Click here to download: SlowFashion.pdfSlow Fashion, Kate Fletcher
Dr. Kate Fletcher from the London College of Fashion, UK, describes the emerging idea of slow fashion in her essay Slow Fashion. In this essay, students are challenged to consider the implications of fast economic speed on workers and to appreciate the existence of other types of speed on fashion production and consumption. Dr. Fletcher discusses how "slow is about a shift from quantity to quality. In melding the slow movement's ideas with the global clothing industry, we build a new vision for fashion in the era of sustainability: where pleasure and fashion are linked with awareness and responsibility." The essay is provided as background reading for students and educators, and links directly with Dr. Fletcher's second contribution, Designing Slow Fashion.
Related activities: 'Designing Slow Fashion' by Kate Fletcher.
This teaching activity has been taken from Parker, L. and Dickson, M.A. (2009) Sustainable Fashion: A Handbook for Educators, Bristol: Labour Behind the Label. Download the whole publication here.
| 1. Level | UG |
| 2. Pre-requisite knowledge required by educators | A. No background knowledge required |
| 3. Pre-requisite knowledge required by students | A. No background knowledge required |
| 4. Number of students | Any number |
| 5. Length of time required | 20 minutes (reading only) |
| 6. Type of activity | Article |
| 7. Discipline | Business, Cross-curricular, Design |
| 8. Topics covered | Care and repair, Consumers, Environment, Fair trade, Second hand clothes, Slow Fashion, Textiles, Working conditions |
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