Clothing Sustainability Research Group

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Clothing Sustainability is a multidisciplinary research group that focuses on creating knowledge that will support a more sustainable future for clothing design, consumption and culture.

Members apply theoretical and practical knowledge from design and related disciplines to environmental and social sustainability, often integrating expertise in design with research frameworks drawn from the social sciences. The group includes staff from the Fashion, Textile and Knitwear Design (FTK), and Fashion Marketing Management and Communication (FMMC) teams in the School of Art and Design, alongside staff from the School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment and Nottingham Business School. They bring diverse and extensive knowledge, experience and resources to tackle the complex issues surrounding sustainability from different perspectives.

Members of the group actively embed sustainability into the curriculum by engaging in research-led teaching activities, supporting the University's commitment to contribute to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (2015).

Group members have produced the Clothing Durability Toolkit to enable companies to recognise, map out and celebrate what they are currently doing to make clothes longer, to identify any gaps in their skills and knowledge, and to develop innovative approaches to clothing longevity tailored to their specific context and requirements.

Research themes include:

• clothing longevity, including emotional durability
• sustainable clothing, supply chain and global development challenges
• sustainable business models and clothing systems
• sustainable fashion management
• clothing design, culture and media
• sustainable fashion marketing and trends
• consumer understanding and perception of sustainable fashion / clothing
• social innovation, collaborative consumption and social practices
• craft-based practices
• mending and repair practices
• reuse, closed loop and upcycling practice
• e-textile waste

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Nottingham Trent University
Nottingham