FM 326 Final Exam Review F22

FABSCRAP is a non profit fabric recycling organization founded and operating out of Brooklyn (and now Philadelphia) that has prevented nearly a million tons of fabrics from entering the landfills. They use volunteers to collect, re-utilize, resell, and redistribute fabrics that come primarily from consumer donations apparel businesses, pre-consumer, post-production waste-stream fabric scraps, samples, yardage, or excesses. recycling plants large retailers

apparel businesses, pre-consumer, post-production waste-stream fabric scraps, samples, yardage, or excesses.

As written about in Fashionopolis, William McDonough is a famous architect who co-authored "Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things" and began a circularity certification program called Cradle to Cradle Certified Products. He has also gone on to start a global innovation platform (organization) headquartered in Amsterdam known as _______________________________that fosters and assists innovators with their new initiatives to help them "scale" their ideas through an accelerator process and fashion-funds. They also operate a museum focused on the environmental impact of the fashion industry. Fashion for Good Worn Again Ellen MacArthur Foundation Unmade

Fashion for good

According to the Water Footprint Calculator (Watercalculator.org) that we used as a benchmark for our in-class Water Calculator Project; Americans are some of the biggest shoppers on the planet. The average American's water footprint for buying products, using, and throwing away consumer goods, eating food, and household water usage is _________gallons of water per day. 500 450 1802 800

1802

As referenced within Fashionopolis, Levi Straus & Co. is not only supporting progressive causes such as LGBTQ rights but has been improving their manufacturing processes towards greater sustainable practices with their commitment to The Eureka Innovation Lab Green Chemistry initiatives All answers are correct Water saving methods of production

All Answers are correct

In Fashionopolis, Thomas speaks about "on demand" apparel and (accessories). This merchandising method eliminates that need for larger inventories that will inevitably have unsold units and product that needs to be discarded. An important component of "on demand" merchandising is ... 3-D printing technologies body scanning systems robotic image analyzers for proper construction and fit All answers are correct

All answers are correct

Many companies and organizations are becoming sustainably responsible, restorative, focused on regeneration of materials, utilizing responsible practices and are fostering numerous new initiatives to change the apparel industry for the better. An example is .... All are correct Fashion Revolution I:Co // (I Collect) Sustainable Markets Initiative

All are correct

The text, Fashionopolis, speaks to the process of repurposing older factories (rightshoring) where these factories are often enhanced with high technology equipment such as Robotics Sewbots All choices are correct 3-D technologies

All choices are correct

The concept of Circularity or Circular Economy (Circular Fashion) is greatly enhanced and made more achievable by utlizing new business practices such as Answers 2 and 3 are correct Upcycling Apparel / garment rental Robotic manufacturing

Answers two and three are correct

New innovations in production methods are beginning to reshape how things are made in the apparel and related industries. Some of these innovations utilize methods that mimic nature and utilize natural occurring processes such as "spider-silk" to create new fibers or materials used in production. One of these fields is known as Green Chemistry Green Engineering Robotics Biomimicry

Biomimicry

Throughout the semester we have spoken about the need for apparel businesses to be "transparent" with their consumers, to avoid "greenwashing" marketing concepts, to invest in proper certifications, and to increase their efforts to operate their businesses and supply-chain in a more sustainable / transparent manner. A great example of this, exemplified in Fashionopolis, is the UK department store Selfridge and their effort to operate in this sustainable and transparent manner through the use of their... Woolmark logo Fair Trade logo Butterfly Mark Leaping Bunny Cruelty-free logo

Butterfly Mark

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has a major event held every year known as COP; it serves as the formal meeting of UNFCCC. According to our timeline, the first COP conference was held in 1995 in Berlin....Others were held in Kyoto, Paris, Doha, and the most recent COP 26, Oct 2021, in Glasgow, Scotland.....COP is an acronym that stands for Council on Pollution Committee on the Planet Conference of the Parties Conference of the People

Conference of the Parties

Though apparel can be manufactured from dozens of types of fabrics that are made from manmade-cellulosic fibers (MMCFs), synthetic fibers, natural fibers, or animal based fibers, the vast majority of fabric, about 76% of it globally, as learned in our textiles lectures, is comprised of two main fibers, which are.... Polyester and Nylon Cotton and Polyester Cotton and Rayon Rayon and Polyester

Cotton and Polyester

In Copenhagen in 2017, as discussed in Fashionopolis, The Ellen MacArthur Foundation launched the New Textiles Economy ...known as MAKE FASHION CIRCULAR and it has a 3 part plan: 1) Build a fashion system and fashion industry where the inputs and materials are safe, nontoxic, and renewable. 2) Make higher quality garments...repairable garments 3) Design apparel that can be turned into new clothing. A fashion industry veteran, Stacy Flynn, was so inspired by this initiative that she invented a new fiber made from cotton waste called... ECONYL Evernu Regeneron Cottonforlife

Evernu

In our lectures on textiles we discussed the agricultural process of growing natural plants for textiles use (Cotton, Hemp, Flax, Ramie, other). Many chemicals are used to fertilize the soil or rid the soil of unwanted vegetation, diseases, and pests. One type of chemical that is often applied and extensively used, is a brand-named "Round-Up".......(generic name Glyphosate), now banned in several places around the world. It destroys unwanted vegetation and is known as (an // a) Pesticide Herbicide Insecticide Fungicide

Herbicide

In Fashionopolis, Dana Thomas describes a highly innovative, low-environmental impact jean manufacturer that was founded in Spain in 1994 which greatly reduces water usage, energy usage, and uses less chemicals; they still operate in 70+ countries............It is called: A. Renew B. Jeanologia C. Unmade D. Diesel

Jeanologia

In our timeline of fashion and sustainable events one of the great stewards of the 19th and early 20th Century was ___________ _________, who was a conservationist, botonist, zoologist, environmental philosopher, author (My First Summer in The Sierra and many others), outdoorsman, "Father of the American National Parks" and founder of The Sierra Club. John Muir Theodore Roosevelt Ansel Adams Aldo Leopold

John Muir

Mentioned in lectures and Fashionopolis, this company is a highly innovative company focused on biofabricated materials for both apparel and cosmetics. Tintex Teijin Technologies Pinatex Modern Meadow

Modern Meadow

According to the text, Fashionopolis, the third largest fashion center in the USA is in New York, NY Nashville, Tennessee Los Angeles, CA Chicago, Illinois

Nashville Tennessee

"For me, sustainability is having an ecological worldview, that nature is at the heart of everything and that the economy and political landscape should always sit within that."..........Who offered this excellent quote focused on the meaning of sustainability? Claire Bergkamp (Chief of Sustainability and Ethical Trade at Stella McCartney, LTD.) David Attenborough (English broadcaster, biologist, natural historian, and author) Professor Dilys Williams (Director, Centre for Sustainable Fashion at London College of Fashion) Stella McCartney (Stella McCartney, LTD.)

Professor Dilys Williams (Director, Centre for Sustainable Fashion at London College of Fashion)

The concept of sustainability in fashion merchandising is growing steadily towards a circular economy, according to our text, Fashionopolis. A prime example of the move towards "slower-fashion" and less waste is indicated by the projected global market of $41 Billion dollars in sales by the end of 2022 in this category..... Increased sales in luxury apparel market Increased market in Fair Trade products Resale / second-hand apparel market On demand 3-D wearable apparel

Resale / second-hand apparel market

The Higg Index is a standardized method to measure a fashion company's environmental, societal, and labor practices. It was created by The United Nations Alliance for Sustainable Fashion The American Apparel and Footwear Association of America (AAFA) The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) The Sustainable Apparel Coalition

The Sustainable Apparel Coalition

An excellent way for retail companies to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions (carbon waste / carbon footprint) is to convert, as soon as possible, their gasoline / diesel powered shipping and delivery fleets to electric vehicles. The opportunity for change in this area is vast as only ________percent of vehicles in the USA are electric vehicles, as of 2021 according to our sustainable event timeline. three ten fifteen twenty

Three

In the Around and Around We Go chapter, Dana Thomas speaks about numerous innovative companies who are working with textiles in new ways. ___________________,is a regenerative recycling company who has a process that can separate, decontaminate, and extract polyester and cotton celluose from non-reusable textiles to produce PET pellets and cellulosic pulp for remanufacturing of like-new textiles.....This company was the first chemical-recycling technology to receive the Cradle to Cradle certification. ECONYL Worn Again Aquafil Renew

Worn Again

Slow fashion means that.... clothes are created by design and product development teams for two fashion-shows a year clothes are created by design teams for athleisure, meant only for loungewear clothes are created by design teams that will only last a few "wearings" and then go directly to a landfill clothes are created to last, encouraging slower production models, and using ethical, fair-trade style production

clothes are created to last, encouraging slower production models, and using ethical, fair-trade style production

Dana Thomas speaks to Environmental Profit and Loss systems (EP&L) used by Stella McCartney, Kering, of course many others like PUMA, who was one of the first to utlize this method. EP&L analyzes SIX major areas within corporate operations and practices.....In the answers below, which TWO are NOT part of the practices to be examined in the EP&L calculation? packaging and workers rights water pollution and water consumption greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution waste and land-use

packaging and workers rights