Proceedings of the International Conference on Communication, Language, Education and Social Sciences (CLESS 2022)

Upcycle Fashion and Textile as Sustainable Business Concept

Authors
Azni Hanim Hamzah1, 2, 3, Nazlina Shaari1, *
1Faculty of Design and Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
2College Creative Art, Universiti Teknologi Mara, Melaka Branch, Malacca, Malaysia
3School of Graduate Studies, University Putra Malaysia, Seri Kembangan, Malaysia
*Corresponding author. Email: nazlinashaari@upm.edu.my
Corresponding Author
Nazlina Shaari
Available Online 26 December 2022.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-61-9_9How to use a DOI?
Keywords
upcycle; fashion and textile; sustainable; concept
Abstract

Upcycle is a branch of sustainability that helps overcome excess material wastage from a product. However, the lack of exposure to upcycling resulted in the communities’ failure to practice it as a beneficial routine. The author studied a small number of articles involving descriptive reviews on upcycling in the fashion and textile industry. The current research investigated the latest scenario in upcycling fashion and textile-based business/industries and consumer behaviour literature. Nineteen articles related to the research were discovered through the review approach, Scopus, and Google Scholar review databases. By closely examining these articles, three main themes were identified: upcycling product material, upcycling design strategies and business, and upcycling consumers’ behaviour. The author made various suggestions by emphasising the need to conduct detailed qualitative research and standardise a descriptive review approach. Adopting the suggested methods will help develop a research synthesis upcycle business framework and understand upcycling practitioner perspectives about upcycling fashion and textile. It also encourages upcycling consumers to practice reference searching, free forms of citation tracking, and snowballing as search methods.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Communication, Language, Education and Social Sciences (CLESS 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
26 December 2022
ISBN
978-2-494069-61-9
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-61-9_9How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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