Formative Assessment

Planet is one of the vital pillars when taking into account the fashion industry and their hopes to improve their sustainability. Wolfgang Blau (2020) of Condé Nast believes that the fashion industry needs a shared language on how to improve sustainability and help the planet in the long run. The report based on the glossary being developed by Condé Nast, opens up about how we as an industry need to work together in order to improve the sustainability within the industry as the fashion industry is known the be one of the most wasteful in the world, for example, due to overproduction and the doubling of clothing production between 2000 – 2014 (Drapers,2022). With the knowledge of waste being a huge reason for CO2 emissions, there needs to be a change in order.
Circular fashion “ditches the linear “take-make-waste” model and instead asks the industry to close the loop on production, including responsible manufacturing, use, and end-of-life for every garment.”(Hill, 2022). This idea hopes to extend the life of clothing products in hopes to improve the environment/planet. In doing so, a full reconstruction of the fashion industry would need to take place in hopes to improve sustainability.
SDGs and their relevance and impact on the fashion industry is evident when considering the United Nations list of 17 goals for the world’s future up until 2030. For example, when focusing on the dying and garment production through chemical treatments, we see that it leaks into the rivers & seas which is a negative impact on the sea world, as well as the need for up 2700 liters of water needed to produce just one T-shirt can add stress to the world’s water supply.
References

Hill.M, 2022 https://goodonyou.eco/what-is-circular-fashion/

Drapers, 2022

Wolfgang Blau, Condè Nast, 2022 https://www.condenast.com/news/conde-nast-launches-sustainable-fashion-glossary