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Zero-waste fashion refers to items of clothing that generate little or no textile waste in their production.[1][2][3][4] It can be considered to be a part of the broader Sustainable fashion movement. It can be divided into two general approaches. Pre-consumer zerowaste fashion eliminates waste during manufacture. Post-consumer zero-waste fashion generates clothing from post-consumer garments such as second-hand clothing, eliminating waste at what would normally be the end of the product use life of a garment. Zero-waste fashion is not a new concept[5] - early examples of zero-waste or near zerowaste garments include Kimono, Sari, Chiton and many other traditional folk costumes.
Zero-waste manufacture
Approaches can include the use of technology such as whole garment knitting and the relatively new DPOL a patent by designer Siddhartha Upadhyaya, but often waste is eliminated by reusing the off-cuts in other products. Designers and companies that have used these approaches include: Alabama Chanin August (DPOL) by Siddhartha Upadhyaya Issey Miyake Pretcastle by Shreya Upadhyaya & Siddhartha Upadhyaya Sans Soucie Worn Again
Post-consumer zero-waste
This design approach utilises the remnants of the fashion cycle to produce new garments from second hand or surplus goods. Practitioners include: Martin Margiela Goodone Pretcastle Nick Cave Sans Soucie Worn Again
necessarily addressing waste created during the use life and disposal phase of the garment's life cycle.
Notable contributions
Dorothy Burnham: Cut My Cote from 1973 was a seminal text that summarised decades of Burnham's research into cuts of traditional dress. Madeleine Vionnet's design approach aligns itself well to zero waste fashion design and many of her garments had minimal waste. Alison Gwilt and Timo Rissanen's book Shaping Sustainable Fashion includes a number of references to zero waste fashion