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Slow fashion – opportunities for sustainable clothing consumption?

The article deals with the importance of clothing in various social milieu segments and how open consumers from these segments are to changes in the sense of a more sustainable consumption of clothing. Sustainable clothing consumption means, on the one hand, choosing high-quality, environmentally and socially compatible clothing when buying new clothes. On the other hand, this also includes a slowdown in clothing consumption (slow fashion) through an extension of the use phase of clothing and the raw materials used for it. The article concludes with an outlook on strategies to promote sustainable clothing consumption.


Scope: 17 pages
Reference: Chapter from e-book CSR and Business Psychology (ISBN 978-3-662-52746-7): 29,69 €
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