Sustainability in Fashion Exam 2

In the garment design and making process what is a garment prototype made from inexpensive fabric which allows the design team to test fit and examine the design before it is made with the actual fabric?

Toile (mispelled as yoile on quiz)

An important reason for zero waste fashion efforts is because

fabric waste often ends up in landfill

The ability to eliminate fabric waste in fashion resides within

fashion design and pattern cutting

In the garment design and making process what is the process by which 2-dimensional patterns are made from the designer's sketch or image.

pattern making

What is one of the primary goals of efficient marker making that reduces production costs?

place all of the garment pieces on the fabric as closely as possible

Because the inefficient use of human labor is wasteful, not economically viable, and therefore not sustainable, what is the key element to sustainability?

productivity

One of the conditions of effectively doing business with Chinese factories is to

provide complete and correct production instructions at the time an order is placed

Which of the following is not included in the "wiper" category of recycled textiles? a. cut up white cotton shirts for use as polishing rags b. recycled olefin fabrics for use by any industry needing to clean up oily spills c. assorted rags for use by washing machine manufactures for testing the machines d. shredding clothing to be used in making crocheted or hooked throw rugs

shredding clothing to be used in making crocheted or hooked throw rugs

For which textile recycling process is fiber content most important?

shredding used polyester garments to take the material back to the polyester fiber

An initial outcome of the end of the quota system was

some less developed countries, such as Bangladesh and Nepal, suffered economic losses because production was moved

Textile graders

sort used and worn clothing for markets including vintage collectibles, wipers, and fiber for stuffing

What kind of metaphor of the fiber, textile, and apparel complex encourages us to think in terms of flexible and changing networks of relationships needed to reach both short-term and long-term goals?

spiderweb

Cradle-to-Grave and Cradle-to-Cradle metaphors are used to visualize and understand

the complete life cycle of clothing and its impact on the environment

One of China's competitive advantages in the global apparel manufacturing industry is

their very high per-person, per-hour output with modern computer-driven equipment

Which of the following is not an example of a recycled textile?

using virgin wool for the lining of new jackets

Historically, the quota system

was often used as a bargaining chip in trade negotiations since no other product had numerical limits included in world trade

According to Winakor's economic metaphor of the bathtub to visually explain clothing consumption

water (clothing) flows into a tub (wardrobe) until the tub overflows (wardrobe overload) at which time water is drained (consumers discard some of their clothing)

Zero waste fashion can be achieved through

whole garment or seamless knitting

Zero waste fashion design would result in

100 percent fabric use in the manufacturing of apparel

What country is currently the largest and most efficient region in the world for producing apparel?

China

Which of the following statements about fabric waste is true?

Cotton production incurs a relatively high environmental cost and therefore cotton fabrics should not be wasted

Which of the following statements about vintage and collectible clothing is false? a. Japan is an important market for vintage American clothing such as Grateful Dead T-shirts. b. Acquiring and selling vintage and collectible clothing is a global industry and vintage goods are shipping from country to country. c. Although vintage and collectible clothing accounts for a very small percent of textile recycling, this category accounts for the largest profit among categories d. Sorting vintage collectibles is a relatedly easy process and can be conducted by most textile sorting companies.

Sorting vintage collectibles is a relatedly easy process and can be conducted by most textile sorting companies.

Advantages of producing apparel in China include all of the following except

a decrease in the value of Chinese currency against the US dollar that has led to a decrease in the cost of production for U.S. companies

Metaphors have and can be used to accomplish all of the following except a. provide a linear step-by-step progression of the lifecycle of fashion b. understand complicated phenomena such as apparel production and consumption c. make sense of the fiber, textile, and apparel complex through phrases such as pipeline and value chain d. suggest analogies that enable us to visualize and understand concepts such as sustainable fashion

a. provide a linear step-by-step progression of the lifecycle of fashion

Which of the following is not a linear metaphor used to visualize and understand the fiber, textile, and apparel complex as one-way processes? a. spiderweb b. cradle-to-grave c. pipeline d. value chain

a. spiderweb

The development and analysis of multiple or mixed metaphors to analyze a phenomenon such as sustainable fashion

allows us to envision new ways of seeing and experiencing the world

Textile sorting companies

are dependent on the availability of materials, fuel costs, and current markets for their profitability

Which of the following statements about the quota system is false? a. The quota system was used to control and sustain the flow of goods between developed and developing countries. b. The quota system was designed to protect domestic manufacturers from perceived unfair competition from other countries. c. The quota system is a recent development in the global textile and manufacturing industries, first implemented in 2005. d. Quotas provided numerical limits on the number of products in specific categories that could be imported from different countries.

c. The quota system is a recent development in the global textile and manufacturing industries, first implemented in 2005.

Textile recycling can be difficult for all of the following reasons except

charity organizations put most of the clothing they receive into landfills

Textile recycling

contributes to the social responsibility of contemporary culture

Designing and producing clothing that will never become waste is the description of the metaphor

cradle-to-cradle

The goal of zero waste fashion is to

design garment pattern pieces that on the flat fabric interlock like a jig-saw puzzle

The textile and apparel recycling effort is concerned with

encouraging both manufacturers and consumers to reduce textile waste

In the fashion industry, the terms "upstream" and "downstream" are metaphors for

how materials/fashions flow like water from production to consumption

Binary metaphors related to the fiber, textile and apparel complex

include examples such as "Upstream and downstream"

Textile recycling can be classified as either pre-consumer or post-consumer waste. Which of the following is an example of pre-consumer textile recycling?

insulation made from waste created when denim fabric is made into consumer products

Pollution in China

is not sustainable but appears to be an accepted outcome of economic development

Supply chain management in apparel production includes

keeping inventory from material to finished product as low as possible while at the same time meeting customer needs

According to Kaiser, fully achieving sustainable fashion requires

more attention to thinking in circles and forging new connections

In the garment design and making process what is the process by which the pattern is altered into the required range of sizes?

pattern grading