Design for sustainable fashion: 3D weaving for denim jeans production

The fashion industry is facing complex environmental challenges, and a need for change is prevalent for the industry to move towards circular economies. 3D weaving emerges as an innovative approach to garment design and production, allowing for novel processes that capture the opportunities missed by current linear systems. 3D weaving of...

Designing a systems-oriented strategy to unlock the potential of 3D woven denim

Today’s fashion industry is characterised by a continuous cycle of rapid production, early disposal, low-quality materials, and pre- and post-consumer waste, with consequential environmental damage and social injustice. The production of denim involves a resource-intensive and lengthy supply chain, in which a lack of evolution in design over the...

Beyond conscious and premium: A strategy to unite sustainability communication of low-cost brands and retailers in the denim industry

The production of denim harms the environment, and given the industry’s size, the negative impact is significant. Therefore, denim must be produced more sustainably. In order to bring about change in the industry, an increase in demand for eco-friendly jeans is necessary to incentivise investments in sustainable production methods. Here, low...

3D woven denim jacket: Exploration and development of 3D weaving as a more sustainable way to produce a denim jacket

The clothing industry is one of the most polluting industries worldwide (Ellen MacArthur Foundation, 2017). The current industry for producing garments is built on the overproduction of cut-and-sewn textile products, which are produced as fast as possible for as little money as possible. The denim industry is a major contributor, producing over...

Collection as a service for denim brands and retailers

This thesis aims to find a new collection method for post-consumer denim garments that fits the future context and the needs of ecosystem stakeholders. The thesis is aimed at all who want to work on a circular fashion industry from a business- or ecosystem perspective. The design solution is aimed at brands and retailers.<br/><br/>In a circular...

Towards a brighter blue: Creating an impact index to increase adoption for sustainable jeans

The fashion industry is the second most polluting industry in the world, mostly due to the many ways fashion is polluting the environment (Fischer, 2015). First of all by the CO2 emission produced in manufacturing and logistics, second the massive amounts of water used in dyeing processes and production of natural resources, third the pollution...

Accelerating the transition towards a Circular Denim Industry: How can the use of Post-consumer Recycled Cotton be increased in Jeans production?

This project is executed on behalf of House of Denim; a non-profit organisation that wants to work towards a more sustainable, innovative and collaborative denim industry. Due to the fast-fashion phenomenon and our linear economic model, there is a growing demand for and pressure on cotton. This, combined with the increasing amount of clothes...

Issho an intelligent denim jacket

Denim is something we all love to wear, worn by young and old, throughout the world. Denim’s graceful aging allows us to build valuable relations with it. Like a friendship, it becomes more personal and intimate with the passing of time. This jacket embraces denim’s characteristics to tell an unique dialogue with its wearer. Based on the wearers...

Integrating the online and physical apparel shopping experience

The assignment was to study both the physical and the online shopping channel in order to design a concept integrating and thereby enhancing the physical and online shopping experience of Denim+ as a brand. The integrated solution must be intuitive in navigation and easy-to-use for the future customers of Denim+. Denim+ is a denim lifestyle...