New technologies may risk becoming a facilitator or hindrance to sustainable solutions. Malene Pilgaard Harsaae illuminates how the metaverse, NFTs, and 3D contribute to sustaining growth in the fashion industry.
State of the Art Some research has been done to further research on how we feel fashion physically, physiologically and emotionally (Ruggerone 2016; Woodbard 2017). Karen Cross (2019) explores how psychological comfort through dress can support identity formation, highlighting a qualitative focus in fashion studies on how clothing relates to subjective wellbeing. Similarly, Smelik […]
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[…] the Textile and Dress Collection at the National Museum of Denmark, and Marie Riegels Melchior, PhD, associate professor at the Saxo Institute, present the history of Danish fashion, including a cornucopia of paintings, photographs, newspaper clippings, copperplates, reliefs and everyday photos of clothes that have been worn in Denmark by Danes over the course […]
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[…] by frustration and sorrow over politics, war, integration laws and hopelessness, but they also contained openings of joy. Talking about clothes also means talking about life, parties, fashion and bodies – a different story than the one we often hear about or from refugees and immigrants. There are many scientific angles on these conversations, […]
[…] things, political initiatives, including EU directives and Danish Parliament’s decision to reduce greenhouse gases by 70 per cent by 2030. Other important initiatives are driven by the fashion and textile industry itself and by critical NGOs such as Fashion Revolution and the Union of Concerned Researchers in Fashion. And generally, most industries are working on […]
[…] to bring added emotional value to the clothes. Another interesting micro-factory is Rodinia Generation, which offers digitally printed clothes made to order. Rodinia Generation was founded by fashion designer Trine Young, who received support from Innovation Fund Denmark and EU Horizon 2020, among others. Most recently, in 2024, some large investment funds have also […]
[…] from the Design School Kolding with a collection of recycled jewellery. Now, she works in couture for one of the world's largest luxury brands. Here, she talks about working with sustainability in a jewellery world that, at the same time, demands attachment to the products but is also influenced by the race of fashion trends.
Boundless possibilities In 2015, a group of students from textile, fashion and communication design at Design School Kolding worked on the joint bachelor project Abstract_. Their focus in the project was on involving the end user in the design process. To that end, they invited potential users to write a personal text on the […]
[…] inclusivity by offering products in ten different skin tones and a size scale ranging from XXS to 4X so that they can target ‘everybody’. The way both fashion brands put it, the formula for inclusivity is pretty straightforward and cogent: Offering more sizes and colours to fit as diverse human bodies as possible. Inclusive […]
[…] Skjold, textile scholar at the Royal Danish Academy, pointed out in a debate with Claus Teilmann Petersen, head of Stakeholder Engagement & Human Rights of the Danish fashion company Bestseller, and Maria Josephine Mustelin, a political consultant in the Danish Chamber of Commerce. Skjold further underscored that ‘we can buy no more than five […]