Stories of Fashion, Textiles, and Place: Evolving Sustainable Supply Chains

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Stories of Fashion, Textiles, and Place follows the journeys of five companies with evolving sustainable supply chains in the fashion and textile industry. Each of the profiled companies are committed to advancing cultural traditions of a particular place. They value, honor, and are all deeply rooted in the geography, culture, and people of a specific location and their success is attributable to their connection to that place. With this shared value, their unique stories highlight the conditions, risks, strategies, and successes in creating and maintaining sustainable supply chains for ready-to-wear and home fashions. The companies include: -Imperial Stock Ranch and Shaniko Wool Company - Oregon, USA -Angela Damman Yucatan - Yucatan, Mexico -Tonle - Phnom Penh, Cambodia -Indigenous Designs - Highlands, Peru -Harris Tweed (R) - Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK With a focus on economic, social, environmental, and cultural sustainability, and the connection between textiles and place, Burns and Carver offer personal and insightful narratives of companies addressing the challenges facing today's global fashion industry.

Leslie Davis Burns is President and Founder of Responsible Global Fashion LLC and Professor Emerita of Apparel Design and Merchandising at Oregon State University. A scholar and educator around topics related to the international apparel industries, consumer behavior, and corporate social responsibility, Leslie is author of Sustainability and Social Change in Fashion (2019, Fairchild Books), Fashion Business Cases (2021, Fairchild Books) and co-author of The Business of Fashion (6th edition, 2020, Fairchild Books). She is also the Emeritus Editor of the Bloomsbury Fashion Business Cases online resource. Jeanne Carver is an award-winning agricultural entrepreneur. She was named one of nine 'Female Farmers Changing the Fashion Industry' by the Pratt Institute of New York.

An eye-opening journey into how sustainable fashion companies can build an economy to increase a global workforce, improve lives, preserve cultures, and reduce their environmental impact. -- Elizabeth Shorrock, West Virginia University, USA