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Today, the fashion industry is dominated by fast fashion. This trend is characterized by increased seasons, low prices, as well as mass and standardized production. It leads consumers to buy more clothes than they need and discard them quickly, resulting in overconsumption and fashion waste. On the production side, the fashion industry has negative environmental and social impacts. Besides environmental pollution and waste, the industry exploits workers through low wages, unpaid overtime, dangerous working conditions, and child labor. This linear system will not be sustainable in the long run. In this regard, slow fashion is seen as an alternative to fast fashion and a way to improve sustainability in the fashion industry. This movement derives from the principles of circular economy and circular fashion and aims to tackle environmental and social issues of the fashion industry. It seeks to change the way clothing is produced and consumed. Consumers will assume a crucial role in the transition to a more sustainable fashion industry through their consumption behavior. Despite the growing interest in slow fashion, little is known about consumers’ perceptions. Therefore, this work aims to determine factors influencing the slow fashion purchase intention of consumers. This study examines the potential effect of drivers, barriers, and other consumers’ characteristics on slow fashion purchase intention based on an extant literature review on sustainability in the fashion industry. Through a quantitative online survey, quality garments and timeless style, local and transparent supply chain, as well as psychological and social aspects were found to influence slow fashion purchase intention positively. In contrast, the perceived higher price and the lack of trust influenced it negatively. Nevertheless, environmental and social knowledge and concerns, dissatisfaction with fast fashion and the search for uniqueness, consumers’ desire to be fashionable, as well as the desire for convenience, comfort and practicality were not found as significant predictors. Furthermore, educational level was found to somewhat impact the purchase intention but was not a significant predictor. This work concludes with theoretical and managerial implications and discusses limitations and suggestions for further research.

Slow Fashion --- Sustainability --- Circular Fashion --- Consumer Behavior --- Purchase Intention --- Sciences économiques & de gestion > Marketing

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Fashion law encompasses a wide variety of issues that concern an article of clothing or a fashion accessory, starting from the moment they are designed and following them through distribution and marketing phases, all the way until they reach the end-user. Contract law, intellectual property, company law, tax law, international trade, and customs law are of fundamental importance in defining this new field of law that is gradually taking shape. This volume focuses on the new frontiers of fashion law, taking into account the various fields that have recently emerged as being of great interest for the entire fashion world: from sustainable fashion to wearable technologies, from new remedies to cultural appropriation to the regulation of model weight, from advertising law on the digital market to the impact of new technologies on product distribution. The purpose is to stimulate discussion on contemporary problems that have the potential to define new boundaries of fashion law, such as the impact of the heightened ethical sensitivity of consumers (who increasingly require effective solutions), that a comparative law perspective renders more interesting. The volume seeks to sketch out the new legal fields in which the fashion industry is getting involved, identifying the new boundaries of fashion law that existing literature has not dealt with in a comprehensive manner.

Law --- fashion --- influencer marketing --- online advertising --- self-regulation --- code of ethics --- sustainable fashion --- ethical consumer --- fashion law --- fast fashion --- sustainability --- corporate social responsibility --- circular fashion --- textile and clothing waste --- EU Waste Framework Directive --- fashion shows --- copyright --- performers’ rights --- collective works --- image --- right of privacy --- right of publicity --- Photoshop --- models --- cultural appropriation --- intellectual property --- traditional knowledge --- traditional designs --- private governance --- Corporate Social Responsibility --- folklore --- art --- copyright law --- intellectual property law --- artistic value --- social media --- comparative law --- wearable devices --- GDPR --- data breach --- smart fashion --- smart clothes --- transparency --- privacy --- data protection --- legal informatics --- cybersecurity

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The clothing and textile industry is a resource-intensive industry and accounts for 3 to 10 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. In addition, the industry is extremely linear and generates large amounts of waste. For the industry to move from a linear to a circular economy, several solutions are required along the value chain: upstream by working with resource efficiency, the longevity of textile products, and preventing waste; and downstream with techniques for sorting and recycling. In addition, solutions for traceability and transparency need to be developed and coordinated as accepted methods for sustainability measurements. This Special Issue (SI) "Sustainable Fashion and Textile Recycling" brings together areas of knowledge along the textile value chain to highlight the difficulties and opportunities that exist from both a broader perspective and in specific issues. In this SI, these 11 papers are mainly devoted to new research in traceability, design, textile production, and recycling. Each valuable article included in this Special Issue contributes fundamental knowledge for a transformation of the textile and fashion industry to take place. Numerous studies, solutions, and ideas need to be carried out to create the innovations that will become the reality of our future. Likewise, we need to learn from each other and take advantage of all the fantastic knowledge that is generated globally every day towards a better future for generations to come.

Technology: general issues --- Chemical engineering --- textile recycling --- yarn spinning --- inter-fiber cohesion --- lubricant --- mechanical tearing --- life cycle assessment --- normalization method --- environmental impacts --- ozonation process --- decolorization --- reactive dyed cotton textiles --- “gate-to-gate” life cycle assessment (LCA) --- design methodology --- materials science --- regenerated cellulose --- composites --- fabrication --- material design --- transdisciplinary --- interdisciplinary --- circular economy --- textile life cycle --- environmental aspects --- ecolabel --- sustainable textiles --- textile --- recycling --- circular fashion --- polymer structure --- fashion --- apparel --- challenges --- circularity --- sustainability --- emotional durability --- 3D printing fashion product design --- Korean aesthetic --- polyester --- alkaline hydrolysis --- depolymerization --- peeling reaction --- textile blend --- viscose --- industrial process layout --- regenerated fibres --- regenerated protein fibres --- waste --- valorisation --- garment industry --- manmade fibres --- textile processing --- textile history --- Ardil --- textile waste --- virgin cotton --- denim fabric --- Design-Expert software --- n/a --- "gate-to-gate" life cycle assessment (LCA)