This contributed volume offers cases detailing how traditional practices can be utilized in modern fashion for more sustainable outcomes. The cases discuss ways to address sustainability and waste-generation challenges by promoting ethical sourcing, traditional craftsmanship, and culturally significant designs. As cultural sustainability becomes a critical focus in education and industry practices, this book serves as an essential resource for students, educators, and professionals seeking to embrace and implement culturally inclusive and sustainable practices in fashion.

Offers cases detailing cultural practices for fashion sustainability Details how traditional practices can contribute to sustainable fashion practices Discusses the intersection of traditional techniques and contemporary fashion

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Dr. Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu is currently the Chief Sustainability Officer at Green Story Inc, Canada, based out of Hong Kong. He earned his PhD from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and is a renowned expert in the areas of Environmental Sustainability in Textiles & Clothing Supply Chain, Product Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Product Carbon Footprint Assessment (PCF) in various industrial sectors. He has five years of industrial experience in textile manufacturing, research and development and textile testing and over a decade's of experience in life cycle assessment (LCA), carbon and ecological footprints assessment of various consumer products. He has published more than 100 research publications, written numerous book chapters and authored/edited over 170 books in the areas of Carbon Footprint, Recycling, Environmental Assessment, Life Cycle Assessment and Environmental Sustainability.

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Chapter 1. Cultural Sustainability in fashion.- Chapter 2. Transformation of Traditional Clothing to Modern Fashion in Tamil Culture and its Sustainability.- Chapter 3. Innovating Tradition: Fiber-Reinforced Composites in Sustainable Fashion Design.- Chapter 4. Heritage fashion A catalyst for sustainability.- Chapter 5. ALTERNATIVE TEXTILE FIBERS AS A SOLUTION FOR IMPROVING SUSTAINABLE FASHION.- Chapter 6. Traditional textile based contemporary Fashion A Roadmap to Cultural Sustainability.