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Retail and Fashion Merchandising: RFM

A Subject Guide for the RFM Major in the school of Human and Consumer Sciences Education in the Patton College of Education

What is Sustainable Fashion?

"Sustainable fashion" seeks to lessen the environmental and social impact of the entire life cycle of a garment.

  • How is the cloth grown or created?
  • Who sews and distributes it?
  • Can it be recycled?  

Each piece of the puzzle is complex.  This page will give you some hints about finding information for a project on this topic.

Sustainability in WGSN

Some Slow Fashion Businesses