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Fashion Highlight is an academic journal dedicated to research in the field of fashion design, with a perspective that investigates both the conception, design, production and communication of the fashion product, and its cultural, aesthetic and technological implications. Fashion is a constantly evolving sector, capable of reflecting and influencing the transformations of society through design, innovation and experimentation. 

The journal welcomes studies that explore fashion design in its many forms: from the design and production of fabrics, garments and accessories, to the analysis of applied materials and technologies, to connections with related disciplines that enrich the sector, such as communication, economics and social sciences. Although rooted in the field of fashion design, Fashion Highlight recognises the value of transdisciplinary intersections, welcoming contributions that broaden the understanding of fashion as a cultural, economic and technological phenomenon.

ISSN: 2975-0466 [Online]

 

Call for paper Issue 6 (2025): FASHION TECHNOLOGY. CRAFTING THE FUTURE OF FASHION WITH DATA, MATERIALITY, AND DIGITAL INNOVATION

Guest Editors: Troy Nachtigall and Bruna Petreca

Full papers deadline: 5 August 2025

Current IssueNo 3 (2024)

Published 30 June 2024

Issue Description

The third issue of Fashion Highlight investigates the dynamics, practices, and impacts of fashion consumption in the light of the transformations taking place, questioning the role and potential that fashion industries, creative communities, consumers and education can express. The issue comprehensively covers the different declinations of contemporary fashion consumption, highlighting the trajectories that shape practices, processes and methods within the context of the - long and complex - fashion value chain.

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Table of Contents

Editorial

Conscious Fashion Culture: Rethinking Consumption in Contemporary Fashion
Valeria M. Iannilli, Alessandra Spagnoli
8-15
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/fh-2875

Essays

Fashioning Inequality: The Socioeconomic Implications of Fast Fashion’s Global Reach
Jacopo Battisti, Alessandro Spennato
18-25
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/fh-2708
Consuming Fashion: Planning Long Life Cycle of Continuing Products
Erminia D'Itria, Chiara Colombi
26-35
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/fh-2673
You Will Never Be Me: Personalizing Biofabricated Handbags with User Genetic Material
Isabella Alevato, Stefan Lie
36-47
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/fh-2701
A New Era of Italian Know-How in Fashion: Exploring the (Im)possible Dialogue of Craftsmanship and Industry
Gianni Denaro, Andrea Pruiti
48-55
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/fh-2713
Uniform Design Innovation: Bridging Academia and Industry Through Multidisciplinary Collaboration
Ludovica Rosato, Alberto Calleo, Simona Colitti, Giorgio Dall'Osso, Valentina De Matteo
56-67
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/fh-2717
Human-Computer Interactions to Rematerialise Fashion Heritage Artefacts: A Collaborative Project Between the Gianfranco Ferré Research Center at Politecnico di Milano and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Angelica Vandi, Paola Bertola, Emma Suh
68-77
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/fh-2702
Our Fashion Habits: A Gen-Z Feedback on Ecodesign Strategies for Use-Phase
Claudia Morea, Silvia Gambi
80-89
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/fh-2616
Transforming Circular Fashion in Vietnam: The Role of Pre-Owned Markets in Sustainable Consumption
Hong Lan Lam, Donna Cleveland
90-101
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/fh-2738
Ordinary Fashion Consumption: Investigating the Practices of Clothing Purchase, Use and Disposal in Danish and Ukrainian Contexts
Iryna Kucher
102-111
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/fh-2758
Design Solutions for Conscious and Sustainable Fashion Consumption
Laura Giraldi, Marta Maini, Francesca Morelli
112-121
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/fh-2714
Community-Driven Consumption Dynamics: An Analysis of How Consumer Participation in Fashion Retailing Can Strength Sustainability
Gabriela Fabro Cardoso
122-131
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/fh-2712
Knitwear Consumers, Communities and Makers: Redefining Fashion Engagement
Giovanni Maria Conti, Martina Motta
132-139
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/fh-2605
Economy of the Ephemeral: Bloom and Decay in Time-Centric Consumerism
Karmen Samson
142-149
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/fh-2602
Fashion, Consumer Culture, and Class Struggle: A Marxist Reading of Toile de Jouy
Shajwan Fatah
150-159
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/fh-2676
Approaching Fashion in the Metaverse: A Consumer Perspective
Romana Andò
160-167
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/fh-2745
Consuming Digital Fashion in Online Communities: A Mixed-Methods Research on Consumption Motivations for Digital Fashion and Products
Adil Boughlala, Silvia Mazzucotelli Salice
168-177
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/fh-2685
A Platform-Based Inquiry on Sustainable Fashion and Design in the Milanese Landscape
Tommaso Elli
178-191
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/fh-2709
Sustainability Labelling in Fashion: Manipulating Consumer Engagement
Ermanno Petrocchi
192-201
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/fh-2706
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