The ‘Wellbeing Wardrobe’ as a tool to promote just transitions in the fashion and textile industry

Rhiannon Pugh; Taylor Brydges; Samantha Sharpe; Mariangela Lavanga; Monique Retamal

doi:10.1080/21582041.2024.2341143

The ‘Wellbeing Wardrobe’ as a tool to promote just transitions in the fashion and textile industry

Rhiannon Pugh^*
, Taylor Brydges
, Samantha Sharpe
, Mariangela Lavanga
, Monique Retamal

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Arts and Culture Studies

Lund University
University of Technology Sydney

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In this paper we discuss the pressing need for a just transition in one of our most environmentally and socially problematic contemporary industries: the fashion and textiles industry. We detail the current injustices in the industry, from both environmental and socio-economic standpoints, and then move on to providing some suggestions as to how these entrenched problems with the industry could be addressed. Specifically, we identify five key action areas that could take us towards a just transition for the fashion and textiles industry: establishing limits, developing new indicators, promoting fairness, implementing just modes of governance, and creating new exchange systems. We propose policy interventions in each of these five action areas and discuss how they could practically be put into practice. In doing so, we develop a novel theoretical concept for a more just version of the global fashion industry: the ‘Wellbeing Wardrobe’, which draws on wellbeing economics and de-growth thinking applied to the contemporary fashion industry.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	223-243
Number of pages	21
Journal	Contemporary Social Science
Volume	19
Issue number	1-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/21582041.2024.2341143
Publication status	Published - 2024

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SDG 1 No Poverty
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
SDG 13 Climate Action
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

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The ‘Wellbeing Wardrobe’ as a tool to promote just transitions in the fashion and textile industry

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FABRIX Deliverable 2.1 “Analysis of the spatial and ecosystem characteristics of the T&C sectors in Rotterdam and Athens” (Intermediate version)

Orchestrating Circular Fashion in the Productive City: A Digital Platform Ecosystem Framework

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T&C Business Clustering Patterns in Rotterdam; data underlying the publication “Re-Weaving Threads for a Circular Economy: Spatio-temporal dynamics of the textile and clothing sector in Rotterdam”

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FABRIX Deliverable 2.1 “Analysis of the spatial and ecosystem characteristics of the T&C sectors in Rotterdam and Athens” (Intermediate version)

Orchestrating Circular Fashion in the Productive City: A Digital Platform Ecosystem Framework

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T&C Business Clustering Patterns in Rotterdam; data underlying the publication “Re-Weaving Threads for a Circular Economy: Spatio-temporal dynamics of the textile and clothing sector in Rotterdam”

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