industria lenta. Capaz que es un problema presente solo en Argentina, pero no creo que sea una situación única.
No estoy tratando de justificar a las industrias rapidas (por dios no), pero hay que encontrar una manera de que la industria pueda ser sustentable y ACCESIBLE al mismo tiempo. Que la solución no sea solo elegir ropa de industria lenta. Espero que se entienda mi punto.
La autora menciona el problema de como la industria rapida tiende al hiperconsumo, y de que mantienen a sus empleados en un estado de esclavitud moderna. Su solución es comprar ropa de marcas que tengan un proceso más lento y responsable. Pero, que pasa con la gente que no puede pagarlo? A mi me encantaría una sociedad consciente que compre ropa hecha de manera sustentable, pero no todos pueden tener esa mentalidad. No cuando una remera básica de cualquier marca sale 40 dolares (mínimo). Y si queres completar el conjunto, te compras un pantalón de $70 y una camperita de $90. Todo de una marca de industria lenta. Capaz que es un problema presente solo en Argentina, pero no creo que sea una situación única.
No estoy tratando de justificar a las industrias rapidas (por dios no), pero hay que encontrar una manera de que la industria pueda ser sustentable y ACCESIBLE al mismo tiempo. Que la solución no sea solo elegir ropa de industria lenta. Espero que se entienda mi punto.
January 25, 2025
Really makes you reconsider our anthropocentric view of the fashion industry and its supply chains - incredible book
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