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Label Conscious: Communicating Verifiable Sustainable Impact by Labelling Garments with Smart Technology

In: Fashion Communication

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  • Hilde Heim

    (Queensland University of Technology)

Abstract

The circular economy has led to consumers demanding access to trustworthy information about a garment’s provenance as well as more detailed transparency on the second hand or recycled products they buy. Emerging digital technologies such as smart tags coupled with blockchain technology are offering solutions which promise to resolve some of the issues surrounding fibre origin, quality and ethical practice. However, although smart tags are accessible through open access, blockchain technology which verifies the claims on the tags, is less accessible, poorly understood and currently not universally available. Through the textual analysis of garment labels and interviews with designers, this study adds to the literature on communicating sustainable practice to consumers through digital garment labelling (smart tags) and contends that consumers as well as technology developers need simplified and standardised information on garment labels not only regarding content and care but ecological impact, to inform conscious sustainable practice and contribute to systems change.

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  • Hilde Heim, 2021. "Label Conscious: Communicating Verifiable Sustainable Impact by Labelling Garments with Smart Technology," Springer Books, in: Teresa Sádaba & Nadzeya Kalbaska & Francesca Cominelli & Lorenzo Cantoni & Marta Torregrosa Puig (ed.), Fashion Communication, pages 173-186, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-81321-5_14
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-81321-5_14
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