Is Zero-Waste Fashion Penetrating the Mainstream?
DPOL utilizes a loom, attached to a computer, that weaves made-to-fit garment sections. Credit: Science Museum. About 15 to 20 percent of fabric used to produce clothing ends up in the nation’s landfills. Pioneers behind zero-waste fashion have a solution: designing clothing patterns that uses every inch of fabric; if it sounds easy, it’s not. The NY Times reports (via Ecco Eco): Next month, Parsons the New School for Design will offer one of the world’s first fashion courses in zero waste, taught by the school’s first-ever assistant professor of fashion design and sustainability Timo Rissanen and Loomstate’s Scott Mackinlay Hahn. Students will take on the task of creating zero-waste jeans.
