Recent environmental and social problems caused by the fashion industry, such as water and air pollution, high level of carbon emission, unfair labor conditions or child labor are calling a need for fostering sustainability within the fashion industry. The current proposed solutions of producing and buying sustainable fashion products have not solely been able to overcome the problems within this sector. Furthermore, by releasing low priced products every season, fast fashion has encouraged a throw away culture and has consequently allowed fashion industry’s problems to persist. Thus, more than ever, would be the proper time to slow down the fashion consumption and to discover the possibilities consumers have to minimize the environmental and social damages of the current unsustainable fashion production and consumption.

The University of Ulm organized a one-day interdisciplinary symposium aiming to bridge the gap between the niche of sustainable fashion and everyday fashion consumption. In this regard, this symposium provided the opportunity for academics, researchers, designers, practitioners and PhD students from different disciplines of textile, clothing, fashion, and consumer behavior as well as marketing to exchange the latest academic findings, innovative ideas (solutions) and practical examples addressing a sustainable fashion consumption in everyday life.

The “sustainable fashion consumption” symposium was held at the university of Ulm on June 19^th 2017. The symposium comprised presentation sessions, a PechaKucha and poster session and an exhibition.

Keynote speakers:

Prof. Kirsi Niinimäki, Aalto University, Aalto (download presentation: kirs-niinimaki_sfcs_ulm)
Prof. Ines Weller, University Bremen
Mr. Rolf Heimann, board member HessNatur GmbH download presentation: rolf-heimann_sfcs_ulm)
Prof. Elke Schüßler, Johannes Keppler University, Linz (download presentation: elke-schuessler_sfcs_ulm)
Prof. Alastair Fuad-Luke, Free University of Bozen (download presentation: alastair-fuad-luke_sfcs_ulm)

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Impressionen vom Sustainable Fashion Consumption Symposium