Eco-tech fashion: Rationalizing technology in sustainable fashion

Fashion Theory - Journal of Dress Body and Culture

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 469-488

  Scaturro, Sarah ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bamboo; Fast fashion; Sustainable fashion; Technology; Textiles

Indexed keywords

EID: 60950688630     PISSN: 1362704X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/175174108X346940     Document Type: Article

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