Research Guides: Fashion Journalism: Sustainable Fashion, Textiles, Fabrics

Websites

Any of the databases highlighted in the other sections of this guide can be used to find articles and statistics on sustainable fashion. Below are websites from organizations and companies focused primarily on sustainable fashion, textiles, and design.

Centre for Sustainable Fashion (UK)
Centre for Sustainable Fashion (CSF) is a University of the Arts (UAL) research centre based at London College of Fashion. It explores fashion’s relational ecological, social, economic and cultural elements to contribute to sustainability in and through its artistic, business and educational practices.
Common Objective (CO) - Sustainability Issues
A hub for sustainability issues in the fashion business.
Inhabitat
Guide to ideas, innovations and emerging trends in eco fashion, sustainable style, organic beauty and ethical apparel.
Fair Trade USA
Fair Trade USA includes environmental impact as one of its central concerns along with fair pay and workers rights.
Fashion For Good
Fashion For Good publishes open-source circular fashion apparel tools, guides, reports and thought leadership pieces. They invite everyone from designers and material suppliers to manufacturers and customers to learn more about how they can embrace and contribute to a Good Fashion future.
Greenpeace: Detox My Fashion
Project Cece
An online search engine for fair and sustainable fashion in Europe that collects the products of different ethical brands and stores to assist in finding sustainable clothing.
Responsibility in Fashion
A 501(c)(3) nonprofit bringing together sustainable, conscious, ethical, circular and eco fashion organizations and government programs toward the goal of energizing and bringing innovation to the growing movement toward clean, safe and ethical fashion.
Sustainable Apparel Coalition
The Sustainable Apparel Coalition’s vision is of an apparel, footwear, and textile industry that produces no unnecessary environmental harm and has a positive impact on the people and communities associated with its activities.
United Nations Alliance for Sustainable Fashion
An initiative of United Nations agencies and allied organizations designed to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals through coordinated action in the fashion sector.
The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Guide To Sustainable Strategies (PDF)
Seeks to provide a “how to” overview for sustainable fashion. The guide’s goal is to take the complex idea of sustainability and simplify it into clear, digestible resources and actions, available to all. Authored by Domenica Leibowitz,

Books from the Catalog

Fibershed: Growing a Movement of Farmers, Fashion Activists, and Makers for a New Textile Economy
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A new "farm-to-closet" vision for the clothes we wear--by a leader in the movement for local textile economies
Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes
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The author interviews the visionary designers and companies who are propelling the industry toward a more positive future by reclaiming traditional craft and launching cutting-edge sustainable technologies to produce better fashion. From printing 3-D clothes to clean denim processing and even lab-grown materials--the future of the garment industry is highlighted.
Fashion Industry 2030: Reshaping the Future Through Sustainability and Responsible Innovation
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Investigates the key drivers that are reshaping the fashion industry towards the 4th Industrial Revolution, including traceability and transparency, circularity, collaborative consumption, new technologies, B-corporations.

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