Come January, I am attending a convention/seminar of and for fashion designers, fashion merchandisers and retailers, garments and textile manufacturers, and companies and corporations engaging in the business of making and selling clothes. The topic that will be discussed is our role as makers of clothes and protectors of Mother Earth, and the way our line of business is affecting the onslaught of Global Warming.
I might want to raise some questions during this seminar.....what are good and relevant questions to ask that's in connection with my profession as a fashion designer?
2006-12-24 18:27:52 · 5 answers · asked by bongcs 2 in Beauty & Style ➔ Fashion & Accessories
Rainbow has really hit the nail right on its head !
You should try the same thing with Yahoo! Search, as well.
2006-12-24 18:38:25 · answer #1 · answered by Indychen 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Start by asking the end user, Do you care? Retailers want low cost, don't care what chemicals are used, and don't care if the world is polluted to do it. Jobs moving from the strict environmental rules of EU and USA may save them money but the pollution created is 100-10000 times more in China and Southeast Asia. They insist on whiteness that can only be done with chemicals being banned elsewhere, the insist on colors and fastness that can only be done with metal containing dyes, and they have feelgood programs of paper tiger certifications that they never confirm. You can buy organic cotton certificates. The fields are never checked. There are others. Forget global warming, the retailers do not want to limit plain old fashion pollution.
2006-12-27 14:23:41 · answer #2 · answered by Peter Boiter Woods 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The use of natural fabrics... community trade in Africa. There are entire villages being kept alive by gathering ingredients for Body Shop products. Talk to those people. Read the question by Leo DiCaprio on that subject here!
2006-12-24 18:34:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think 'dyes' used by your industry is polluting so you could do a google search on this topic or 'global warming + textiles + manufacturing ' to get a fair amount of idea how to use this info aesthetically during Qs break.
2006-12-24 18:34:52 · answer #4 · answered by Rainbow 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
why is this question in the fashion and accerssories section?? would be a better question
2006-12-25 05:32:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋