No 4 (2024)

Issue Description

The fourth issue of Fashion Highlight proposes a planetary perspective on fibre, viewing it as a dynamic interplay of material flows and forces shaped by both human and non-human actors, the living and the technological, and the crowded continuum between them. The papers for this issue 'Fashion’s Fibres as Planetary Flows’ write about the pivotal role of fibre in a circular economy, the governance of fibre, the ethics of fibre, the cultural histories of new and old fibre technologies, fibre and place, and provocations on fibre’s agency and materiality.

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Table of Contents

Editorial

Fashion’s Fibres as Planetary Flows
Alice Payne, Anneke Smelik
8-13
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/fh-3327

Essays

Wild Fibres Commoning: Twisting cords of belonging
Venohr Dagmar
16-25
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/fh-2922
Weaving Nature: The flow of Ainu elm bark fibres through Hokkaido's ecosystems
Elisa Palomino
26-39
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/fh-2929
Unstitched Narratives: Cultural and ecological significance of Desi Oon in Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh
Megha Chauhan, Pramila Choudhary
40-49
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/fh-2981
Cheap Silk: A more-than-human history of sericulture in Slovenia’s Goriška region
Mateja Fajt
50-57
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/fh-2969
Material Culture: The transformation of a New England cotton mill into a centre for learning and cultural preservation
Joanne Benham Rennick
58-65
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/fh-3061
From Sheep to Shelf: A case study on circularity and value-sharing in wool’s global value chain
Tiziana Ferrero-Regis, Zoe Mellick
66-75
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/fh-2967
Fashioning Fiber Futures: The fibershed approach to revitalizing Regional fiber networks
Paige Tomfohrde, Jaleesa Reed
76-85
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/fh-2978
Familiarizing with Fungi for the Textile Sector: A first-person journey into new materialist technologies, from leather to yarn
Clizia Moradei
86-97
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/fh-2873
Fibre Fantasies: A critical examination of wellness claims in textile marketing
Emma Lynas, Juliana Luna Mora, Rebecca Van Amber
98-106
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/fh-2980
From bio-based to fossil-based to bio-based: Exploring the potential of hemp as a material for next-gen fur
Isabella Alevato, Timo Rissanen, Stefan Lie
108-117
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/fh-2974
Weaving Sustainability: A planetary perspective on fibers in fashion
Carolina Obregón, Giovanna Danies
118-129
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/fh-3015
Challenges and solutions for recovering mixed fiber waste from knitted used textiles
Magdalena Kohler
130-137
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/fh-2979
Stitching Sustainability: Threads as catalyst of change in fashion
Erminia D'Itria, Acerina Trejo Machin
138-147
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/fh-2912
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