Research into the Structure of Fast Fashion Textile industry in Los Angeles -Focus on the Jobber Market-

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (0) ◽  
pp. 139-151
Author(s):  
Ji-sang Liew ◽  
Dong-youl Lee
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Textile Industry ◽  
Fast Fashion

Times, Tempos, and the Rhythm of Fast Fashion in Los Angeles and Seoul

2019 ◽  
pp. 269-282
Author(s):  
Christina H. Moon
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
The United States ◽  
Material Object ◽  
Immigrant Communities ◽  
Fashion Industry ◽  
Korean Immigrant ◽  
Fast Fashion ◽  
Downtown Los Angeles ◽  
The City

Fast fashion is often a story about the most powerful global retail giants such as Zara and H&M. The rise and dominance of fast fashion within the United States, however, areintimately tied to the work of Korean immigrant communities within downtown Los Angeles. In the last decade alone, Koreans have refashioned the city of Los Angeles into the central hub of fast fashion in the Americas, designing and distributing clothing from Asia to the largest fast-fashion retailers throughout the Americas. This chapter explores the work of these fast-fashion families who blur the lines between design and copy, author and imitator, exploiter and exploited. How do their modes of work profoundly transform the material object of clothing? How do they complicate the assumed directions and global flows of design and production in the global fashion industry? And finally, what role does risk and failure play—in a landscape of creativity, aspiration, and imagining—to make fast fashion even a possibility?

scholarly journals From the world of wearable grasses: Vetiver (The use of local place-based knowledge to develop a scalable circular economy that enables positive social impact within the textile industry)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Ananya Khare
Keyword(s):  
Textile Industry ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Multiple Scales ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Wicked Problems ◽  
Production Method ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Wicked Problem ◽  
Fast Fashion

<p>Progress is the first instinct for humans, with innovation and problem-solving driving forces within every generation. Sadly, as a part of this process, there has been a lack of recognition or interest in age-old, indigenous, local or place-based knowledge. In contrast to this belief of globalisation, this thesis advocates Indigenous Wisdom as a bridge to solving ‘wicked problems’ of our modern society. Horst Rittel describes wicked problems as interconnected and networked by nature, existing on multiple scales. This research identifies one such a wicked problem of textile pollution. One of the factors contributing to textile pollution is the resulting landfill. Connected to, contributing to or more abruptly put, causing this problem is fast fashion. In 2011 the United Nation Environment Program estimated that without intervention, the rate of consumption for fast fashion would continue to grow up to three-fold by the year 2050. The research explores the need for a durable, economical and more sustainable textile option that can both minimise production waste and is affordable for consumers. Paralleling Transition Design with local placed -based knowledge this research identifies a raw material that is the vetiver grass, a sustainable and straightforward production method, a community that is the inmates of Bhopal Central Jail, and a scalable circular economic model and connect them to make fabric based items for their use or sale and trade beyond their community.</p>

Textile Industry in a Changing World

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 86-97
Author(s):  
Catarina Costa ◽  
Nuno Azoia ◽  
Carla Silva ◽  
Eduardo Marques
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Textile Industry ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Clothing Industry ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Fast Fashion ◽  
Apparel Manufacturing ◽  
Excessive Consumption

In the last years, sustainable practices have been developed to minimize the negative effects of production and excessive consumption on the environment. The textile and clothing industry is one of the most polluting industries globally and needs to rethink its strategies. The fast-fashion caused an increase in production, and the environmental weight associated with the textile industry also increased. The problems range from the enormous expenditure of water resources to the carbon and greenhouse gas emissions to reaching the consumer. This review focuses on the eco-friendly approaches taken by the industry towards supportable apparel manufacturing, from the choice of raw materials to the last step in the textile industry.

scholarly journals From Clothing Rations to Fast Fashion: Utilising Regenerated Protein Fibres to Alleviate Pressures on Mass Production

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (18) ◽  
pp. 5654
Author(s):  
Marie Stenton ◽  
Veronika Kapsali ◽  
Richard S. Blackburn ◽  
Joseph A. Houghton
Keyword(s):  
Textile Industry ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Waste Streams ◽  
Fast Fashion ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
Local Manufacturing ◽  
Post War ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Circular Source

Sustainable methods of practice within the fashion and textile industry (FTI) often strive to employ a circular economy that aims to eliminate waste through the continual use of resources. Complex problems such as waste, consumption, and overproduction are heavily intertwined; the main aim of this paper is to report on research focused on re-examining the potential of food waste streams as a commercially viable and circular source of raw materials for the FTI. Herein, regenerated protein fibres (RPFs) from food production waste streams rich in protein have been chosen as the main topic of focus. RPFs have a rich and relevant history from a local manufacturing perspective during wartime and post-war clothing rationing (1941–1949) in the UK. RPFs were used to meet civilian needs for wool-based textiles as part of a wider series of ‘make do and mend’ strategies designed to manage the consumption of new textile products. However, RPFs demonstrated inferior quality in terms of durability when compared to wool-based textiles, a significant contributing factor to the consequent commercial phasing out of RPFs. In today’s take–make–waste model, the FTI landscape can be defined by speed, from slow (high-quality materials and construction, long-lasting products) to fast (seasonal, disposable, low-quality materials and construction), the latter infamous for dire environmental impacts. A key objective of this research is to review the association of quality and longevity within the context of a local and circular fashion economy in which textile quality and lifecycle analysis are holistically matched to the longevity of the textile, garment, or product to reduce waste across the supply chain.

scholarly journals Analysis of Product Complexity considering Disruption Cost in Fast Fashion Supply Chain

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaheen Sardar ◽  
Young Hae Lee
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Textile Industry ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Supply Chain Design ◽  
Chain Model ◽  
Product Complexity ◽  
Fast Fashion ◽  
Supply Chain Disruption ◽  
Fashion Products ◽  
The Impact

Outsourcing in the textile industry has been playing an important role in the global economy for six decades. Recently, reshoring is an emerging trend due to various complexities involved in supply chain management. As compared with basic textile and apparel products, fast fashion products are complex in their own way. A single assortment contains several new styles, colors, and sizes with unpredictable demand and urgent deadlines. Numerous assortments run simultaneously in the supply chain. For each assortment, the garment manufacturer has to source various types of fabrics and materials from different suppliers and then manufacture the garments to ship within the deadlines. This complexity contributes to supply chain disruption. This paper develops a model to estimate supply chain disruption cost as a function of fast fashion product complexity in the global outsourcing environment. Estimation of disruption cost will help us to increase visibility and eliminate the bottlenecks in supply chain. Model conclusions are used to develop a method to manage the level of product complexity from the global supply chain perspective. Several strategies are proposed to manage the impact of product complexity on supply chain design.

An integrated SWOT-AHP-fuzzy TOPSIS approach for maturity management following the COVID-19 outbreak: lessons learned from fast fashion

2022 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Naila Fares ◽  
Jaime Lloret
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Textile Industry ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Fast Fashion ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Internal And External Factors ◽  
Maturity Management

Purpose Focussing on issues that have impacted textiles, clothing and fast fashion following the COVID-19 outbreak, this study aims to identify agility factors pertinent to retail maturity management, mainly on resilience. These factors were then assessed based on priority. Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis to identify the main factors. This analysis was integrated with the analytic hierarchy process to rank the internal and external factors. Then, the authors used fuzzy technique for order of preference by similarity to the ideal solution to evaluate the significant strategies from the SWOT analysis based on adaptability and flexibility. Thus, the authors produced a prioritised list of relevant factors and guidelines useful in practical settings. Findings The authors identified and ranked 14 agility and resilience SWOT factors for maturity management and proposed and prioritised six relevant strategies. These highlighted changes and adaptations must be undertaken by various actors, ranging from the supply/manufacturing side to global retail locations. Research limitations/implications The sampling study of experts is limited, and the application is focussed on one area. Future research might investigate other fields, for retail and industry. Practical implications The output of this study enables a better understanding of the internal and external factors of maturity management for fast-fashion retailers. Hence, it will further help them go through resilience and agility challenges following the pandemic. Originality/value This study significantly contributes to the literature because the results can guide retailers in developing effective decision-making systems for mature business operations following the pandemic outbreak. Here, the authors incorporate internal, external, agility and resilience aspects into one decision-making support system while enhancing existing knowledge on fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making applications. Further, this study discusses critical issues that have affected several aspects of the fashion and textile industry and will likely persist for some time.

scholarly journals Sustainable Transformation in Modest Fashion Through “RPET Technology” and “Dry-Dye” process, using Recycled PET Plastic

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 5415-5421
Keyword(s):  
Textile Industry ◽  
Fashion Industry ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Recycled Pet ◽  
Fast Fashion ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Textile Waste ◽  
Pet Bottles ◽  
Agriculture Industry ◽  
Textile Waste Water

Clothing and textile industry are one among the biggest contributors of the landfills affecting the world’s environment. This industry is ranked third in contaminating the globe, after oil and agriculture industry. Various reasons involved for this, would be excessive demand and supply of cheap clothing (fast fashion) which leads to more waste. The customers are unware of what they buy? The consumers should first understand fashion- “Fashion is what we require or feel every day, it includes creativity, mood, tradition and lifestyle”. Today fashion industry is huge in terms of global business contribution. In spite of its popularity, as other businesses it also has gloomy character involved, where pressure is to reduce cost, fast fashion, toxic chemicals and dyes used, misuse the labor efforts, textile waste and over consumption of energy. This study analyses how we can reduce textile waste, water and energy by using Dry-Dye method on Recycled polyester derived from PET bottles. The basis of the research is to convey attention to the Modest Fashion customers as the material created by these innovations best suits their necessity, remembering their wellbeing and advantages to the worldwide condition.

scholarly journals From the world of wearable grasses: Vetiver (The use of local place-based knowledge to develop a scalable circular economy that enables positive social impact within the textile industry)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Ananya Khare
Keyword(s):  
Textile Industry ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Multiple Scales ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Wicked Problems ◽  
Production Method ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Wicked Problem ◽  
Fast Fashion

<p>Progress is the first instinct for humans, with innovation and problem-solving driving forces within every generation. Sadly, as a part of this process, there has been a lack of recognition or interest in age-old, indigenous, local or place-based knowledge. In contrast to this belief of globalisation, this thesis advocates Indigenous Wisdom as a bridge to solving ‘wicked problems’ of our modern society. Horst Rittel describes wicked problems as interconnected and networked by nature, existing on multiple scales. This research identifies one such a wicked problem of textile pollution. One of the factors contributing to textile pollution is the resulting landfill. Connected to, contributing to or more abruptly put, causing this problem is fast fashion. In 2011 the United Nation Environment Program estimated that without intervention, the rate of consumption for fast fashion would continue to grow up to three-fold by the year 2050. The research explores the need for a durable, economical and more sustainable textile option that can both minimise production waste and is affordable for consumers. Paralleling Transition Design with local placed -based knowledge this research identifies a raw material that is the vetiver grass, a sustainable and straightforward production method, a community that is the inmates of Bhopal Central Jail, and a scalable circular economic model and connect them to make fabric based items for their use or sale and trade beyond their community.</p>

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