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Fashion Renovation via Upcycling

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Textiles and Clothing Sustainability

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Sustainability in fashion is a big challenge, and textile waste can be used as the raw material for value-added products. A framework has been developed in the present chapter for the creation of upcycled products from garment waste. Ten case studies have been depicted pictorially. Indian and global current scenario on upcycled garments along with the challenges in upcycling is also discussed.

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    http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/sustainable.

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    http://www.sydneylovesfashion.com/2008/12/fast-fashion-is-trend.html.

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    http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/fast-fashion.

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    http://www.recycling.about.com.

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    http://www.weardonaterecycle.org/.

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  1. Department of Textile and Fashion Technology, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam, Erode, Tamilnadu, India

    Thilak Vadicherla, D. Saravanan, M. Muthu Ram & K. Suganya

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  1. Environmental Services Manager- Asia, SGS Hong Kong Limited, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu

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Vadicherla, T., Saravanan, D., Muthu Ram, M., Suganya, K. (2017). Fashion Renovation via Upcycling. In: Muthu, S. (eds) Textiles and Clothing Sustainability. Textile Science and Clothing Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2146-6_1

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